Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Kanabec County. The industry averages 22 jobs per place of business. This is less than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and less than the State of Minnesota average of 39 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Kanabec County. The industry lost a total of 131 employees during the period, or 21.4 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 45.5 percent of all employment losses in the county.

In Kanabec County, Construction, Other services, except public administration and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Construction sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.1. This means the percent of total employment in the Construction industry is 2.1 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Kanabec County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Construction.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Kanabec County, with an employment growth of 60.9 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 4.7 percent. The State of Minnesota felt a shift in employment in the industry of 6.7 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

In Kanabec County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 20.8 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 567 jobs. The Manufacturing and Health care and social assistance industries make up 17.7 and 13.9 percent of all employment.







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

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