In Starr County, jobs in the outpatient care centers pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the outpatient care centers industry had the highest average wages in Starr County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Starr County received an annual wage of $41,180 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the average industry wage in the State of Texas of $45,008 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $44,428.

Other top-pay jobs in Starr County, Texas exsists in land subdivision ($38,807), offices of physicians ($35,032), automobile dealers ($33,854) and accounting and bookkeeping services ($32,699) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic 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.

Starr County Wages have increased by 27.6% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Starr County, Texas by a total of 27.6%. 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.

Starr County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 21.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Starr County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 280.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Starr County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where the industry took a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Starr County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.7 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (280.0 percent gain)
2. Child day care services (112.2 percent gain)
3. Health and personal care stores (108.3 percent gain)
4. Offices of physicians (78.4 percent gain)
5. Automobile dealers (70.9 percent gain)

Starr County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 49 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 has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 2.3 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Starr County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 5.3 percent in terms of employment in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (49 percent decline)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (34.2 percent decline)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (14.9 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (14.5 percent decline)
5. Consumer goods rental (14.3 percent decline)

In Starr County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,332 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Out of the 19 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 13 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Starr County

The Home health care services industry has added the most employment with 1,144 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 73.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Starr County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (1,144 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (116 new jobs)
3. Automobile dealers (69 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (52 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (44 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Starr County

The Automotive repair and maintenance industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 17 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry make up 32.1 percent of the total employment decline in Starr County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (17 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (16 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (13 jobs lost)
4. Consumer goods rental (4 jobs lost)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (2 jobs lost)





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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.

Starr County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Starr County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Home health care services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 268 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Home health care services industry makes up 63.1 percent of the growth in Starr County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (268 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (40 new jobs)
3. Child day care services (29 new jobs)
4. Outpatient care centers (25 new jobs)
5. Automobile dealers (20 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Starr County

The Offices of other health practitioners industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 14 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Offices of other health practitioners industry make up 26.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Starr County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (14 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (12 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (10 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (7 jobs lost)
5. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (5 jobs lost)

In Starr County, Texas, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 348 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Out of the 26 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 11 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 15 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Employment for all industries has increased by 4.8 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 from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Starr County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 40.7 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 experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 6.6 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Starr County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5.5 in percent of workers in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (40.7 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (34.1 percent decline)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (22.6 percent decline)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (17.6 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (11.7 percent decline)

Starr County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Outpatient care centers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 129.8 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Starr County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry took a gain of 5.3 percent. The Outpatient care centers industry in Starr County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 4.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Outpatient care centers (129.8 percent gain)
2. Death care services (56.7 percent gain)
3. Child day care services (55.4 percent gain)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (38.9 percent gain)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (23.3 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 Starr County, Texas

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Starr County, Texas can be recognized as having a very high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 50.9 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The White race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 51.7 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Starr County, with 62.7 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Starr County reported an income level of $12,991, this median was 32.7 percent less than the median income level in this area. Hispanic in Starr County, Texas reported a median household income of $19,002, this income level is 1.6 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 20.4 percent greater than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $23,254. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $39,037. This median is 102.2 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. In Starr County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $18,934 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1.9 percent less than the median in 2000.

Compared to counties across the United States, Starr County had a very low median household income of $19,310 (2005 Dollars). This median is 141.9 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 154.4 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Starr County, Texas

In Starr County, Texas as reported in the 2000 Census, 6.6 percent of the White Alone, 34.6 percent of Black or African American, 79.8 percent of the Asian alone and 6.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Starr County, Texas can be considered to have a less-educated population, with 7 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Starr counted 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 US proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Starr County, Texas, many men in the area have reached the Less than High School category, with 66.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Starr have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 7 percent (Men) versus 6.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Less than High School category, with 64.2 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Starr County, Texas

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Starr County, Texas to be 26.9 years old. The median age in Starr is less than the median age in Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 26.3 years old. With 36.5 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Starr can be understood as being made up of a relatively 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 53.4 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 10.1 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.

From 2000, a very high amount of people have migrated to Starr from another country. The international migration into Starr totals 0.4 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This level of international migration can be considered very high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Starr County, Texas has a population that is made of 2.1 percent White, 0 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 97.6 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 97.8 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is greater than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Starr has increased the level of diversity when 97.7 percent of the population were minorities.

When calculating the total land area, Starr encompasses a total area of 1223 square miles. The land areas has a low average area density of 50 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Grayson, KY (50 per sq. mile ), Roscommon, MI (50 per sq. mile ), Morgan, GA (50 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Lawrence, AL (50 per sq. mile ), Perry, IN (50 per sq. mile ), Pierce, GA (50 per sq. mile ).

Starr County, Texas had a total estimated population of 60,941 in the year 2005. The population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 53,846. This growth signifies an increase of 13.2 percent. Starr ranks 32 of 254 counties when analyzing total population change in Texas and the county ranks 410 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

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

Housing Report for Starr County, Texas

In Starr County, the census reported 18,141 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a total of 363 residential structures since 2001, a change of 2 percent.

Starr County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $37,800, according to the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the overall State of Texas 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $82,500 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

The State of Texas, Starr County ranks 100 of 254 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,916 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

According to the data, there is a abundant amount of real estate that is affordable in Starr County, Texas. In 2000, 96.9 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Starr County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Other services, except public administration industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Health care and social assistance provides the most jobs and contributes 48.6 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 3,469 jobs. The Retail Trade and Other services, except public administration industries make up 21.2 and 5.6 percent of total employment, respectively.

Health care and social assistance has the largest employers in Starr County. In the County, the industry averages 64 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 21 and greater than the State of Texas typical size of 21 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

In Starr County, Health care and social assistance, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Mining industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Health care and social assistance industry has an LQ of 3.75. This means the percent of total employment in the Health care and social assistance industry is 3.75 times greater than the national average, signifying that Starr County may specialize, or be an exporter of Health care and social assistance.

Wholesale trade is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Starr County, with an employment growth of 58.8 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 0.4 percent. The State of Texas felt a shift in employment in the industry of 0.7 percent, during the period.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Starr County. The industry was hit with a loss of 188 total jobs during the period, accounting for 50.1 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 77 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.







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