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

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Employment in the general freight trucking industry paid the average highest wages in Scurry County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Scurry County was paid an annual wage of $59,427 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry pay the State of Texas of $40,537 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $41,086.

Top-pay jobs in Scurry County, Texas may be found in support activities for mining ($56,804), chemical merchant wholesalers ($54,031), machinery and equipment rental and leasing ($51,767) and unclassified ($44,430) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Scurry County Wages have increased by 45.7% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Scurry County, Texas by a total of 45.7%. This is greater than the growth in 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.

Scurry County Industry Wages Lag Behind Texas, but Wages Exceed the United States

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Wages in all industries in Scurry County, Texas when analyzed can be understood as being relatively high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 2 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $41,186. The overall industry wage was greater 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.

Scurry County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 1.3 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in the State of Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Scurry County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 50.3 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 it saw a loss of 4.9 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Scurry County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 6.4 percent in terms of employees in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (50.3 percent decline)
2. Lessors of real estate (50 percent decline)
3. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (48.7 percent decline)
4. Professional and similar organizations (32.4 percent decline)
5. Offices of dentists (30.2 percent decline)

Scurry County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Machine shops and threaded product mfg. industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 112.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Scurry County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 8.7 percent. The Machine shops and threaded product mfg. industry in Scurry County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.4 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (112.1 percent gain)
2. Home health care services (92.5 percent gain)
3. General freight trucking (48.4 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (41.8 percent gain)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (26.0 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Scurry County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Support activities for mining industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 106 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Support activities for mining industry make up 35.7 percent of the employment lost during the period in Scurry County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (106 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (62 jobs lost)
3. Limited-service eating places (38 jobs lost)
4. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (25 jobs lost)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (20 jobs lost)

In Scurry County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 58 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Of the 23 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 14 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 9 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Scurry County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Home health care services industry has added the most employment with 45 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Home health care services industry makes up 33.8 percent of the total growth in Scurry County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (45 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (31 new jobs)
3. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (25 new jobs)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (15 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (10 new jobs)





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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.

Scurry County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Scurry County

The Support activities for mining industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 34 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 31.8 percent of the growth in Scurry County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (34 new jobs)
2. Home health care services (15 new jobs)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (10 new jobs)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (10 new jobs)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (9 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Scurry County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Chemical merchant wholesalers industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 18 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Chemical merchant wholesalers industry make up 30.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Scurry County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Chemical merchant wholesalers (18 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (17 jobs lost)
3. Support activities for crop production (7 jobs lost)
4. Private households (6 jobs lost)
5. Unclassified (4 jobs lost)

In Scurry County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 172 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Given the 26 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 10 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 16 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Scurry County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 68.4 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 28.8 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Scurry County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 12.1 in percent of jobs in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (68.4 percent decline)
2. Lessors of real estate (33.3 percent decline)
3. Chemical merchant wholesalers (22 percent decline)
4. Private households (21.8 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (21.3 percent decline)

Scurry County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 103.6 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Scurry County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry took a gain of 4.5 percent. The Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Scurry County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 3.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (103.6 percent gain)
2. Other professional and technical services (53.3 percent gain)
3. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (26.1 percent gain)
4. Home health care services (18.4 percent gain)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (10.8 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 4.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level 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 Scurry County, Texas

Hispanic households in Scurry County, Texas reported a median household income of $25,645, this income level is 30.7 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Scurry County reported a median household income of $14,137, which was 61.8 percent less than the areas median level for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $61,974. This household income level is 67.4 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. In Scurry County, Texas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $39,986 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 8 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 25.6 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $27,563.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Scurry County, Texas can be considered to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 16.0 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 30.3 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Scurry County, reporting 25.6 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Scurry County was reported to have a medium-low median household income of $37,026 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 26.2 percent lower than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median is 32.7 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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

Demographic Profile for Scurry County, Texas

In terms of total land area, Scurry covers a total land area of 902 square miles. The land areas has a very low density of 18 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Monroe, IA (18 per sq. mile ), Jefferson, MS (18 per sq. mile ), Redwood, MN (18 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Brown, KS (18 per sq. mile ), Madison, AR (18 per sq. mile ), Love, OK (18 per sq. mile ).

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Scurry County, Texas to be 36.5 years old. The median in Scurry is greater than the median age for the State of Texas of 33.2. From 2000, the area has seen a decline in the median age, at that time the median was 37.0 years old. With 24.5 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Scurry can be understood as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 60.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 14.7 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Scurry County, Texas has a population base that is comprised of 60.4 percent White, 5.7 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 33.1 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 39.1 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Scurry has increased in diversity when 34.3 percent of the people were minorities.

Scurry County, Texas had a population that was estimated at 16,217 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 16,250. The decline denotes a decrease of -0.2 percent. Scurry ranks 160 of 254 counties when calculating total change in population for Texas and the county ranks 1,983 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Since 2000, a medium-low amount of people have migrated to Scurry internationally. The migration from outside the US into Scurry accounts for 0 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

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

Housing Report for Scurry County, Texas

In Scurry County, the real estate market was made up of 7,155 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a sum of 9 housing units since the year 2001, or 0.1 percent.

When compared to other counties in Texas, Scurry County is positioned 237 of 254 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 3,029 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Scurry County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $42,500, according to the Decennial Census. This is less than the overall State of Texas 2000 median home value of $82,500 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

There seems to be a large amount affordable residential real estate in Scurry County, Texas. In 2000, 94.9 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Mining is the industry with the largest establishments in Scurry County, with the industry averaging 19 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's average at the national level of 21 and less than the State of Texas establishments size average of 24 for the Mining industry.

Scurry County is ranked at 121 of 255 Counties throughout the State of Texas by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 119 of 255 Counties.

The Health care and social assistance industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Scurry County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 6.9 percent of total employment for the year 2001 to 0 percent of employment in 2005.

In Scurry County, Mining, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Mining produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 23 percent of the total county employment. This totals 989 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors account for 13.2 and 9.9 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Construction from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Scurry County, increasing in size by 103.8 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 7.3 percent. The State of Texas encountered a change in industry employment of -2.5 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In Scurry County, Mining, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Construction have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 45.36. The percent of employment in the Mining sector is 45.36 times greater than the national average, signifying that Scurry County may specialize, or be an exporter of Mining.





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