Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Professional and technical services is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Morrison County, growing by 74.7 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 2.6 percent. The State of Minnesota experienced a sector employment shift of -3 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

In Morrison County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 21.7 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 2,033 individuals. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors account for 15.8 and 10.4 percent of industry employment.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Morrison County. In the County, the industry averages 34 employees per business. This is less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the Minnesota average of 39 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Morrison County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Manufacturing and Other services, except public administration industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has an LQ of 2.58. This means the percent of total employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 2.58 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Morrison may be an exporter of products or services of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.









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

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