In Moore County, jobs in the oil and gas extraction pay the highest wages

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Employment in the oil and gas extraction industry wages were the highest in Moore County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Moore County was paid an annual wage of $62,614 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry pay the State of Texas of $149,789 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $127,077.

Top-pay jobs in Moore County, Texas may be found in management and technical consulting services ($50,825), offices of physicians ($47,433), unclassified ($46,022) and support activities for mining ($41,855) 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.

Moore County Wages have increased by 23.8% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Moore County, Texas by a total of 23.8%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Texas and greater 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.

Moore County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Moore County

The Limited-service eating places industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 82 jobs. The declines in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 38.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Moore County, Texas.

Top 4 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (82 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (39 jobs lost)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (22 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (19 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Moore County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Services to buildings and dwellings industry has grown the most with 103 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry makes up 70.3 percent of the growth in Moore County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (103 new jobs)
2. Support activities for mining (22 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (19 new jobs)
4. Offices of dentists (3 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (981 new jobs)

In Moore County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 300 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Of the 19 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 15 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 4 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Moore County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Professional and similar organizations industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 51.4 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 2.5 percent. The losses in the Professional and similar organizations industry in Moore County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.6 percent in terms of employees in the Professional and similar organizations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Professional and similar organizations (51.4 percent decline)
2. Private households (45.2 percent decline)
3. Legal services (25.7 percent decline)
4. Grocery stores (22.8 percent decline)
5. Limited-service eating places (22 percent decline)

Moore County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 540.4 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Moore County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 4.9 percent. The Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Moore County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 11 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (540.4 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (34.1 percent gain)
3. Support activities for mining (24.1 percent gain)
4. Offices of dentists (8.5 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 4.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is less than growth 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 felt at the national 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.

Moore County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Moore County

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 147 jobs. The declines in the Other specialty trade contractors industry make up 70.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Moore County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (147 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (9 jobs lost)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (8 jobs lost)
4. Offices of dentists (7 jobs lost)
5. Professional and similar organizations (7 jobs lost)

In Moore County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 305 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Of the 31 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 16 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Moore County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 26 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 20.2 percent of the total employment growth in Moore County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (26 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (21 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (21 new jobs)
4. Management and technical consulting services (11 new jobs)
5. Support activities for mining (9 new jobs)

Employment for all industries has increased by 4.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Texas, which saw 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.

Moore County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 54.2 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Moore County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where it saw a gain of 13 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Moore County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 9.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (54.2 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (52.0 percent gain)
3. General freight trucking (21.9 percent gain)
4. Private households (17.6 percent gain)
5. Oil and gas extraction (12.0 percent gain)

Moore County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 62 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the industry reported a gain of 7.7 percent. The losses in the Other specialty trade contractors industry in Moore County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 6.8 in percent of workers in the Other specialty trade contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (62 percent decline)
2. Professional and similar organizations (53.8 percent decline)
3. Consumer goods rental (23.7 percent decline)
4. Offices of dentists (17.7 percent decline)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (16.9 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 Moore County, Texas

Compared to counties across the United States, Moore County accounted a medium-high median income for all households of $40,777 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 14.6 percent lower than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 20.5 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Moore County, Texas can be considered to have a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 13.5 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 28.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Moore County, with 24.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 40.8 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $24,131. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Moore County had a median income of $38,025, which was 6.7 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $61,425. This household income level is 50.6 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. In Moore County, Texas White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $43,547 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 6.8 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic households in Moore County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $34,494, this median household income is 15.4 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 Moore County, Texas

In 2000, the Census reported that in Moore County, Texas, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 39.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Moore have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 10.4 percent (Men) versus 11.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Less than High School category, with 36.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Moore County, Texas as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 14.2 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 34.8 percent of the Asian alone and 1.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Moore County, Texas has a less-educated 2000 population, with 11 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Moore counted a lower percent of population with this high education level 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.





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

Demographic Profile for Moore County, Texas

Moore County, Texas had a population that was estimated at 20,348 in the year 2005. The population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 20,112. This growth represents an increase of 1.2 percent. Moore ranks 121 of 254 counties by growth in total population in Texas and the county ranks 1,622 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

From 2000, a very high amount of people have migrated to Moore internationally. The migration from outside the US into Moore makes up 0.1 percent of all immigration into Texas. This percent of immigration can be considered very high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Moore County, Texas has a population base that is comprised of 46.7 percent White, 0.7 percent African American, 0.9 percent Asian, and 50.8 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 52.4 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is greater than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Moore has increased the level of diversity when 49.3 percent of the people were minorities.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Moore County, Texas to be 30.4 years old. The median in Moore is less than the median age in the State of Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen no change in the median age, at that time the median was 30.4 years of age. With 33.4 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Moore can be described as having a relatively high 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 56.3 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 10.4 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.

When calculating the total land area, Moore extends a total area of 900 total square miles. The area has a low population density of 23 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Wayne, TN (23 per sq. mile ), Yell, AR (23 per sq. mile ), Clay, AL (23 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Allamakee, IA (23 per sq. mile ), Umatilla, OR (23 per sq. mile ), Humboldt, IA (23 per sq. mile ).

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

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

Transportation and Warehousing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Moore County. The sector dealt with a loss of 199 jobs during the period, or 46 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 57 percent of all employment losses in the county.

Moore County is ranked at 86 of 255 Counties in the State of Texas in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 79 of 255 Counties.

Administrative and waste services has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Moore County, with a job growth of 287.5 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 4.5 percent. The State of Texas had an industry job change of 5 percent, since the year 2001.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Moore County, with the industry averaging 179 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the Texas average of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Moore County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Construction industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 47.1 percent of total employment in the county, making up 3,405 jobs. The Retail Trade and Construction industries total 11.8 and 6.1 percent of all employment.

In Moore County, Mining, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Manufacturing industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 4.78. This means the percent of total employment in the Mining sector is 4.78 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Moore may be an exporter of products or services of Mining.





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