Monroe County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Monroe County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 24.2 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Iowa, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 4.3 percent. The losses in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Monroe County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 0.2 in percent of workers in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (24.2 percent decline)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (16 percent decline)
3. Grocery stores (10.1 percent decline)
4. Individual and family services (3.3 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (3 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 29.3 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in the State of Iowa, experiencing a gain of 1.8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Monroe County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of dentists industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 16.7 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Monroe County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Iowa, where the industry felt a gain of 1.8 percent. The Offices of dentists industry in Monroe County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of dentists (16.7 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (16.3 percent gain)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (15.4 percent gain)
4. Other professional and technical services (13.6 percent gain)
5. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (1.9 percent gain)

In Monroe County, Iowa, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 529 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

From the 14 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 5 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Monroe County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 8 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 51.1 percent of the total number of new jobs in Monroe County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (8 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (3 new jobs)
3. Other professional and technical services (2 new jobs)
4. Offices of dentists (2 new jobs)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (19 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Monroe County

The Grocery stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 12 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 53.0 percent of the total job loss in Monroe County, Iowa.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (12 jobs lost)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (5 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (3 jobs lost)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (1 jobs lost)
5. Building finishing contractors (4 jobs lost)





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.

Income and Poverty in Monroe County, Iowa

Hispanic households in Monroe County, Iowa , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $36,563, this median is 10.4 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. In Monroe County, Iowa White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $40,887 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 2.2 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $39,905. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Monroe County had a median income of $44,850, this level was 9.9 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Monroe County, Iowa can be understood to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 9.0 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 38.2 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Monroe County, having 14.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Monroe County reported a medium-high household income of $40,806 (2005 Dollars). This median is 13.2 percent lower than the median income in State of Iowa of $46,179 and the median household income is 20.4 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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