Midland, TX

Midland Metro Area industry wages have increased by 23.7% percent since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in the Midland Metro Area by a total of 23.7%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Texas 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.

Midland Metro Area Industry Wages Exceed Texas, and Wages Exceed the United States Industry Wages

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The overall industry wages in Midland, TX when analyzed can be described as relatively high when compared to other Metro Areas throughout the US in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 0.9 percent higher than the reported averages in the state of $41,186. The average pay was greater 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.

Midland Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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In the Midland, TX metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 8,484 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Out of the 118 4-digit NAICS industries, 41 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 76 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Midland Metro Area

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 173 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 11.6 percent of the total employment decline in Midland, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (173 jobs lost)
2. Printing and related support activities (136 jobs lost)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (96 jobs lost)
4. Other professional and technical services (96 jobs lost)
5. General freight trucking (91 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Midland Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Architectural and engineering services industry has added the most employment with 979 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Architectural and engineering services industry makes up 14.0 percent of the total growth in Midland.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and engineering services (979 new jobs)
2. Support activities for mining (541 new jobs)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (474 new jobs)
4. Home health care services (461 new jobs)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (308 new jobs)

Employment for all industries has increased by 18.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

The Midland Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Printing and related support activities industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 75.4 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 21.5 percent. The losses in the Printing and related support activities industry in Midland outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 18.2 in percent of jobs in the Printing and related support activities industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (75.4 percent decline)
2. Nonscheduled air transportation (67.4 percent decline)
3. Other ambulatory health care services (48.9 percent decline)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (37.5 percent decline)
5. Other professional and technical services (34.4 percent decline)

The Midland Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 1352.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Midland has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Midland outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 1.7 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (1352.0 percent gain)
2. Data processing and related services (389.3 percent gain)
3. Machinery and equipment rental and leasing (260.1 percent gain)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (175.5 percent gain)
5. Special food services (170.6 percent gain)

Midland One-Year Industry Employment Change

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Given the 127 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 44 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 81 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In the Midland, TX metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 3,973 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Midland Metro Area

The Support activities for mining industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 730 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 18.5 percent of the total employment growth in Midland.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (730 new jobs)
2. Nondepository credit intermediation (312 new jobs)
3. Home health care services (291 new jobs)
4. Architectural and engineering services (156 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (149 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Midland Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 54 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry make up 9.1 percent of the total employment decline in Midland, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (54 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (53 jobs lost)
3. Furniture stores (43 jobs lost)
4. Clothing stores (39 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (39 jobs lost)

The Midland Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Vending machine operators industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 195.5 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Midland has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where this industry saw a loss of 1.6 percent. The Vending machine operators industry in Midland outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 2.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vending machine operators (195.5 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (179.2 percent gain)
3. Advertising and related services (92.2 percent gain)
4. Pipeline transportation of natural gas (88.6 percent gain)
5. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (79.1 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2 percent.

The Midland Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 32.5 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 Texas, where the it saw a gain of 2.1 percent. The losses in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry in Midland outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 1.3 in percent of workers in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (32.5 percent decline)
2. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (28.2 percent decline)
3. Outpatient care centers (24.9 percent decline)
4. Furniture stores (24.7 percent decline)
5. Business support services (24.3 percent decline)

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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 Midland, TX

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The poverty rate in the Midland, TX Metro has increased by 5.3 percent since the amount published in 2000, moving from 9.9 percent to 15.2 percent.

The areas median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $41,455, representing a 8.3 percent decline. The Midland, TX MSA, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 1 of 17 metro area in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Texas. Midland ranks 13 of 233 metro area when comparing the decline in household income across the nation.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 31.2 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $36,292. In Midland, TX White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $56,013 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 6.2 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic households in Midland, TX , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $42,751, this median household income is 18.9 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $55,960. This household income level is 6.1 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Midland reported an income level of $35,421, this was 32.8 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.

While household income level experienced a decline in the last five year in the Midland, TX metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a of . percent since the year 2000. The population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Midland, undergoing a . percent in household income level, since the year 2005.

Contrasted against to other Metropolitan Areas throughout the US, the Midland metro area can be recognized as having a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 9.9 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 25.3 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Midland, accounting 20.4 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Compared to Metro Areas across the United States, the Midland metro area was reported to have a medium-high household income of $45,199 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 3.4 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 8.7 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

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

Higher Education in the Midland, TX Metro Area

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Since the year 2000, the Midland metro area has decreased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has declined by 3.6 percent to a total of 24.2 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

Midland, TX Metro Area can be considered to have a moderately-educated working age population, with 24.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey. The Midland MSA counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Texas's proportion of 25.2 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

The American Community Survey reported that in the Midland, TX Metro Area, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 28.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in the Midland metro area have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 27.8 percent (Men) versus 21 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 31.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In the Midland, TX Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 26.2 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 8.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has decreased by 3.2 percent. In the year 2005, 27.8 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has decreased by a total of 3.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 21 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

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

Demographic Profile for Midland, TX

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Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated into the Midland metro area, with 967 people migrating in internationally. The migration from outside the US into Midland totals 0.1 percent of immigration into the State of Texas. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

The Midland metro area had a population that was estimated at 121,371 in the year 2005. The population has increased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 115,540. This growth denotes an increase of 5 percent. Midland ranks 16 of 25 MSAs by growth in total population in Texas and the metro area ranks 223 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

When measuring the total land area, the Midland metro area covers a total land area of 900 square miles. The land areas has a medium-low population density of 135 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar metro areas, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Fond du Lac (137 per sq. mile ), Hot Springs (138 per sq. mile ), Odessa (139 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Bloomington (135 per sq. mile ), Bloomington-Normal (134 per sq. mile ), Cumberland (134 per sq. mile ).

The Midland metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 57.3 percent White, 6.7 percent African American, 0.9 percent Asian, and 34.1 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very high level of diversity, with 41.7 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Midland has increased the percent of minority population when 37.1 percent of the people were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Midland

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In Midland, there were a total of 49,247 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding a sum of 843 residential structures since 2001, a change of 1.7 percent.

Midland had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $85,200, according to the American Community Survey. This median is less than the overall Texas 2005 home value of $106,000 and less than median home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Midland, Texas. In 2005, 70.1 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

Midland is made up of a medium proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. During the year 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 1.2 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

In the State of Texas, Midland places 24 of the 25 metro areas in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The MSA stands 328 of 361, compared to percent change of residential structures in other metropolitan areas throughout the United States.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Midland, Texas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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A well-paying sector in Midland is the mining industry with wages that annually pay $72,183. Locally, since the year 2001, the industry annual average wages have grown by 21.5 percent or $12,768. The State of Texas shows the same employment climate in the mining industry, falling at the top of sectors according to average 2004 industry pay.

In Midland, Mining, Information and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Mining industry has a US LQ in the region of 35.06. The level of employment in the Mining industry is 35.06 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Midland specializes in Mining.

Management of companies and enterprises in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Midland, with an industry growth of 134.5 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 1.6 percent. The State of Texas faced a industry job change of 70.2 percent, in the last 5 years.

Information has the largest employers in Midland Metro Area. The industry averages 28 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 22 and greater than the State of Texas average establishment size of 24 for the Information industry.

In Midland, Mining, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Mining provides the most jobs and contributes 17.8 percent of all the jobs in the Metropolitain Area. This makes up 8,973 individuals. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors account for 14.5 and 10 percent of total employment, respectively.

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