Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Roseau County, growing by 51.2 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of -0.6 percent. The State of Minnesota encountered a change in industry employment of 9.3 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

In Roseau County, Manufacturing, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Other services, except public administration industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 4.82. This means the percent of total employment in the Manufacturing industry is 4.82 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Roseau specializes in Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Roseau County. The industry averages 177 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the Minnesota typical size of 39 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Roseau 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 is the major employer in the county making up 61.8 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 5,143 jobs. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 9.1 and 5.7 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

The Health care and social assistance industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Roseau County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 9.3 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent in the year 2005.







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

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