Monday, January 22, 2007

Mitchell County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Mitchell County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 39 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 57.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Mitchell County, Iowa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (39 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (9 jobs lost)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (7 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (5 jobs lost)
5. Personal care services (3 jobs lost)

Of the 25 4-digit NAICS industries, 11 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 12 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Mitchell County, Iowa, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 31 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Mitchell County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Hog and pig farming industry has added the most employment with 21 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Hog and pig farming industry makes up 33.9 percent of the total growth in Mitchell County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Hog and pig farming (21 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (18 new jobs)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (5 new jobs)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (4 new jobs)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (4 new jobs)

Mitchell County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 34.9 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Iowa, where the industry reported a loss of 10.9 percent. The losses in the Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry in Mitchell County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 4 in percent of jobs in the Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (34.9 percent decline)
2. Full-service restaurants (34.2 percent decline)
3. General freight trucking (23 percent decline)
4. Personal care services (19.5 percent decline)
5. Civic and social organizations (6.7 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 1.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in Iowa, which experienced a gain of 1.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Mitchell County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 32.0 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Mitchell County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Iowa, where the industry felt a gain of 0.1 percent. The Gasoline stations industry in Mitchell County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 0.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (32.0 percent gain)
2. Hog and pig farming (30.9 percent gain)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (20.0 percent gain)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (15.3 percent gain)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (12.2 percent gain)





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Income and Poverty in Mitchell County, Iowa

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Mitchell County reported a medium-high median income for all households of $40,766 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 13.3 percent lower than the median income in State of Iowa of $46,179 and this is 20.5 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

In Mitchell County, Iowa White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $40,766 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly equal to the median household income in 2000.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Mitchell County, Iowa may be understood as having a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 10.7 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The White race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 10.7 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Mitchell County, with 30.7 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

 

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