Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Nobles County, growing in new jobs by 82.9 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of -0.6 percent. The State of Minnesota underwent a employment change in the industry of 9.3 percent, during the time since 2001.

In Nobles County, Manufacturing, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Wholesale trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.55. The level of employment in the Manufacturing sector is 2.55 times greater than the national average, signifying that Nobles may be an exporter of products or services of Manufacturing.

Nobles County ranks 39 of 88 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of Minnesota in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 38 of 88 Counties.

In Nobles County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 32.8 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 2,776 people employed. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 16.8 and 9.8 percent of industry employment.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Nobles County, averaging 93 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the State of Minnesota establishments size average of 39 for the Manufacturing industry.







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

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