In Barbour County, jobs in the utility system construction pay the highest wages

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Employment in the utility system construction industry had the highest average wages in Barbour County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Barbour County received a wage of $56,304 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry wage in West Virginia of $51,595 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $48,011.

Other high-paying jobs in Barbour County, West Virginia may be found in coal mining ($42,851), specialized freight trucking ($32,452), offices of physicians ($29,276) and nonresidential building construction ($29,039) 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.

Barbour County Wages have increased by 24.4% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Barbour County, West Virginia by a total of 24.4%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for West Virginia and greater than the growth in average wages for 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.

Barbour County Industry Wages Lag Behind West Virginia, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in Barbour County, West Virginia can be described as relatively low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 29.3 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $31,394. 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.

Barbour County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Barbour County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 495.2 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Barbour County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for West Virginia, where the industry took a gain of 5.5 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Barbour County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (495.2 percent gain)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (61.9 percent gain)
3. Legal services (41.2 percent gain)
4. Limited-service eating places (36.7 percent gain)
5. Full-service restaurants (33.5 percent gain)

Barbour County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automotive repair and maintenance industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 23.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of West Virginia, where the industry reported a loss of 5 percent. The losses in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry in Barbour County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 1.8 percent in terms of employees in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (23.7 percent decline)
2. Automobile dealers (20 percent decline)
3. Depository credit intermediation (19.4 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (10.4 percent decline)
5. Sawmills and wood preservation (1.6 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 11.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in the State of West Virginia, which experienced a gain of 2.6 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Barbour County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 35 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 28.4 percent of the total employment growth in Barbour County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (35 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (35 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (22 new jobs)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (9 new jobs)
5. Health and personal care stores (8 new jobs)

Of the 13 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 8 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Barbour County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Depository credit intermediation industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 25 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Depository credit intermediation industry make up 57.4 percent of the total job loss in Barbour County, West Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (25 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (7 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (7 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (3 jobs lost)
5. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (298 jobs lost)

In Barbour County, West Virginia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 239 jobs from mid-2001 to 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.

Barbour County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in West Virginia, which went through a gain of 1.6 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Barbour County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other wood product manufacturing industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 27.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of West Virginia, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 1.7 percent. The losses in the Other wood product manufacturing industry in Barbour County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 1.7 in percent of jobs in the Other wood product manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (27.6 percent decline)
2. Legal services (25 percent decline)
3. Nonresidential building construction (22.2 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (5.2 percent decline)
5. Automobile dealers (3.3 percent decline)

Barbour County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Coal mining industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 136.6 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Barbour County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of West Virginia, where it saw a gain of 10.9 percent. The Coal mining industry in Barbour County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 7 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Coal mining (136.6 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (81.2 percent gain)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (54.5 percent gain)
4. Offices of physicians (40.0 percent gain)
5. Specialized freight trucking (38.1 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Barbour County

Given the industries in the area, the Other wood product manufacturing industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 17 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Other wood product manufacturing industry make up 47.2 percent of the employment lost during the period in Barbour County, West Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (17 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (10 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (3 jobs lost)
4. Legal services (3 jobs lost)
5. Depository credit intermediation (2 jobs lost)

In Barbour County, West Virginia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 93 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

From the 20 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 7 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 11 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Barbour County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Coal mining industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 65 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Coal mining industry makes up 32.3 percent of the growth in Barbour County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Coal mining (65 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (26 new jobs)
3. Offices of physicians (21 new jobs)
4. Specialized freight trucking (21 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (19 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 Barbour County, West Virginia

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Barbour County was reported to have a relatively low median income for all households of $28,933 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 20.1 percent lower than the median income in State of West Virginia of $34,744 and this is 69.8 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $14,625. This median is 49.5 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 17.9 percent greater than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $34,125. In Barbour County, West Virginia White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $29,043 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.4 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic Householders in Barbour County, West Virginia , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $89,748, which is 210.2 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Barbour County reported an income level of $29,404, which was 1.6 percent greater than the median for all households.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Barbour County, West Virginia can be considered to have a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 22.6 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 36.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Barbour County, accounting 41.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Barbour County, West Virginia

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Barbour County, West Virginia, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 48.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Barbour have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 11 percent (Men) versus 12.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 44 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Barbour County, West Virginia has a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 11.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Barbour has a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of West Virginia's proportion of 14.8 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Barbour County, West Virginia as reported in the 2000 Census, 11.8 percent of the White Alone, 39.2 percent of Black or African American, 20 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

Demographic Profile for Barbour County, West Virginia

From 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Barbour internationally. The international migration into Barbour totals 0.1 percent of the total international migration into the State of West Virginia. This level of international migration can be considered very low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Barbour County, West Virginia had a population that was estimated at 15,689 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 15,548. This growth denotes an increase of 0.9 percent. Barbour ranks 20 of 55 counties in terms of population growth in West Virginia and the county ranks 1,730 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Barbour County, West Virginia to be 40.3 years old. The median age in Barbour is less than the median age for the State of West Virginia of 40.7. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 38.8 years of age. With a total of 20.7 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Barbour can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 63.8 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 15.5 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

When calculating the total land area, Barbour extends a total area of 341 square miles. The land areas has a low average area density of 46 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Warren, NC (46 per sq. mile ), Cass, NE (46 per sq. mile ), Cherokee, TX (46 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Calaveras, CA (46 per sq. mile ), East Feliciana, LA (46 per sq. mile ), Silver Bow, MT (46 per sq. mile ).

Barbour County, West Virginia has a population that is made up of 96.7 percent White, 0.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 0.5 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.7 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of West Virginia percent of 4.6. Since 2000, Barbour has increased the percent of minority makeup when 1.4 percent of the total population were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Barbour County, West Virginia

Barbour County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $56,100, accounted by the Decennial Census. This is less than the West Virginia 2000 home value of $72,800 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

According to the data, there is a abundant amount of affordable housing in Barbour County, West Virginia. In 2000, 95.1 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

In Barbour County, the census reported 7,535 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding in all 128 housing units since the year 2001, or 1.7 percent.

When compared to other counties in West Virginia, Barbour County places 26 of 55 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 2,153 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau