Saturday, February 24, 2007

Val Verde County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has increased by 23.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Val Verde County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 566.7 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Val Verde County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Val Verde County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.7 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (566.7 percent gain)
2. Lessors of real estate (174.8 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (107.1 percent gain)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (97.6 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (96.3 percent gain)

Val Verde County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Sporting goods and musical instrument stores industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 66.7 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 felt a loss of 7.5 percent. The losses in the Sporting goods and musical instrument stores industry in Val Verde County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 4.9 percent in terms of employment in the Sporting goods and musical instrument stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (66.7 percent decline)
2. Florists (47.8 percent decline)
3. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (44.1 percent decline)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (37.4 percent decline)
5. Other professional and technical services (33.9 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Val Verde County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 109 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 15.0 percent of the total growth in Val Verde County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (109 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (106 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (101 new jobs)
4. Lessors of real estate (76 new jobs)
5. Automobile dealers (72 new jobs)

In Val Verde County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 2,339 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Of the 49 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 25 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 24 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Val Verde County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 103 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 19.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Val Verde County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (103 jobs lost)
2. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (92 jobs lost)
3. Home health care services (84 jobs lost)
4. Warehousing and storage (50 jobs lost)
5. Gasoline stations (32 jobs lost)





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.

 

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