Monday, October 30, 2006

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

In Stevens County, Management of companies and enterprises, Manufacturing and Accommodation and food services industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Management of companies and enterprises industry has an LQ of 1.96. The percent of employment in the Management of companies and enterprises industry is 1.96 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Stevens may be an exporter of products or services of Management of companies and enterprises.

Retail Trade is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Stevens County, with a job growth of 12.9 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 0.5 percent. The State of Minnesota had changed in sector employment of -1.4 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Stevens County. In the County, the industry averages 33 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and less than the Minnesota average establishment size of 39 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Stevens County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 15.9 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 577 employees. The Manufacturing and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 15.5 and 11.4 percent of the total jobs, respectively.









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

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home

 

About - © 2007 Ecanned.com  - Contact