Friday, February 23, 2007

Minidoka County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Minidoka County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 113.8 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Minidoka County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Idaho, where the industry felt a gain of 63.1 percent. The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Minidoka County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 20.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (113.8 percent gain)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (94.4 percent gain)
3. Offices of physicians (86.1 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (72.7 percent gain)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (66.1 percent gain)

Total employment has decreased by 14.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Idaho, which experienced a gain of 13.5 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Minidoka County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 71.3 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Idaho, where the industry reported a gain of 4.7 percent. The losses in the Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry in Minidoka County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 7.2 in percent of jobs in the Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (71.3 percent decline)
2. Specialized freight trucking (59.7 percent decline)
3. Legal services (27.4 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (23.6 percent decline)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (21.1 percent decline)

From the 25 4-digit NAICS industries, 10 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 15 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Minidoka County, Idaho, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 947 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Minidoka County

Given the industries in the area, the Other crop farming industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 104 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Other crop farming industry make up 35.7 percent of the employment lost during the period in Minidoka County, Idaho.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other crop farming (104 jobs lost)
2. Specialized freight trucking (91 jobs lost)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (42 jobs lost)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (23 jobs lost)
5. Other professional and technical services (12 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Minidoka County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Cattle ranching and farming industry has grown the most with 63 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Cattle ranching and farming industry makes up 18.6 percent of the growth in Minidoka County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (63 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (51 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (44 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (41 new jobs)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (31 new jobs)





About: This report is part 2 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.

 

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