Skamania County One-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has increased by 2.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than percent in the State of Washington, experiencing a gain of 3.6 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Skamania County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Logging industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 33.7 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Washington, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 6.7 percent. The losses in the Logging industry in Skamania County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 3.8 in percent of jobs in the Logging industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Logging (33.7 percent decline)
2. Fruit and tree nut farming (13 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (2 percent decline)

Skamania County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 66.7 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Skamania County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Washington, where the industry took a gain of 3.5 percent. The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Skamania County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 3.8 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (66.7 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (25.6 percent gain)
3. Full-service restaurants (21.9 percent gain)
4. Residential building construction (8.7 percent gain)
5. Gasoline stations (8.1 percent gain)

In Skamania County, Washington, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 30 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Skamania County

The Logging industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 11 jobs. The declines in the Logging industry make up 64.7 percent of the employment lost during the period in Skamania County, Washington.

Top 5 Industries
1. Logging (11 jobs lost)
2. Fruit and tree nut farming (5 jobs lost)
3. Clothing stores (116 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (86 jobs lost)
5. Fruit and tree nut farming (65 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Skamania County

The Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 16 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 54.0 percent of the total employment growth in Skamania County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (16 new jobs)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (5 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (3 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (2 new jobs)

From the 10 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 6 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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 Skamania County, Washington

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Skamania County reported a medium-high median income for all households of $46,001 (2005 Dollars). This median is 16.4 percent lower than the household income median in State of Washington of $53,558 and the income level is 6.8 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Skamania County, Washington can be recognized as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 13.1 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 30.8 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 12 to 17 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Skamania County, having 20.1 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Skamania County had a median income of $39,488, this median was 14.2 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Hispanic headed households in Skamania County, Washington reported a median household income of $37,294, which is 18.9 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Skamania County, Washington White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $46,292 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.6 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $48,994. This household income level is 6.5 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 8.6 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $42,047.







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