Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Real estate and rental and leasing in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Jackson County, growing by 125 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 4.3 percent. The State of Minnesota encountered a change in industry employment of 4.3 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

In Jackson County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 31.3 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 1,318 jobs. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries make up 7.8 and 6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Jackson County, averaging 120 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 establishments size average of 39 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Jackson County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Manufacturing and Wholesale trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector in the county has a location quotient of 3.41. This means the percent of total employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 3.41 times greater than the national average, signifying that Jackson specializes in Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Wholesale trade since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Jackson County. The sector dealt with a loss of 119 employees during the period, or 34.2 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 54.1 percent of all employment losses in the county.







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

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