Beaver County Has Decayed in Residential Property Ownership by 5.4%, (2010 Census)

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Parent Category: Oklahoma

Category: Beaver County, OK

According to data from the 2010 Census, Beaver County, Oklahoma increased in housing units by 49, or 2%, since 2000. During the same period, the State of Oklahoma increased in total real estate dwellings by 149,978, or 9%.

Compared against the United States, Beaver County has a very low amount of unoccupied residential properties. 478, or 17.9%, are currently vacant in Beaver County, Oklahoma. Among these 478 unoccupied housing units, 4.6% are on the real estate market for sale, while 15.5% are listed in the rental market.

From 2000 to 2010, owner-occupied residential properties in Beaver County have decreased by 5.4%. By 2010, there were 1,616 (73.7%) owner-occupied residential properties, while there were 576 (26.3%) housing units were leased. Beaver County has a smaller amount of residential units rented than the State of Oklahoma, which reportedly saw 32.8% of units rented.

The 2010 Census reports that Beaver County has a high level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 13.7% of properties are owned by minorities in Beaver County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Oklahoma 20.2% of residential properties are minority-owned.

American Indian rented the most often, of all race\ethnic groups, in Beaver County. 100.0% the American Indian 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 Beaver County, Oklahoma, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 155 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Oklahoma

Category: Beaver County, OK

In Beaver County, Oklahoma, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 155 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Of the 11 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each year, 2 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 9 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

The support activities for mining industry has added the most employment with 35 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in support activities for mining makes up 83.3% percent of the total number of new jobs in Beaver County, Oklahoma for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 2 Growing Industries
1. Support activities for mining (+35)
2. Building equipment contractors (+7)




Given the industries in the area, the other specialty trade contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 34 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in other specialty trade contractors make up 48.6% percent of the total employment decline in Beaver County, Oklahoma between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (-34)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (-15)
3. Fullservice restaurants (-9)
4. Legal services (-5)
5. Insurance agencies and brokerages (-2)

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