In Somervell County, jobs in the utility system construction pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the utility system construction industry reported the top wages in Somervell County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Somervell County was paid an annual wage of $39,819 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry pay the State of Texas of $43,960 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $48,011.

High-wage employment in Somervell County, Texas can be found in offices of physicians ($39,604), building equipment contractors ($33,376), offices of real estate agents and brokers ($22,990) and other professional and technical services ($15,668) 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.

Somervell County Wages have increased by 42.4% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Somervell County, Texas by a total of 42.4%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Texas and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Somervell County Industry Wages Exceed Texas, and Wages Exceed the United States

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Wages in all industries in Somervell County, Texas can be described as very high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 49.8 percent higher than the state, which accounted an average of $41,186. The overall industry wage was greater than the overall average in the United States 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.

Somervell County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Somervell County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 80 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 47.9 percent of the total number of new jobs in Somervell County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (80 new jobs)
2. Utility system construction (69 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Somervell County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 53 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 71.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Somervell County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (53 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (21 jobs lost)
3. Insurance carriers (333 jobs lost)
4. Other general merchandise stores (181 jobs lost)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (179 jobs lost)

Given the 8 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 2 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 6 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Somervell County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 473 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Employment for all industries has decreased by 15 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Somervell County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 450.0 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Somervell County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry took a gain of 13 percent. The Utility system construction industry in Somervell County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (450.0 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (160.0 percent gain)
3. Grocery stores (16.4 percent gain)
4. Home health care services (14.8 percent gain)
5. Gasoline stations (12.0 percent gain)

Somervell County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 63 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Texas, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 2.3 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Somervell County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 5.3 in percent of workers in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (63 percent decline)
2. Full-service restaurants (54.7 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.

Somervell County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Somervell County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 475.0 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Somervell County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry took a gain of 12.2 percent. The Utility system construction industry in Somervell County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 7.4 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Utility system construction (475.0 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (36.5 percent gain)
3. Gasoline stations (32.3 percent gain)
4. Grocery stores (7.3 percent gain)

Total employment has decreased by 5.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in Texas, which saw a gain of 4.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Somervell County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 22.9 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 6.6 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Somervell County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.5 in percent of jobs in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (22.9 percent decline)
2. Other professional and technical services (13.9 percent decline)
3. Limited-service eating places (8.5 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Somervell County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Utility system construction industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 70 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Utility system construction industry makes up 71.8 percent of the growth in Somervell County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Utility system construction (70 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (12 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (11 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (5 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Somervell County

The Limited-service eating places industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 12 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 66.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Somervell County, Texas.

Top 4 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (12 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (4 jobs lost)
3. Other professional and technical services (2 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (50 jobs lost)

In Somervell County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 157 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Out of the 8 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 4 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.

Income and Poverty in Somervell County, Texas

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Somervell County, Texas can be considered to have a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 8.6 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 33.3 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Somervell County, accounting 15.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Somervell County was reported to have a relatively high median income for households of $46,103 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 1.3 percent lower than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median is 6.6 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

In Somervell County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $47,832 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 3.8 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $48,263. This median income level is 4.7 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 65.1 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $16,088. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Somervell County reported a median household income of $29,738, this level was 35.5 percent less than the areas median level for all households. Hispanic households in Somervell County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $40,853, this income level is 11.4 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 Somervell County, Texas

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Somervell County, Texas, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 30.8 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Somervell on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 16.6 percent (Men) versus 17.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 33.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Somervell County, Texas according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 18 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 14.2 percent of the Asian alone and 1 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Somervell County, Texas is made up of a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 17.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Somervell is reported having a lower percent of individuals with higher educations 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 Somervell County, Texas

Somervell County, Texas had a total estimated population of 7,578 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 6,840. This growth signifies an increase of 10.8 percent. Somervell ranks 98 of 254 counties by growth in total population in Texas and the county ranks 1,237 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Somervell County, Texas has a population that is made up of 83.1 percent White, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 15.4 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 15.9 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Somervell has increased the percent of minority makeup when 13.9 percent of the population were minorities.

In terms of total land area, Somervell spans a total area of 187 square miles. The county has a low density of 40 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Northampton, NC (40 per sq. mile ), Clallam, WA (40 per sq. mile ), Green, KY (40 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Holmes, FL (40 per sq. mile ), Houston, TN (40 per sq. mile ), Ohio, KY (40 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a medium-high amount of people have migrated to Somervell from another country. The international migration into Somervell makes up 0 percent of all immigration into Texas. This amount of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Somervell County, Texas to be 38.3 years of age. The median in Somervell is greater than the median in Texas of 33.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 37.1 years of age. With a total of 24.8 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Somervell can be understood as being made up of a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 61.1 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 14.2 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.

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

Housing Report for Somervell County, Texas

In Somervell County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 2,979 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding in all 140 homes since 2001, or 4.9 percent.

The State of Texas, Somervell County stands 40 of 254 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 857 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

Somervell County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $91,300, reported by the Decennial Census. This is greater than the 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 is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Somervell County, Texas. In 2000, 70.5 percent of housing was valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Somervell County, averaging 43 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the State of Texas establishments size average of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

Other services, except public administration has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Somervell County, growing in new jobs by 246.2 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 2.8 percent. The State of Texas encountered a change in industry employment of -1.4 percent, during the period.

In Somervell County, Accommodation and food services, Manufacturing, and the Administrative and waste services industries are the largest employment industries. The Accommodation and food services produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 9.7 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 283 employees. The Manufacturing and Administrative and waste services industries total 8.7 and 7.6 percent of industry employment.

Somervell County ranks 141 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 139 of 255 Counties.

In Somervell County, Arts, entertainment, and recreation, Administrative and waste services and Accommodation and food services have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Arts, entertainment, and recreation industry has an LQ of 2.24. The percent of employment in the Arts, entertainment, and recreation sector is 2.24 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Somervell may be an exporter of products or services of Arts, entertainment, and recreation.







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