Pontotoc County Has Dropped in Ownership Residential Property by 0.4%, As Reported in the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Oklahoma

Category: Pontotoc County, OK

According to data from the 2010 Census, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma decreased in total number housing units by 1,020, or 7%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of Oklahoma increased in residential properties by 149,978, or 9%.

Put side by side with the United States, Pontotoc County has a very low level of vacancy in residential real estate. 1,941, or 11.7%, currently are unoccupied in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. Among these 1,941 vacant housing units, 13.4% are the market to be sold, while 33.0% are available for rent.

Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in Pontotoc County have decreased by 0.4%. Reported in the 2010 Census, there were 9,758 (66.6%) owner-occupied housing units, while there were 4,896 (33.4%) housing units were leased. Pontotoc County has a greater portion of rental units than the State of Oklahoma, which reportedly saw 32.8% of the housing units rented.

Compared to counties across the US, Pontotoc County has a high level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 20.6% are owned by minorities in Pontotoc County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Oklahoma 20.2% of residential real estate is minority-owned.

Black is the group that rents the most often in Pontotoc County. 59.5% the Black Census group reported to occupy 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 Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 202 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Oklahoma

Category: Pontotoc County, OK

In Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 202 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

From the 94 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each year, 52 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 41 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the legal services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 716 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in legal services makes up 18.1% percent of the total growth in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Legal services (+716)
2. Fullservice restaurants (+572)
3. Other general merchandise stores (+534)
4. Executive, legislative and general government (+345)
5. Community and housing program administration (+182)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the limitedservice eating places industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 497 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in limitedservice eating places make up 32.5% percent of the total job loss in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Limitedservice eating places (-497)
2. Business support services (-175)
3. Oil and gas extraction (-135)
4. Beverage manufacturing (-111)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (-58)

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