Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area industry wages have increased by 19.1% percent since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area by a total of 19.1%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of 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.

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind Texas, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The average total wages in all industries in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX can be described as very high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 Metro Area wages throughout the nation. The average pay is 17.1 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $41,186. The average pay was less than the US average pay 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.

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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In the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 97,216 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Grocery stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 6,293 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 66.1 percent of the total employment decline in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (6,293 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (1,551 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (614 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (542 jobs lost)
5. Charter bus industry (418 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 11,690 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 41.8 percent of the total growth in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (11,690 new jobs)
2. Architectural and engineering services (6,559 new jobs)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (4,807 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (4,704 new jobs)
5. Interurban and rural bus transportation (158 new jobs)

Out of the 12 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 6 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 6 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Charter bus industry industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 51.5 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 18.6 percent. The losses in the Charter bus industry industry in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 18.8 in percent of jobs in the Charter bus industry industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Charter bus industry (51.5 percent decline)
2. Other ground passenger transportation (17.5 percent decline)
3. Grocery stores (12.9 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (5.6 percent decline)
5. Building equipment contractors (4 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management of companies and enterprises industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 53.7 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land has expanded slower than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 79 percent. The Management of companies and enterprises industry in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 3.5 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (53.7 percent gain)
2. Interurban and rural bus transportation (21.2 percent gain)
3. Textile and fabric finishing mills (20.0 percent gain)
4. Limited-service eating places (18.9 percent gain)
5. Offices of physicians (15.7 percent gain)

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land One-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Support activities for mining industry has added the most employment with 4,278 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 7.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (4,278 new jobs)
2. Architectural and engineering services (4,212 new jobs)
3. Home health care services (3,122 new jobs)
4. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (2,986 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (2,902 new jobs)

Given the 201 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 59 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 141 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Business support services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,070 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Business support services industry make up 11.2 percent of the employment lost during the period in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (1,070 jobs lost)
2. Wired telecommunications carriers (811 jobs lost)
3. Printing and related support activities (613 jobs lost)
4. Highway, street, and bridge construction (602 jobs lost)
5. Power generation and supply (572 jobs lost)

In the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 86,313 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Vegetable and melon farming industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 65.7 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry felt a loss of 8.2 percent. The Vegetable and melon farming industry in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 3.7 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vegetable and melon farming (65.7 percent gain)
2. Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (41.8 percent gain)
3. Seafood product preparation and packaging (34.0 percent gain)
4. Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. (32.1 percent gain)
5. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (29.1 percent gain)

The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for forestry industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 20.8 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 sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 7.3 percent. The losses in the Support activities for forestry industry in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.6 percent in terms of employees in the Support activities for forestry industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for forestry (20.8 percent decline)
2. General rental centers (20.8 percent decline)
3. Other crop farming (16.5 percent decline)
4. Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water (14.8 percent decline)
5. Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing (12.9 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 4.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Texas, which went through a gain of 4 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2 percent.

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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 Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX

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The poverty rate in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX Metro has increased by 2.4 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 13.7 percent to 16.1 percent.

The areas median household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $46,705, which amounts to a 10.8 percent decline. The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX MSA, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 9 of 22 metro area in percent of decline for household income in Texas. Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land ranks 69 of 233 metro area when comparing total percent of decline in median household income in the United States.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 30.5 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $36,415. Hispanic households in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX reported a median household income of $38,391, which is 26.7 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land reported an income level of $47,033, this median was 10.2 percent less than the areas median level for all households. In Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $60,283 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 15.1 percent greater than the median in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $59,455. This median income level is 13.5 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households.

When analyzed against other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the US, the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area accounted a relatively high median household income of $52,370 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 10.8 percent higher than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 6.2 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area can be considered to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 13.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 22.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, with 19.8 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

While household income level experienced a decline in the last five year in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in household income was the Hispanic category. This group felt a decline of 44.3 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Asian population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, encountering a 57.4 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

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

Higher Education in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area

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Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 29.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 29.6 percent (Men) versus 26 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a Some College or Associates Degree category, with 28 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 0.6 percent. By the year 2005, 29.6 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 1.8 percent. By 2005, a total of 26 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area has a moderately-educated population, with 27.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land MSA is reported having a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Texas's proportion of 25.2 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 27.2 percent.

Since 2000, the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 1.2 percent to a total of 27.8 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

In the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey, 29.8 percent of the White Alone, 21 percent of Black or African American, 53.4 percent of the Asian alone and 9.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

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

Demographic Profile for Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX

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The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area had a total estimated population of 5,280,077 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since the population in 2000 of 4,741,420. This growth shows an increase of 11.4 percent. Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land ranks 2 of 25 MSAs when calculating total change in population for Texas and the metro area ranks 5 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

The Census Bureau estimates in 2005 the median age in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area to be 32.9 years of age. The median age in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land is less than the median in Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 31.9 years of age. With a total of 0.7 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 61.6 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 13.4 percent of the population. When compared to other metro areas in the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.

The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population base that is comprised of 44.7 percent White, 16.3 percent African American, 5.5 percent Asian, and 32.2 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 54.0 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is greater than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land has increased the level of diversity when 50.6 percent of the population were minorities.

When measuring the total land area, the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area spans a total area of 8928 square miles. The land areas has a high density of 591 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US metro areas with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Bremerton-Silverdale (608 per sq. mile ), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (647 per sq. mile ), San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (655 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Racine (588 per sq. mile ), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta (587 per sq. mile ), Barnstable Town (573 per sq. mile ).

Estimated since the year 2000, a very high number of individuals migrated into the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land metro area, with 210,440 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land accounts for 31.7 percent of the total migration into the State of Texas. This amount of international migration is very high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

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

Housing Report for Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land

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In Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, there were a total of 2,040,117 homes in 2005. The metro area has experienced a medium-high growth level in the number housing units, adding all together 191,766 housing units since the year 2001, or 10.4 percent.

When comparing areas across the State of Texas, Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land stands 5 of the 25 metro areas by percentage growth in residential real estate. The metro area is positioned 61 of 361, comparing the percentage change in residential real estate in other US MSAs.

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land had a median home value in the year 2005 of $123,400, according to the American Community Survey. This home value is greater than the State of Texas 2005 median home value of $106,000 and less than home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, Texas. In 2005, 51 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land has a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. For the year 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 3 percent of the houses were valued over a half a million dollars.

The residential housing values in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, Texas have seen large increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $33,700, or 37.6 percent, from 2000 when they had reported median values of $89,700.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau