In Loving County, jobs in the oilseed and grain farming pay the highest wages

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Employment in the oilseed and grain farming industry reported the top wages in Loving County for 2006. The average industry job in Loving County received an annual wage of . in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the average industry wage in the State of Texas of $24,663 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $26,010.

Other top-pay jobs in Loving County, Texas exsists in vegetable and melon farming (.), fruit and tree nut farming (.), greenhouse and nursery production (.) and other crop farming (.) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail 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.

Loving County Wages have increased by 80.0% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Loving County, Texas by a total of 80.0%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Texas and greater 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.

Loving County Industry Wages Exceed Texas, and Wages Exceed the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Loving County, Texas can be described as very high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 87.9 percent higher than the reported averages in the state of $41,186. The average pay was greater than the overall average in the United States 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.

Loving County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Loving County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Residential building construction industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 113 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Residential building construction industry makes up 39.0 percent of the growth in Loving County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (113 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (86 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (18 new jobs)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (11 new jobs)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (10 new jobs)

In Loving County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 39 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Loving County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 63 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry make up 51.9 percent of the total employment decline in Loving County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (63 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (22 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (11 jobs lost)
4. Private households (9 jobs lost)
5. Other motor vehicle dealers (6 jobs lost)

Of the 24 4-digit NAICS industries, 8 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 16 industries reported a drop in employment.

Loving County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 73.1 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 5.4 percent. The losses in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Loving County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 20.8 percent in terms of employment in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (73.1 percent decline)
2. Other motor vehicle dealers (33.3 percent decline)
3. Cattle ranching and farming (27.7 percent decline)
4. Home health care services (25.4 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (21.5 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 78.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Loving County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 262.8 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Loving County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 40.8 percent. The Residential building construction industry in Loving County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 30.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (262.8 percent gain)
2. Building finishing contractors (160.6 percent gain)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (145.0 percent gain)
4. Management and technical consulting services (73.7 percent gain)
5. Legal services (54.0 percent gain)





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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.

Loving County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 6.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Loving County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 30.3 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 loss of 1.2 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Loving County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.3 in percent of workers in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (30.3 percent decline)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (8.6 percent decline)
3. Legal services (3.7 percent decline)

Loving County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 44.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Loving County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry took a gain of 7.7 percent. The Other specialty trade contractors industry in Loving County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 6.8 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (44.6 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (38.3 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (36.6 percent gain)
4. Architectural and engineering services (34.7 percent gain)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (31.5 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Loving County

The Legal services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 0 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Legal services industry makes up -0.2 percent of the growth in Loving County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (48 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (21 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (17 new jobs)

In Loving County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 1 jobs from mid-2005 to 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 Loving County, Texas

Hispanic headed households in Loving County, Texas reported a median household income of $59,963, this income level is 28.1 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Loving County, Texas White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $40,219 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 14.1 percent less than the median in 2000.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Loving County accounted a relatively high median household income of $46,800 (2005 Dollars). This median is 0.2 percent higher than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the income level is 5 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Loving County, Texas may be understood as having a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 10.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 40.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Loving County, with 19.6 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Loving County, Texas

In Loving County, Texas as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 6.2 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Loving County, Texas is made up of a less-educated population, with 5.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Loving 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 United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Loving County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 56.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Loving have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 0 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 42.8 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Loving County, Texas

Estimated since the year 2000, a very low amount of people migrated to Loving internationally. The migration from outside the US into Loving totals 0 percent of all immigration into Texas. This amount of international migration is very low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Loving County, Texas to be 47.0 years of age. The median in Loving is greater than the median age in the State of Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 46.4 years of age. With a total of 21 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Loving can be described as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 54.8 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 24.2 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a relatively high proportion of the area population base.

Loving County, Texas had a population that was estimated at 62 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since its 2000 population of 65. The decline denotes a decrease of -4.6 percent. Loving ranks 155 of 254 counties when calculating total change in population for Texas and the county ranks 1,938 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Loving County, Texas has a population that is comprised of 82.3 percent White, 0 percent African American, 0 percent Asian, and 17.7 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 17.7 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Loving has increased the level of diversity when 10.8 percent of the people were minorities.



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

Housing Report for Loving County, Texas

When compared to other counties in Texas, Loving County stands 170 of 254 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,389 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

In Loving County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 72 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a total of 1 homes since 2001, or 1.4 percent.

Loving County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $., accounted by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the State of Texas 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $82,500 and less than home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

















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