Coke County Has Improved in Terms of Housing Units Occupied by Owners by 0.8%, As the 2010 Census Reports

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Coke County, TX

Recently reported by the 2010 Census, Coke County, Texas increased in number of total housing units by 176, or 6%, (since the 2000), while the State of Texas increased in residential properties by 1,819,861, or 18%.

When compared to the United States, Coke County has a very low amount of unoccupied residential real estate. 1,201, or 45.0%, of residential units are vacant in Coke County, Texas. Within the 1,201 unoccupied properties, 3.4% are the market to be sold, while 2.9% are available for rent.

Between 2000 and 2010, residential properties occupied by owners in Coke County have increased by 0.8%. According to the 2010 Census, there were 1,168 (79.7%) housing units occupied by owners, while 298 (20.3%) residential units were being rented. Coke County has a smaller portion of rented units than the State of Texas, which reportedly had 36.3% of residential units occupied by renters.

Compared to other counties in the United States, Coke County has a high level of homes that are owned by minorities. 13.2% are owned by minorities in Coke County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Texas 39.6% of homes are owned by minorities.

Hispanic is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Coke County. 37.5% the Hispanic Census group reported renting in the 2010 Census.

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 Coke County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 74 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Coke County, TX

In Coke County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 74 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

From the 10 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 4 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 5 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the home health care services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 30 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in home health care services makes up 39.5% percent of the growth in Coke County, Texas between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 4 Growing Industries
1. Home health care services (+30)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (+28)
3. Gasoline stations (+11)
4. Executive, legislative and general government (+7)


Given the industries in the area, the cattle ranching and farming industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 6 jobs. The declines in cattle ranching and farming make up 35.3% percent of the total employment decline in Coke County, Texas between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (-6)
2. Support activities for mining (-5)
3. Grocery stores (-3)
4. Postal service (-2)
5. Administration of environmental programs (-1)

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