In Columbia County, jobs in the depository credit intermediation pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the depository credit intermediation industry wages were the highest in Columbia County for 2006. The average industry job in Columbia County received a wage of $25,398 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the average industry wage in the State of Washington of $52,836 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $47,929.

Top-pay jobs in Columbia County, Washington exsists in misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers ($22,980), oilseed and grain farming ($22,497), cattle ranching and farming ($16,804) and automotive repair and maintenance ($16,082) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail 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.

Columbia County Wages have increased by 17.4% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Columbia County, Washington by a total of 17.4%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of Washington and greater than the growth in industry wages across 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.

Columbia County Industry Wages Lag Behind Washington, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in Columbia County, Washington can be described as medium-low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 38.8 percent lower than the with an state average of $41,025. The average industry wage 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.

Columbia County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Columbia County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Automotive repair and maintenance industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 70.0 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Columbia County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Washington, where the industry felt a loss of 7.7 percent. The Automotive repair and maintenance industry in Columbia County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 1.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 3 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (70.0 percent gain)
2. Private households (14.3 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (1.9 percent gain)

Columbia County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Oilseed and grain farming industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 10.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined slower than the industry sector has gone through in the Washington, where the industry reported a loss of 23.9 percent. The losses in the Oilseed and grain farming industry in Columbia County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.6 in percent of jobs in the Oilseed and grain farming industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Oilseed and grain farming (10.2 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 62.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in the State of Washington, which went through a gain of 5.3 percent from 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.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Columbia County

Given the industries in the area, the Oilseed and grain farming industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 7 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Oilseed and grain farming industry make up 104.8 percent of the total employment decline in Columbia County, Washington.

Top 3 Industries
1. Oilseed and grain farming (7 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (900 jobs lost)
3. Wired telecommunications carriers (511 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Columbia County

The Private households industry has grown the most with 4 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Private households industry makes up 52.4 percent of the total employment growth in Columbia County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Private households (4 new jobs)

In Columbia County, Washington, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 1,150 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.







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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 Columbia County, Washington

It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $31,757. This median income level is 19 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Columbia County, Washington White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $41,159 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 5 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic households in Columbia County, Washington , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $33,847, this income level is 13.6 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Columbia County reported a median household income of $31,444, this was 19.8 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Columbia County, Washington can be considered to have a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 12.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 20.4 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Columbia County, having 24.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Columbia County had a medium-low median household income of $39,195 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 36.6 percent lower than the household income median in State of Washington of $53,558 and the income level is 25.4 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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

Demographic Profile for Columbia County, Washington

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated to Columbia internationally. The international migration into Columbia accounts for 0 percent of all immigration into Washington. This percent of international migration is medium-high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Columbia County, Washington has a population base that is comprised of 91.5 percent White, 0.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Asian, and 6.2 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 7.2 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Washington percent of 18.3. Since 2000, Columbia has increased the percent of minority makeup when 7.1 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Columbia County, Washington had a total estimated population of 4,129 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 4,073. This growth represents an increase of 1.4 percent. Columbia ranks 36 of 39 counties when analyzing total population change in Washington and the county ranks 1,850 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

By measuring total land area, Columbia covers a total land area of 869 square miles. The county has a very low population density of 5 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Benson, ND (5 per sq. mile ), Custer, SD (5 per sq. mile ), Kearny, KS (5 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Shoshone, ID (5 per sq. mile ), Churchill, NV (5 per sq. mile ), Huerfano, CO (5 per sq. mile ).

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Columbia County, Washington to be 43.4 years of age. The median age in Columbia is greater than the median age for the State of Washington of 36.7. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in this median, when at that time it was 42.6 years of age. With a total of 19.6 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Columbia can be understood as having a relatively low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 62.5 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 17.9 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

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

Housing Report for Columbia County, Washington

Columbia County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $85,000, reported by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the State of Washington 2000 median home value of $168,300 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

In the State of Washington, Columbia County stands 38 of 39 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 2,989 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

In Columbia County, the real estate market was made up of 2,065 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 5 homes since 2001, or 0.2 percent.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Columbia County, Washington -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

The Manufacturing industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Columbia County since 2001, going from making up 40 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent in 2005.

In Columbia County, Other services, except public administration, Wholesale trade and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Other services, except public administration industry has a US LQ in the county of 1.51. This means the percent of total employment in the Other services, except public administration sector is 1.51 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Columbia specializes in Other services, except public administration.

Columbia is the County that is ranked 37 of 40 Counties throughout the State of Washington according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 36 of 40 Counties.

Professional and technical services saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Columbia County, with an employment growth of 66.7 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 2.6 percent. The State of Washington saw a change in employment in the sector of 0.2 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

Wholesale trade has a largest number of employee per establishment in Columbia County. The industry averages 9 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's national average of 10 and less than the State of Washington typical size of 9 for the Wholesale trade industry.

In Columbia County, Retail Trade, Wholesale trade, and the Other services, except public administration industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 10.1 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 91 individuals. The Wholesale trade and Other services, except public administration sectors account for 7.7 and 5.9 percent of total employment, respectively.





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