Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Carlton County. The sector faced a loss of 492 jobs during the period, or 22.2 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 85.9 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

The Manufacturing industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Carlton County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 25.4 percent of total employment in 2001 to 20.2 percent of employment in 2005.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Carlton County, with an employment growth of 32.7 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 4.7 percent. The State of Minnesota faced a industry job change of 6.7 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In Carlton County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 20.2 percent of total employment in the county, making up 1,728 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 16.5 and 14 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

In Carlton County, Utilities, Construction and Manufacturing are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Utilities sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.77. The level of employment in the Utilities industry is 2.77 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Carlton County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Utilities.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Carlton County. In the County, the industry averages 48 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the State of Minnesota average establishment size of 39 for the Manufacturing industry.

Carlton County ranks 38 of 88 Counties throughout the State of Minnesota in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 36 of 88 Counties.



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

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