In Wichita County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry reported the top wages in Wichita County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Wichita County received an annual wage of $78,651 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry wage rate in Texas of $110,358 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $138,150.

Other top-pay jobs in Wichita County, Texas may be found in druggists' goods merchant wholesalers ($76,286), petroleum merchant wholesalers ($74,912), management and technical consulting services ($73,250) and management of companies and enterprises ($67,733) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Wichita County Wages have increased by 19.9% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Wichita County, Texas by a total of 19.9%. This is greater than the growth in average 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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Wichita County, Texas when analyzed can be understood as being medium-high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 29.1 percent lower than the with an state average of $41,186. The average pay was less than the national industry average 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.

Wichita County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Wichita County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 1070.8 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Wichita County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Wichita County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.7 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (1070.8 percent gain)
2. Automotive equipment rental and leasing (469.2 percent gain)
3. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (300.0 percent gain)
4. Other animal production (163.3 percent gain)
5. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (153.5 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 0.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is less than growth in Texas, which saw a gain of 4.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Wichita County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 85.5 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Texas, where the it saw a loss of 4.4 percent. The losses in the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry in Wichita County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 9.9 in percent of workers in the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (85.5 percent decline)
2. Business support services (79.8 percent decline)
3. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (72.8 percent decline)
4. Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (66.7 percent decline)
5. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (58.9 percent decline)

In Wichita County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 278 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Of the 117 4-digit NAICS industries, 57 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 60 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Wichita County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Grocery stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 336 jobs. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 10.6 percent of the total employment decline in Wichita County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (336 jobs lost)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (246 jobs lost)
3. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (200 jobs lost)
4. Architectural and engineering services (194 jobs lost)
5. Business support services (160 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Wichita County

The Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 365 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 12.6 percent of the total growth in Wichita County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (365 new jobs)
2. Automotive equipment rental and leasing (330 new jobs)
3. Offices of physicians (167 new jobs)
4. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (157 new jobs)
5. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (121 new jobs)





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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 Wichita County, Texas

The median household income in the area has declined a small amount from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $39,093, representing a 1.1 percent decline. Wichita County, Texas, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 46 of 46 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Texas. Wichita County ranks 638 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in median income in the US.

While the median household income saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Wichita County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in median income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 40.3 percent in the last five years. The Hispanic population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Wichita County, seeing a 1.8 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

Hispanic households in Wichita County, Texas reported a median household income of $30,660, this median is 22.4 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. In Wichita County, Texas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $42,148 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 6.6 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 28.2 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $28,388. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $42,375. This median income level is 7.2 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Wichita County had a median income of $24,187, which was 38.8 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

The rate of poverty in Wichita County, Texas has stayed the same by 0.0 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 13.2 percent to 13.2 percent.

Compared to counties across the United States, Wichita County had a medium-high household income of $39,523 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 18.2 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median is 24.3 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Wichita County, Texas may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 13.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 27.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Wichita County, reporting 23.6 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Wichita County, Texas

Wichita County, Texas had a total estimated population of 125,894 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 131,341. The decline shows a decrease of -4.1 percent. Wichita ranks 254 of 254 counties when analyzing total population change in Texas and the county ranks 3,117 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Wichita County, Texas has a population base that is comprised of 71.3 percent White, 10.1 percent African American, 1.9 percent Asian, and 14 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 26.0 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Wichita has increased the percent of minority makeup when 24.3 percent of the population were minorities.

When calculating the total land area, Wichita extends a total area of 628 square miles. The county has a medium-high average population density of 201 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Daviess, KY (201 per sq. mile ), Northumberland, PA (201 per sq. mile ), Lee, AL (202 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Wood, OH (201 per sq. mile ), Tazewell, IL (200 per sq. mile ), Horry, SC (200 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a high number of individual migrated to the Wichita from another country. The international migration into Wichita totals 0.2 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This amount of international migration is high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Wichita County, Texas to be 33.8 years of age. The median in Wichita is greater than the median age for the State of Texas of 33.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 33.2 years of age. With 25.2 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Wichita can be understood as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 61.4 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13.3 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

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

Housing Report for Wichita County, Texas

In Wichita County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 54,973 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding all together 1,375 residential units since 2001, or 2.6 percent.

Wichita County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $74,700, reported by the American Community Survey. This is less than the Texas 2005 home median value of $106,000 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

The residential housing values in Wichita County, Texas have moderate increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $13,200, or 21.5 percent, since their values in that year of $61,500.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of affordable housing in Wichita County, Texas. In 2005, 80.5 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Throughout the State of Texas, Wichita County is positioned 79 of 254 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 1,584 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Wichita County may be be described as having a medium proportion of high-valued homes. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 1.2 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Wichita County, averaging 50 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the State of Texas establishments size average of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Wichita County. The sector dealt with a loss of 850 employees during the period, or 10.4 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 33.8 percent of all employment losses in the county.

Educational services from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Wichita County, increasing by 95.6 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 13.8 percent. The State of Texas had changed in sector employment of 14.9 percent, during the period.

Wichita County is ranked number 30 of 255 total Counties throughout Texas in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 28 of 255 Counties.

In Wichita County, Health care and social assistance, Manufacturing, and the Retail Trade industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Health care and social assistance provides the most jobs and contributes 18.9 percent of total employment in the county, making up 8,155 jobs. The Manufacturing and Retail Trade sectors account for 17 and 16.9 percent of all employment.

In Wichita County, Mining, Health care and social assistance and Manufacturing have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 3.98. This means the percent of total employment in the Mining sector is 3.98 times greater than the national average, signifying that Wichita County may specialize, or be an exporter of Mining.





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