In Stonewall County, jobs in the building equipment contractors pay the highest wages

(Click Image to Enlarge Graph)

Individuals that are employed in the building equipment contractors industry paid the average highest wages in Stonewall County for 2006. The average industry job in Stonewall County received an annual wage of $22,306 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry wage rate in Texas of $39,370 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $43,986.

Other high-paying jobs in Stonewall County, Texas are present in gasoline stations ($14,539), oilseed and grain farming (.), vegetable and melon farming (.) and fruit and tree nut farming (.) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail Comparison

About: These facts are part of the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

Stonewall County Wages have increased by 30.6% Since 2001

(Click Image to Enlarge Graph)

Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Stonewall County, Texas by a total of 30.6%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Texas and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

About: These facts are part of the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

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

(Click Image to Enlarge Graph)

The average total wages in all industries in Stonewall County, Texas when analyzed can be understood as being medium-low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 34.2 percent lower than the with an state average of $41,186. The average industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

About: These facts are part of the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

Stonewall County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total industry employment has decreased by 1.2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Stonewall County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Cattle ranching and farming industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 17 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry reported a gain of 5.2 percent. The losses in the Cattle ranching and farming industry in Stonewall County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 14.5 percent in terms of employment in the Cattle ranching and farming industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (17 percent decline)

Stonewall County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nondepository credit intermediation industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 100.0 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Stonewall County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 36.7 percent. The Nondepository credit intermediation industry in Stonewall County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 18.9 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nondepository credit intermediation (100.0 percent gain)
2. Home health care services (91.6 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (81.8 percent gain)
4. Full-service restaurants (63.5 percent gain)
5. Private households (31.3 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Stonewall County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Cattle ranching and farming industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 6 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Cattle ranching and farming industry makes up -3.8 percent of the total employment growth in Stonewall County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (40 new jobs)

In Stonewall County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 4 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.









About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

Stonewall County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Stonewall County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 13.9 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Stonewall County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 6.6 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Stonewall County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 5.5 percent.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (13.9 percent gain)
2. Gasoline stations (1.7 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 7.6 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 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Stonewall County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grocery stores industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 20 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 1.3 percent. The losses in the Grocery stores industry in Stonewall County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 0.3 percent in terms of employees in the Grocery stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (20 percent decline)
2. General freight trucking (16.1 percent decline)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (11.9 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (9.2 percent decline)
5. Logging (5.8 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Stonewall County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Logging industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 12 jobs. The declines in the Logging industry make up 28.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Stonewall County, Texas.

Top 2 Industries
1. Logging (12 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (12 jobs lost)

In Stonewall County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 24 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.









About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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 Stonewall County, Texas

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Stonewall County, Texas may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 19.3 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 61.7 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Stonewall County, accounting 44.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Stonewall County reported a relatively low median income for all households of $32,684 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 42.9 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median is 50.3 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Hispanic households in Stonewall County, Texas reported a median household income of $21,389, which is 34.6 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 64.2 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $11,700. In Stonewall County, Texas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $35,481 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 8.6 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Stonewall County had a median income of $27,788, this was 15 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.







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

Higher Education in Stonewall County, Texas

Stonewall County, Texas may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 12.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Stonewall is reported having 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 US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Stonewall County, Texas according the 2000 Decennial Census, 13.6 percent of the White Alone, 5.8 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 2.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Stonewall County, Texas, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 42.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Stonewall have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 14.4 percent (Men) versus 11 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 33.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Stonewall County, Texas

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Stonewall County, Texas to be 47.6 years old. The median age in Stonewall 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 43.5 years of age. With 20.7 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Stonewall can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low representation within the population, making up 53.1 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 26.2 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a relatively high percent of the population.

Stonewall County, Texas had a population of 1,372 in the year 2005. The population has decreased very sharply, since the population in 2000 of 1,678. The decline represents a decrease of -18.2 percent. Stonewall ranks 218 of 254 counties when calculating total change in population for Texas and the county ranks 2,521 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

Stonewall County, Texas has a population that is made up of 84 percent White, 3.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 11.4 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of diversity, with 15.2 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Stonewall has stayed the same in diversity when 15.2 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

When measuring the total land area, Stonewall spans a total of 919 square miles. This area has a very low population density of 1 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- White Pine, NV (1 per sq. mile ), Cherry, NE (1 per sq. mile ), Hooker, NE (1 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Union, NM (1 per sq. mile ), Wayne, UT (1 per sq. mile ), Golden Valley, MT (1 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Stonewall from another country. The international migration into Stonewall makes up 0 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This amount of international migration is very low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

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

Housing Report for Stonewall County, Texas

In Stonewall County, there were a total of 961 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding all together 15 residential units since 2001, or 1.6 percent.

In the State of Texas, Stonewall County places 148 of 254 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 2,270 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Stonewall County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $30,100, according to the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the State of Texas 2000 median home value of $82,500 and less than home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

According to the data, there is a abundant amount of affordable housing in Stonewall County, Texas. In 2000, 96.6 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Wholesale trade has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Stonewall County, increasing in size by 26.7 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 0.4 percent. The State of Texas had an industry job change of 0.7 percent, during the period.

In Stonewall County, Construction, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Other services, except public administration have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Construction industry has a US LQ in the county of 4.67. The level of employment in the Construction industry is 4.67 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Stonewall may be an exporter of products or services of Construction.

The Construction sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Stonewall County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 36.9 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 30.7 percent in the year 2005.

Construction is the industry with the largest establishments in Stonewall County. The industry averages 10 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 9 and less than the Texas average establishment size of 13 for the Construction industry.

In Stonewall County, Construction, Retail Trade, and the Other services, except public administration sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Construction is the major employer in the county making up 30.7 percent of the total county employment. This totals 97 individuals. The Retail Trade and Other services, except public administration industries make up 9.8 and 9.8 percent of industry employment.

Stonewall County ranks 238 of 255 total Counties throughout Texas by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 235 of 255 Counties.





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