Colorado County Has Declined in Property Ownership by 0.5%, Since the Year 2000

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Colorado County, TX

The 2010 Census reports Colorado County, Texas decreased in total real estate dwellings by 1,096, or 12%, since 2000. During the same period, the State of Texas increased in housing units by 1,819,861, or 18%.

Measured against the United States, Colorado County has a very low amount of unoccupied real estate units. 2,345, or 22.3%, currently are unoccupied in Colorado County, Texas. Of the 2,345 unoccupied housing units, 4.6% are listed for sale, while 8.7% are reported as being listed for rented.

Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in Colorado County have decreased by 0.5%. By 2010, there were 6,227 (76.1%) housing units occupied by owners, while 1,955 (23.9%) units were rented. Colorado County has a smaller portion of rental units than the State of Texas, which reportedly had 36.3% of units rented.

Compared to counties across the US, Colorado County has a very high level of homes that are owned by minorities. 25.6% are owned by minorities in Colorado County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Texas 39.6% of housing units are minority-owned.

Black is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Colorado County. 41.5% the Black 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 Colorado County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 74 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Colorado County, TX

In Colorado County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 74 total jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Given the 68 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 31 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 31 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the nursing care facilities industry has grown the most with 220 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in nursing care facilities makes up 28.0% percent of the total growth in Colorado County, Texas for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (+220)
2. Fullservice restaurants (+101)
3. Support activities for crop production (+60)
4. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (+42)
5. Greenhouse and nursery production (+42)

Given the industries in the area, the nonresidential building construction industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 182 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in nonresidential building construction make up 20.8% percent of the total employment decline in Colorado County, Texas between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (-182)
2. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (-151)
3. General freight trucking (-108)
4. Community care facilities for the elderly (-103)
5. Child day care services (-42)

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