In Limestone County, jobs in the offices of physicians pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the offices of physicians industry reported the top wages in Limestone County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Limestone County was paid an annual wage of $51,409 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the industry pay the State of Texas of $68,019 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $64,740.

Top-pay jobs in Limestone County, Texas exsists in nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying ($46,774), specialized freight trucking ($46,177), support activities for mining ($34,831) and grocery and related product wholesalers ($34,183) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed Comparison

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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.

Limestone County Wages have increased by 1.3% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Limestone County, Texas by a total of 1.3%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the State of Texas and less than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

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

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The overall industry wages in Limestone 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 40.9 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $41,186. The overall industry wage was less than the industry average in the US 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.

Limestone County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Limestone County

The Gasoline stations industry has grown the most with 86 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 35.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Limestone County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (86 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (59 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (33 new jobs)
4. General freight trucking (18 new jobs)
5. Unclassified (13 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Limestone County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 32 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 21.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Limestone County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (32 jobs lost)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (26 jobs lost)
3. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (20 jobs lost)
4. Cattle ranching and farming (13 jobs lost)
5. Building equipment contractors (10 jobs lost)

In Limestone County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 205 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Given the 26 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 14 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 12 industries reported a drop in employment.

Limestone County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 633.3 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Limestone County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where it saw a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Limestone County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.7 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (633.3 percent gain)
2. Gasoline stations (105.8 percent gain)
3. Full-service restaurants (91.7 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (87.5 percent gain)
5. Other professional and technical services (36.4 percent gain)

Limestone County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Cattle ranching and farming industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 62.5 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the it saw a gain of 5.2 percent. The losses in the Cattle ranching and farming industry in Limestone County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 14.5 percent in terms of employment in the Cattle ranching and farming industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (62.5 percent decline)
2. Private households (55 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (36.7 percent decline)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (28.6 percent decline)
5. Building equipment contractors (28.2 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 4.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is less than percent in Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level 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.

Limestone County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Limestone County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 193.3 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Limestone County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry took a gain of 28.8 percent. The Unclassified industry in Limestone County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 12.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (193.3 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (50.0 percent gain)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (33.7 percent gain)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (31.3 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (25.4 percent gain)

Limestone County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 43.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 4.5 percent. The losses in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Limestone County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 3.1 in percent of workers in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (43.9 percent decline)
2. Other professional and technical services (26.8 percent decline)
3. Child day care services (25.8 percent decline)
4. Private households (25 percent decline)
5. General freight trucking (23.1 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in the State of Texas, which saw a gain of 4.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Limestone County

Given the industries in the area, the Services to buildings and dwellings industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 35 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry make up 26.5 percent of the total job loss in Limestone County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (35 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (25 jobs lost)
3. General freight trucking (21 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (13 jobs lost)
5. Offices of physicians (8 jobs lost)

Given the 33 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 18 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 15 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Limestone County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 122 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Limestone County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry has added the most employment with 20 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry makes up 19.6 percent of the total number of new jobs in Limestone County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (20 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (16 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (11 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (10 new jobs)
5. Unclassified (10 new jobs)





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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 Limestone County, Texas

Compared to counties across the United States, Limestone County reported a relatively low median income for all households of $34,358 (2005 Dollars). This median is 36 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the income level is 43 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Limestone County, Texas can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 17.8 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 86 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Limestone County, reporting 24.8 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Limestone County had a median household income level of $52,162, this level was 51.8 percent greater than the median for all households. In Limestone County, Texas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $39,950 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 16.3 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 44.1 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $19,223. Hispanic households in Limestone County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $33,560, which is 2.3 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $13,163. This income level is 61.7 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area.







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

Higher Education in Limestone County, Texas

Limestone County, Texas has a less-educated 2000 population, with 11.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Limestone was reported to have a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Limestone County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 13.8 percent of the White Alone, 3.2 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 1 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Limestone County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 34.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Limestone have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 11.8 percent (Men) versus 10.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 31 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





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

Demographic Profile for Limestone County, Texas

Since the year 2000, a high amount of people migrated to Limestone internationally. The international migration into Limestone totals 0.1 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This amount of international migration is high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Limestone County, Texas to be 36.3 years old. The median in Limestone is greater than the median age in the State of Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen a decline in the median age, when it was 37.4 years old. With a total of 24.6 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Limestone can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 60.2 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 15.2 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

Limestone County, Texas has a population that is made up of 64.4 percent White, 18.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 15.9 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 34.3 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Limestone has increased the level of diversity when 32.2 percent of the people were minorities.

Limestone County, Texas had a total estimated population of 22,763 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since its 2000 population of 22,062. This growth represents an increase of 3.2 percent. Limestone ranks 101 of 254 counties when analyzing total population change in Texas and the county ranks 1,262 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

When measuring the total land area, Limestone spans a total area of 909 square miles. This area has a low average population density of 25 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Minidoka, ID (25 per sq. mile ), St. Helena, LA (25 per sq. mile ), Mendocino, CA (25 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- York, NE (25 per sq. mile ), Calhoun, MS (25 per sq. mile ), Jenkins, GA (25 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Limestone County, Texas

In Limestone County, the census reported 9,988 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 160 residential structures since 2001, a change of 1.6 percent.

Limestone County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $46,300, according to the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the Texas 2000 home median value of $82,500 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

Throughout the State of Texas, Limestone County is positioned 141 of 254 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,236 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Limestone County, Texas. In 2000, 94.9 percent of housing was valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Administrative and waste services saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Limestone County, with a job growth of 58.1 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 4.5 percent. The State of Texas had changed in sector employment of 5 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

In Limestone County, Mining, Retail Trade and Administrative and waste services have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Mining industry has a US LQ in the county of 7.21. The percent of employment in the Mining sector is 7.21 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Limestone may be an exporter of products or services of Mining.

In Limestone County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Administrative and waste services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 20.4 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 994 jobs. The Manufacturing and Administrative and waste services industries total 18 and 10.8 percent of total employment, respectively.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Limestone County, with the industry averaging 67 employees per business. This is greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the Texas average establishment size of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

Limestone County ranks 111 of 255 Counties throughout the State of Texas by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 108 of 255 Counties.







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