Pend Oreille County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Pend Oreille County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Specialized freight trucking industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 15 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Specialized freight trucking industry makes up 36.6 percent of the growth in Pend Oreille County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (15 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (10 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (4 new jobs)
4. Depository credit intermediation (3 new jobs)
5. Gasoline stations (3 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Pend Oreille County

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 10 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry make up 44.9 percent of the total job loss in Pend Oreille County, Washington.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (10 jobs lost)
2. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (7 jobs lost)
3. Limited-service eating places (3 jobs lost)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (8 jobs lost)
5. Support activities for crop production (5 jobs lost)

In Pend Oreille County, Washington, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 21 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Out of the 17 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 11 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Pend Oreille County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 90.0 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Pend Oreille County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Washington, where this industry saw a gain of 7 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Pend Oreille County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 3.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (90.0 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (73.2 percent gain)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (66.7 percent gain)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (19.0 percent gain)
5. Depository credit intermediation (9.4 percent gain)

Pend Oreille County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 60 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Washington, where the industry reported a gain of 9.6 percent. The losses in the Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry in Pend Oreille County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5.9 percent in terms of employment in the Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (60 percent decline)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (42.5 percent decline)
3. Legal services (11.1 percent decline)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (5.9 percent decline)
5. Limited-service eating places (5.4 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 1.2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in Washington, which went through a gain of 3.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.





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 Pend Oreille County, Washington

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Pend Oreille County, Washington may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 18.1 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 30.8 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Pend Oreille County, accounting 33.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Pend Oreille County reported an income level of $27,422, this level was 26 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Pend Oreille County, Washington White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,448 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $33,638. This household income level is 9.2 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 101.3 percent greater than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $74,588. Hispanic headed households in Pend Oreille County, Washington , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $50,456, this median is 36.1 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Pend Oreille County reported a medium-low median income for all households of $37,062 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 44.5 percent lower than the household income median in State of Washington of $53,558 and the income level is 32.6 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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