Monday, October 30, 2006

Employment Report for Aitkin County, Minnesota -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Health care and social assistance has the largest businesses in Aitkin County, with the industry averaging 31 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 21 and greater than the State of Minnesota typical size of 29 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

Wholesale trade has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Aitkin County, moving a total of 38 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 0.4 percent. The State of Minnesota experienced a change in employment in the sector of 0.2 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

In Aitkin County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Health care and social assistance is the major employer in the county making up 20.2 percent of total employment in the county, making up 682 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries total 18.4 and 13.3 percent of industry employment.

In Aitkin County, Health care and social assistance, Accommodation and food services and Construction are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Health care and social assistance sector has a United State LQ of 1.56. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Health care and social assistance sector is 1.56 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Aitkin may be an exporter of products or services of Health care and social assistance.









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

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