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

Manufacturing has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Sibley County, changing a total of 44.7 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of -13.4 percent. The State of Minnesota saw a change in employment in the sector of -8.2 percent, since the year 2001.

In Sibley County, Manufacturing, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and the Retail Trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 21.3 percent of the total county employment. This totals 709 employees. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Retail Trade sectors provide 15 and 11.9 percent of industry employment.

In Sibley County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Manufacturing and Construction have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector has a United State LQ of 14.25. The percent of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 14.25 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Sibley County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting is the industry with the largest establishments in Sibley County, with the industry averaging 38 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 12 and greater than the Minnesota average establishment size of 9 for the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry.









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