In Marion County, jobs in the plywood and engineered wood product mfg. pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the plywood and engineered wood product mfg. industry wages were the highest in Marion County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Marion County received an annual wage of $47,391 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage rate in Texas of $39,965 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $36,238.

High-wage employment in Marion County, Texas may be found in depository credit intermediation ($25,408), legal services ($24,666), water, sewage and other systems ($22,239) and grocery stores ($18,170) 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.

Marion County Wages have increased by 27.3% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Marion County, Texas by a total of 27.3%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Texas and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Marion County, Texas when analyzed can be described as medium-low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 39.5 percent lower than the with an state average of $41,186. The overall industry wage 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.

Marion County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has increased by 12.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Texas, which went through a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Marion County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automotive repair and maintenance industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 54.7 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 2.7 percent. The losses in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry in Marion County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 1.8 percent in terms of employment in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (54.7 percent decline)
2. Legal services (50 percent decline)
3. Grocery stores (39.1 percent decline)
4. Limited-service eating places (31.4 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (3.4 percent decline)

Marion County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 90.6 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Marion County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where this industry saw a loss of 14.2 percent. The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry in Marion County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 17.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 2 Industries
1. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (90.6 percent gain)
2. Personal care services (8.3 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Marion County

Given the industries in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 29 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 39.8 percent of the total job loss in Marion County, Texas.

Top 2 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (29 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (26 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Marion County

The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry has added the most employment with 10 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry makes up 96.7 percent of the total employment growth in Marion County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (10 new jobs)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (10 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (2 new jobs)
4. Office administrative services (272 new jobs)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (246 new jobs)

In Marion County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 159 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Of the 8 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 2 industries reported employment loss in the period.





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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.

Marion County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Marion County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 27 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Marion County

The Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 4 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 40.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Marion County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (4 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (3 new jobs)
3. Water, sewage and other systems (2 new jobs)
4. Management and technical consulting services (5 new jobs)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (5 new jobs)

From the 9 4-digit NAICS industries, 5 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 3 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Marion County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Legal services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 4 jobs. The declines in the Legal services industry make up 45.8 percent of the employment lost during the period in Marion County, Texas.

Top 3 Industries
1. Legal services (4 jobs lost)
2. Depository credit intermediation (2 jobs lost)
3. Personal care services (2 jobs lost)

Marion County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Water, sewage and other systems industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 28.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Marion County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 1.6 percent. The Water, sewage and other systems industry in Marion County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.1 percent of the industry employment.

Top 3 Industries
1. Water, sewage and other systems (28.6 percent gain)
2. Grocery stores (8.1 percent gain)
3. Limited-service eating places (6.2 percent gain)

Marion County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Legal services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 47.8 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 1.3 percent. The losses in the Legal services industry in Marion County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 0.6 in percent of jobs in the Legal services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Legal services (47.8 percent decline)
2. Personal care services (27.8 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (9.4 percent decline)
4. Unclassified (6.3 percent decline)
5. Depository credit intermediation (5.2 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 1.8 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 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.

Income and Poverty in Marion County, Texas

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Marion County, Texas can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 22.4 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 38.5 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Marion County, accounting 50 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 45.5 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $16,151. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Marion County had a median income of $14,382, which was 51.5 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Marion County, Texas White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $35,313 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 19.1 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic households in Marion County, Texas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $16,575, which is 44.1 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

Compared to counties across the United States, Marion County reported a relatively low median household income of $29,656 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 57.5 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and this is 65.7 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Marion County, Texas

Marion County, Texas has a less-educated working age population, with 8.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Marion has a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Marion County, Texas, many men in the area have reached the category, with percent receiving this level of education. The women in Marion on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 9 percent (Men) versus 8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 32.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Marion County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 9.2 percent of the White Alone, 5.4 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 a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





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

Demographic Profile for Marion County, Texas

Since the year 2000, a low amount of people migrated to Marion from outside the country. The immigration into Marion totals 0 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This percent of immigration can be considered low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Marion County, Texas to be 43.8 years of age. The median in Marion is greater than the median age in Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 43.3 years of age. With a total of 21.4 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Marion can be described as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 58.6 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 20 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a relatively high proportion of the area population base.

When calculating the total land area, Marion spans a total area of 381 square miles. The county has a low population density of 29 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Fayette, AL (29 per sq. mile ), Montgomery, MS (29 per sq. mile ), DeKalb, MO (29 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Sandoval, NM (29 per sq. mile ), Gem, ID (29 per sq. mile ), Braxton, WV (29 per sq. mile ).

Marion County, Texas has a population that is made up of 71.4 percent White, 22.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 3.7 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 26.6 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Marion has decreased the level of diversity when 26.7 percent of the population were minorities.



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

Housing Report for Marion County, Texas

The State of Texas, Marion County ranks 116 of 254 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 2,075 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

In Marion County, the census reported 6,612 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding all together 118 housing units since the year 2001, or 1.8 percent.

Marion County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $48,700, reported by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the Texas 2000 home median value of $82,500 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Marion County, Texas. In 2000, 91.8 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Utilities in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Marion County, increasing in size by 388.9 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of -8.2 percent. The State of Texas went through a industry job change of -9.6 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

In Marion County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 27.8 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 423 jobs. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries make up 17.5 and 9.5 percent of total employment, respectively.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Marion County, averaging 33 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the Texas average establishment size of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

The Health care and social assistance industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Marion County since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 18.3 percent of employment in 2001 to 0 percent of employment in 2005.

In Marion County, Utilities, Manufacturing and Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Utilities industry has an LQ of 5.81. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Utilities industry is 5.81 times greater than the national average, signifying that Marion County may specialize, or be an exporter of Utilities.







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