In McCulloch County, jobs in the general freight trucking pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the general freight trucking industry had the highest average wages in McCulloch County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in McCulloch County earned an annual wage of $38,767 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the average industry wage in the State of Texas of $40,537 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $41,086.

Other high-paying jobs in McCulloch County, Texas can be found in building equipment contractors ($38,031), automobile dealers ($32,456), nondepository credit intermediation ($31,434) and depository credit intermediation ($28,039) industries. Note: Click Graph Above 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.

McCulloch County Wages have increased by 8.6% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in McCulloch County, Texas by a total of 8.6%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the State of Texas and less than the growth in average wages for 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.

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

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Wages in all industries in McCulloch County, Texas can be understood as being medium-low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 34.6 percent lower than the with an state average of $41,186. The overall industry wage was less than the US average pay 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.

McCulloch County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in McCulloch County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 59 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 59.3 percent of the total growth in McCulloch County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (59 new jobs)
2. Cattle ranching and farming (21 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (10 new jobs)
4. Gasoline stations (5 new jobs)
5. Legal services (3 new jobs)

In McCulloch County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 154 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Of the 14 4-digit NAICS industries, 8 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 6 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in McCulloch County

Given the industries in the area, the Home health care services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 20 jobs. The declines in the Home health care services industry make up 42.4 percent of the total job loss in McCulloch County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (20 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (8 jobs lost)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (7 jobs lost)
4. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (4 jobs lost)
5. Depository credit intermediation (3 jobs lost)

McCulloch County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 166.7 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in McCulloch County has expanded slower than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where it saw a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in McCulloch County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.7 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (166.7 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (62.2 percent gain)
3. Cattle ranching and farming (59.6 percent gain)
4. Legal services (50.0 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (45.6 percent gain)

McCulloch County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nondepository credit intermediation industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 53.8 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the it saw a gain of 36.7 percent. The losses in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry in McCulloch County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 18.9 in percent of jobs in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nondepository credit intermediation (53.8 percent decline)
2. Automobile dealers (27.7 percent decline)
3. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (23.4 percent decline)
4. Home health care services (16.9 percent decline)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (14.3 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 7.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Texas, which experienced a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced 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.

McCulloch County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In McCulloch County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 105 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Out of the 17 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 8 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 8 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in McCulloch County

The General freight trucking industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 13 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the General freight trucking industry makes up 33.3 percent of the growth in McCulloch County.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (13 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (8 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (6 new jobs)
4. Cattle ranching and farming (4 new jobs)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (3 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in McCulloch County

The Home health care services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 17 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Home health care services industry make up 31.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in McCulloch County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (17 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (10 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (9 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (8 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (3 jobs lost)

Total industry employment has increased by 5.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

McCulloch County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 166.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in McCulloch County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 28.8 percent. The Unclassified industry in McCulloch County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 12.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (166.7 percent gain)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (42.9 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (22.2 percent gain)
4. Legal services (14.3 percent gain)
5. General freight trucking (11.3 percent gain)

McCulloch County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automobile dealers industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 28.6 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 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 industry reported a gain of 0.8 percent. The losses in the Automobile dealers industry in McCulloch County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 1 in percent of jobs in the Automobile dealers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (28.6 percent decline)
2. Nondepository credit intermediation (25 percent decline)
3. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (20 percent decline)
4. Full-service restaurants (16.3 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (16 percent decline)





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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 McCulloch County, Texas

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, McCulloch County, Texas can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 22.5 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 60.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in McCulloch County, accounting 43.8 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, McCulloch County reported a relatively low median income for all households of $30,075 (2005 Dollars). This median is 55.3 percent lower than the median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 63.4 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in McCulloch County had a median income of $36,563, this level was 21.6 percent greater than the median income level in this area. In McCulloch County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $30,949 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2.9 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 76.1 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $7,200. Hispanic households in McCulloch County, Texas recorded a median income of $26,076, this median is 13.3 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.







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

Higher Education in McCulloch County, Texas

McCulloch County, Texas may to understood as having a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 14 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. McCulloch 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.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in McCulloch County, Texas, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 34.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in McCulloch have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 13.8 percent (Men) versus 14.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 35.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In McCulloch County, Texas as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 15.2 percent of the White Alone, 15.8 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 5 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 McCulloch County, Texas

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated to McCulloch internationally. The migration from outside the US into McCulloch totals 0 percent of all immigration into Texas. This amount of international migration is medium-low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

McCulloch County, Texas has a population that is made of 67.7 percent White, 1.7 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 29.9 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 31.9 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, McCulloch has increased the level of diversity when 29.1 percent of the total population were minorities.

McCulloch County, Texas had an estimated population of 7,956 in 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 8,178. The decline denotes a decrease of -2.7 percent. McCulloch ranks 202 of 254 counties by growth in total population in Texas and the county ranks 2,377 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

When measuring the total land area, McCulloch spans a total area of 1069 square miles. The land areas has a very low population density of 7 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Meade, SD (7 per sq. mile ), Thomas, KS (7 per sq. mile ), Todd, SD (7 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Furnas, NE (7 per sq. mile ), Rio Arriba, NM (7 per sq. mile ), Washington, ID (7 per sq. mile ).

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in McCulloch County, Texas to be 41.2 years old. The median age in McCulloch is greater than the median age for the State of Texas of 33.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 40.6 years of age. With 25.4 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, McCulloch can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 55.7 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 18.9 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

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

Housing Report for McCulloch County, Texas

In McCulloch County, there were a total of 4,305 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding all together 98 homes since 2001, or 2.3 percent.

Throughout the State of Texas, McCulloch County is positioned 88 of 254 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,720 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

McCulloch County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $34,000, published by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall Texas 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $82,500 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

According to the data, there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in McCulloch County, Texas. In 2000, 93.7 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In McCulloch County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Manufacturing industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 25.6 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 515 employees. The Health care and social assistance and Manufacturing sectors provide 13.3 and 11.3 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in McCulloch County, averaging 16 employees per business. This is less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the State of Texas average of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

In McCulloch County, Retail Trade, Transportation and Warehousing and Other services, except public administration are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Retail Trade sector has a United State LQ of 1.86. The level of employment in the Retail Trade industry is 1.86 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that McCulloch County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Retail Trade.

Information in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in McCulloch County, with an employment growth of 84 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of -14.9 percent. The State of Texas experienced a change in employment in the sector of -17.3 percent, from 2001 to 2005.









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