In Menard County, jobs in the building foundation and exterior contractors pay the highest wages

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Employment in the building foundation and exterior contractors industry reported the top wages in Menard County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Menard County earned an annual wage of $26,723 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry wage rate in Texas of $32,955 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $35,328.

Other high-paying jobs in Menard County, Texas may be found in oilseed and grain farming (.), vegetable and melon farming (.), fruit and tree nut farming (.) and greenhouse and nursery production (.) 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.

Menard County Wages have increased by 27.3% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Menard County, Texas by a total of 27.3%. This is greater than the growth in industry 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.

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

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The overall industry wages in Menard County, Texas when analyzed can be described as very low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 56.7 percent lower than the reported averages in the state 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.

Menard County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Given the 43 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 15 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 28 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Menard County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 16 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Menard County

Given the industries in the area, the Individual and family services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 57 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Individual and family services industry make up 17.9 percent of the total job loss in Menard County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (57 jobs lost)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (56 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (45 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (36 jobs lost)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (34 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Menard County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 166 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 29.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Menard County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (166 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (50 new jobs)
3. Community care facilities for the elderly (43 new jobs)
4. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (35 new jobs)
5. Nonresidential building construction (33 new jobs)

Menard County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 146.5 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Menard County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where it saw a gain of 4.3 percent. The Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry in Menard County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 3.4 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (146.5 percent gain)
2. Traveler accommodation (140.0 percent gain)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (75.3 percent gain)
4. Lessors of real estate (67.4 percent gain)
5. Community care facilities for the elderly (64.6 percent gain)

Menard County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Individual and family services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 93.5 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 felt in the State of Texas, where the industry reported a gain of 39.9 percent. The losses in the Individual and family services industry in Menard County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 35 in percent of workers in the Individual and family services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (93.5 percent decline)
2. Other crop farming (63.2 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (45.7 percent decline)
4. Utility system construction (42.6 percent decline)
5. Offices of physicians (42.1 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 4.8 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Texas, which saw a gain of 4.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses 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.

Menard County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Menard County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 31 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 64.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Menard County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (31 jobs lost)
2. Residential building construction (8 jobs lost)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (4 jobs lost)
4. Computer systems design and related services (2 jobs lost)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (3 jobs lost)

Given the 14 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 7 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 7 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Menard County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Services to buildings and dwellings industry has grown the most with 8 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry makes up 24.7 percent of the total employment growth in Menard County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (8 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (7 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (7 new jobs)
4. Other general merchandise stores (6 new jobs)
5. Death care services (2 new jobs)

In Menard County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 23 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Employment for all industries has increased by 8.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in the State of Texas, which experienced a gain of 4.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Menard County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 49.2 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 has seen in the Texas, where the it saw a gain of 2.9 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Menard County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 2.2 percent in terms of employees in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (49.2 percent decline)
2. Computer systems design and related services (40 percent decline)
3. Residential building construction (17.7 percent decline)
4. Unclassified (14.3 percent decline)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (12.9 percent decline)

Menard County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 121.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Menard County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 4.5 percent. The Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Menard County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 3.1 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (121.1 percent gain)
2. Other general merchandise stores (33.3 percent gain)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (15.0 percent gain)
4. Death care services (12.0 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (7.7 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.

Income and Poverty in Menard County, Texas

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Menard County, Texas can be considered to have a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 25.8 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 42.1 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Menard County, accounting 55.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Menard County had a relatively low median income for all households of $28,972 (2005 Dollars). This median is 61.2 percent lower than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median is 69.6 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Menard County had a median household income level of $28,154, this median was 2.8 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Menard County, Texas White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $31,238 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 7.8 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 79.8 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $5,850. Hispanic headed households in Menard County, Texas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $19,652, this median household income is 32.2 percent less than the areas median income level for all households.







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

Higher Education in Menard County, Texas

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Menard County, Texas, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 30.8 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Menard have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 18.4 percent (Men) versus 16 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is category, with percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Menard County, Texas according the 2000 Decennial Census, 18.4 percent of the White Alone, 42.8 percent of Black or African American, 100 percent of the Asian alone and 1.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Menard County, Texas is made up of a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 17.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Menard is reported having 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 United States proportion of 24.4 percent.





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

Demographic Profile for Menard County, Texas

Menard County, Texas has a population that is made up of 66.9 percent White, 0.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 31.5 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 32.5 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Menard has decreased in diversity when 32.8 percent of the people were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Menard County, Texas to be 46.7 years of age. The median in Menard is greater than the median age for the State of Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 43.9 years old. With a total of 19.2 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Menard can be understood as being made up of a relatively low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 56.8 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 24 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a relatively high percent of the population base.

By measuring total land area, Menard covers a total land area of 902 square miles. The county has a very low density of 2 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Madison, MT (2 per sq. mile ), McKenzie, ND (2 per sq. mile ), Logan, ND (2 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Rich, UT (2 per sq. mile ), Kodiak Island, AK (2 per sq. mile ), Sweet Grass, MT (2 per sq. mile ).

Menard County, Texas had an estimated population of 2,201 in the year 2005. The population has decreased sharply, since its 2000 population of 2,356. The decline signifies a decrease of -6.6 percent. Menard ranks 193 of 254 counties when analyzing total population change in Texas and the county ranks 2,236 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Estimated since the year 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Menard from another country. The international migration into Menard totals 0 percent of the total migration into the State of Texas. This percent of immigration can be considered very low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

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

Housing Report for Menard County, Texas

In Menard County, the census reported 1,656 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding in all 28 residential structures since 2001, a change of 1.7 percent.

Menard County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $28,900, reported by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the Texas 2000 median home value of $82,500 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

The State of Texas, Menard County stands 133 of 254 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 2,159 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

There is a abundant amount of real estate that is affordable in Menard County, Texas. In 2000, 99.1 percent of housing was valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Menard County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Wholesale trade sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 32.1 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 93 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Wholesale trade sectors provide 5.9 and 2.4 percent of all employment.

The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Menard County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 18.5 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent in the year 2005.

Retail Trade has the largest businesses in Menard County, averaging 8 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average at the national level of 15 and less than the State of Texas establishments size average of 16 for the Retail Trade industry.

Menard County is ranked at 240 of 255 total Counties throughout Texas in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 239 of 255 Counties.

In Menard County, Retail Trade, Wholesale trade and Health care and social assistance industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Retail Trade industry has an LQ of 2.33. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Retail Trade industry is 2.33 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Menard County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Retail Trade.







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