Mohave County Has Fallen Off in Ownership Residential Property by 3.6%, From 2000 to 2010

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Parent Category: Arizona

Category: Mohave County, AZ

The recent 2010 Census Bureau reports Mohave County, Arizona decreased in number of total housing units by 30,849, or 39%, (since the 2000), while the State of Arizona increased in housing dwelling units by 655,337, or 23%.

Compared against the United States, Mohave County has a very high level of vacancy in residential housing. 28,372, or 25.6%, currently are unoccupied in Mohave County, Arizona. Broken down, of the 28,372 vacant properties, 10.5% are the market to be sold, while 12.6% are trying to be rented.

Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in Mohave County have decreased by 3.6%. By 2010, there were 57,728 (69.9%) owner-occupied units, while 24,811 (30.1%) residential properties were being rented. Mohave County has a smaller portion of units rented than the State of Arizona, which the Census reported had 34.0% of units rented.

The 2010 Census reports that Mohave County has a high level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 11.7% of housing units are owned and occupied by minorities in Mohave County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Arizona 25.7% of housing units are minority-owned.

Native Hawaiian rents more often than other race\ethnic group in Mohave County. 54.1% the Native Hawaiian Census group occupies a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Mohave County, Arizona, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 7,364 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Arizona

Category: Mohave County, AZ

In Mohave County, Arizona, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 7,364 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Given the 144 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 59 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 85 industries reported a drop in employment.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the elementary and secondary schools industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 2,681 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in elementary and secondary schools makes up 32.4% percent of the total number of new jobs in Mohave County, Arizona between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Elementary and secondary schools (+2681)
2. Other general merchandise stores (+1361)
3. Department stores (+778)
4. Home health care services (+342)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (+229)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the building finishing contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,351 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in building finishing contractors make up 11.6% percent of the employment lost during the period in Mohave County, Arizona between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (-1,351)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (-1,180)
3. Residential building construction (-1,122)
4. Building equipment contractors (-529)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (-490)

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