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

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Jobs in the general freight trucking industry had the highest average wages in Upshur County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Upshur County earned an annual wage of $40,496 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry wage rate in Texas of $40,537 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $41,086.

Top-pay jobs in Upshur County, Texas exsists in specialized freight trucking ($38,227), utility system construction ($37,938), automobile dealers ($37,581) and offices of physicians ($36,429) 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.

Upshur County Wages have increased by 16.2% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Upshur County, Texas by a total of 16.2%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of 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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Upshur County, Texas when analyzed can be understood as being relatively low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 42.3 percent lower than the with an state average of $41,186. The industry pay was less than the US average pay 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.

Upshur County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Upshur County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other specialty trade contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 46 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Other specialty trade contractors industry makes up 25.1 percent of the total growth in Upshur County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (46 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (40 new jobs)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (22 new jobs)
4. Gasoline stations (20 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (12 new jobs)

In Upshur County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 22 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Out of the 25 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 13 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 12 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Upshur County

The Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 87 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 23.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Upshur County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (87 jobs lost)
2. Health and personal care stores (62 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (59 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (41 jobs lost)
5. Nonresidential building construction (26 jobs lost)

Total employment has decreased by 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in the State of Texas, which saw a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Upshur County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 212.5 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Upshur County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 40.8 percent. The Residential building construction industry in Upshur County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 30.6 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (212.5 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (166.7 percent gain)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (76.6 percent gain)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (48.1 percent gain)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (44.3 percent gain)

Upshur County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 70.3 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 seen in the Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 12.9 percent. The losses in the Nonresidential building construction industry in Upshur County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 1.6 percent in terms of employees in the Nonresidential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (70.3 percent decline)
2. Health and personal care stores (63.6 percent decline)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (59.3 percent decline)
4. Building equipment contractors (54.2 percent decline)
5. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (47.4 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.

Upshur County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Upshur County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 48 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 38.1 percent of the total employment growth in Upshur County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (48 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (22 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (18 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (11 new jobs)
5. Specialized freight trucking (7 new jobs)

In Upshur County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 48 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Upshur County

Given the industries in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 40 jobs. The declines in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 34.5 percent of the total job loss in Upshur County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (40 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (18 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (13 jobs lost)
4. Other schools and instruction (9 jobs lost)
5. General freight trucking (8 jobs lost)

Of the 30 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 17 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 11 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Upshur County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 157.1 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Upshur County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 8.7 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Upshur County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 3.5 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (157.1 percent gain)
2. Management and technical consulting services (75.0 percent gain)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (31.6 percent gain)
4. Limited-service eating places (20.3 percent gain)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (18.7 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 1 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Upshur County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 53.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 6.6 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Upshur County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 5.5 in percent of jobs in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (53.6 percent decline)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (39 percent decline)
3. Unclassified (33.3 percent decline)
4. Automobile dealers (17.3 percent decline)
5. Offices of physicians (15.8 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 Upshur County, Texas

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Upshur County, Texas can be recognized as having a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 14.9 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 40.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Upshur County, having 20.5 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Hispanic households in Upshur County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $24,212, this median household income is 37.9 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $25,776. This income level is 33.9 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 36.8 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $24,667. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Upshur County reported an income level of $14,534, which was 62.7 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Upshur County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $41,067 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 5.3 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Upshur County accounted a medium-low median household income of $39,016 (2005 Dollars). This median is 19.7 percent lower than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 25.9 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 Upshur County, Texas

Upshur County, Texas may to understood as having a less-educated population, with 11 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Upshur has a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

In Upshur County, Texas according the 2000 Decennial Census, 11.6 percent of the White Alone, 7.6 percent of Black or African American, 34 percent of the Asian alone and 6.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Upshur County, Texas, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 36.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Upshur have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 11.2 percent (Men) versus 11 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 36 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





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

Demographic Profile for Upshur County, Texas

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Upshur County, Texas to be 38.4 years old. The median in Upshur is greater than the median age in the State of Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 37.7 years old. With 24.5 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Upshur can be understood as being made up of a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 60.6 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 14.9 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 base.

Upshur County, Texas had a total estimated population of 37,881 in the year 2005. The population has increased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 35,385. This growth shows an increase of 7.1 percent. Upshur ranks 59 of 254 counties when analyzing total population change in Texas and the county ranks 726 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

When measuring the total land area, Upshur spans a total of 588 total square miles. The area has a medium-low population density of 64 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Gilmer, GA (64 per sq. mile ), Charlevoix, MI (64 per sq. mile ), Massac, IL (64 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Geary, KS (64 per sq. mile ), Pike, OH (64 per sq. mile ), Pittsylvania, VA (64 per sq. mile ).

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individuals have migrated to Upshur from outside the country. The immigration into Upshur accounts for 0 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This level of international migration can be considered medium-low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Upshur County, Texas has a population that is made up of 84.8 percent White, 9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 4.5 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 13.8 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Upshur has decreased in diversity when 14.3 percent of the total population were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Upshur County, Texas

When compared to other counties in Texas, Upshur County ranks 108 of 254 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,021 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

In Upshur County, the census reported 15,436 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 286 residential structures since 2001, a change of 1.9 percent.

According to the data, there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Upshur County, Texas. In 2000, 92.3 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Upshur County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $59,600, published by the Decennial Census. This is less than the overall State of Texas 2000 home median value of $82,500 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Upshur County, Utilities, Information and Mining industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Utilities sector in the county has a location quotient of 5.56. This means the percent of total employment in the Utilities industry is 5.56 times greater than the national average, signifying that Upshur specializes in Utilities.

Mining is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Upshur County, moving a total of 100 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 4.7 percent. The State of Texas had an industry job change of 8.9 percent, during the period.

Information has a largest number of employee per establishment in Upshur County. In the County, the industry averages 47 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's national average of 22 and greater than the State of Texas average establishment size of 24 for the Information industry.

In Upshur County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries are the largest employment industries. The Health care and social assistance produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 19.5 percent of total employment in the county, making up 894 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors account for 16.3 and 12.3 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Retail Trade since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Upshur County. The sector faced a loss of 140 jobs, or 15.8 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 27.5 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).