In Lavaca County, jobs in the specialized freight trucking pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the specialized freight trucking industry paid the average highest wages in Lavaca County for 2006. The average industry job in Lavaca County received an annual wage of $119,101 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage in Texas of $38,281 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $36,645.

Other high-paying jobs in Lavaca County, Texas can be found in management and technical consulting services ($58,757), support activities for mining ($42,090), unclassified ($41,411) and offices of physicians ($38,497) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Lavaca County Wages have increased by 21.2% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Lavaca County, Texas by a total of 21.2%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Texas and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Lavaca County Industry Wages Lag Behind Texas, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Lavaca County, Texas can be described as relatively low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 45.2 percent lower than the with an state average of $41,186. The average pay was less than the national industry average of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Lavaca County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Lavaca County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 29 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry make up 22.5 percent of the total employment decline in Lavaca County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (29 jobs lost)
2. Specialized freight trucking (25 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (19 jobs lost)
4. Full-service restaurants (18 jobs lost)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (8 jobs lost)

From the 26 4-digit NAICS industries, 12 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 14 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Lavaca County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 611 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Lavaca County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the General freight trucking industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 58 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the General freight trucking industry makes up 27.2 percent of the growth in Lavaca County.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (58 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (39 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (23 new jobs)
4. Death care services (21 new jobs)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (18 new jobs)

Lavaca County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 214.8 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Lavaca County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry took a gain of 2.2 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Lavaca County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (214.8 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (73.9 percent gain)
3. Death care services (69.2 percent gain)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (40.3 percent gain)
5. Grocery stores (24.0 percent gain)

Lavaca County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 62.1 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the it saw a loss of 8.4 percent. The losses in the Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry in Lavaca County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 7.2 percent in terms of employees in the Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (62.1 percent decline)
2. Specialized freight trucking (54.7 percent decline)
3. Building finishing contractors (47.8 percent decline)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (32.9 percent decline)
5. Offices of dentists (23.4 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 13 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Lavaca County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Lavaca County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 62.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the industry reported a gain of 4.5 percent. The losses in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Lavaca County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 3.1 in percent of jobs in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (62.7 percent decline)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (47.2 percent decline)
3. Lessors of real estate (25.8 percent decline)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (21.1 percent decline)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (17.5 percent decline)

Lavaca County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Death care services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 42.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Lavaca County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 1 percent. The Death care services industry in Lavaca County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 0.8 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Death care services (42.6 percent gain)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (34.6 percent gain)
3. Management and technical consulting services (25.0 percent gain)
4. General freight trucking (22.0 percent gain)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (20.2 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 0.3 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Texas, which saw a gain of 4.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lavaca County

The Death care services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 15 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Death care services industry makes up 22.9 percent of the growth in Lavaca County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Death care services (15 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (15 new jobs)
3. Support activities for mining (13 new jobs)
4. Child day care services (7 new jobs)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (6 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lavaca County

Given the industries in the area, the Other specialty trade contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 14 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Other specialty trade contractors industry make up 16.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in Lavaca County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (14 jobs lost)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (12 jobs lost)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (11 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (9 jobs lost)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (8 jobs lost)

Given the 34 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 19 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 13 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Lavaca County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 19 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Lavaca County, Texas

Compared to counties across the United States, Lavaca County had a relatively low household income of $34,084 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 37.1 percent lower than the median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the income level is 44.2 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Lavaca County, Texas can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 13.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 32.9 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Lavaca County, with 24.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 40.1 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $20,426. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $16,088. This median income level is 52.8 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Lavaca County reported a median household income of $42,413, this median was 24.4 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. In Lavaca County, Texas White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $36,000 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 5.6 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Lavaca County, Texas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $30,339, this median is 11 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Lavaca County, Texas

Lavaca County, Texas has a moderately-educated working age population, with 11.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Lavaca counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Lavaca County, Texas according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 12.2 percent of the White Alone, 7 percent of Black or African American, 40 percent of the Asian alone and 3.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Lavaca County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 37.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lavaca have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 12.2 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 35.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Lavaca County, Texas

Lavaca County, Texas has a population that is made up of 79 percent White, 6.7 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 13.6 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 20.6 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Lavaca has increased in diversity when 18.4 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Lavaca County, Texas had a population that was estimated at 18,925 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since its 2000 population of 19,199. The decline represents a decrease of -1.4 percent. Lavaca ranks 214 of 254 counties by growth in total population in Texas and the county ranks 2,468 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

By measuring total land area, Lavaca covers a total land area of 970 total square miles. The area has a very low average population density of 20 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Jackson, WI (20 per sq. mile ), Dent, MO (20 per sq. mile ), Bates, MO (20 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Van Buren, TN (20 per sq. mile ), Lyon, IA (20 per sq. mile ), Madison, LA (20 per sq. mile ).

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Lavaca County, Texas to be 42.8 years of age. The median in Lavaca is greater than the median age in Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 41.9 years of age. With a total of 22.9 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Lavaca can be described as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low presence of the 2005 population base, with 55.8 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 21.4 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a relatively high proportion of the population.

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individuals have migrated to Lavaca from another country. The international migration into Lavaca makes up 0 percent of all immigration into Texas. This level of international migration can be considered medium-low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Lavaca County, Texas

Throughout the State of Texas, Lavaca County places 179 of 254 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 2,445 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Lavaca County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $55,800, accounted by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall State of Texas 2000 home value of $82,500 and less than home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

There is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Lavaca County, Texas. In 2000, 90.2 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

In Lavaca County, the census reported 9,877 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding in all 128 residential structures since 2001, a change of 1.3 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Lavaca County, Texas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

The Accommodation and food services industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Lavaca County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 6 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent of employment in 2005.

Administrative and waste services from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Lavaca County, with an employment growth of 163.6 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 4.5 percent. The State of Texas felt a shift in employment in the industry of 5 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

In Lavaca County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Wholesale trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 38.5 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 2,050 individuals. The Retail Trade and Wholesale trade sectors account for 14.6 and 6.1 percent of total employment, respectively.

In Lavaca County, Mining, Manufacturing and Wholesale trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Mining industry has an LQ of 4.53. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining sector is 4.53 times greater than the national average, signifying that Lavaca County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Mining.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Lavaca County, averaging 68 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the State of Texas establishments size average of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.







Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).