Monday, October 30, 2006

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

In Marshall County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 20.4 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 342 employees. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 15.9 and 15.4 percent of total employment, respectively.

The Accommodation and food services industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Marshall County since 2001, going from making up 8.2 percent of total employment for the year 2001 to 0 percent in the year 2005.

Health care and social assistance has the largest employers in Marshall County, with the industry averaging 23 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the US industry average of 21 and less than the Minnesota average of 29 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

In Marshall County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Wholesale trade and Mining 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 4.48. This means the percent of total employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 4.48 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Marshall specializes in Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Information has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Marshall County, with an employment growth of 41.2 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of -14.9 percent. The State of Minnesota underwent a employment change in the industry of -15 percent, in the course of time since 2001.







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

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