Brown County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Brown County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 73 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 19.6 percent of the total growth in Brown County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (73 new jobs)
2. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (68 new jobs)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (37 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (30 new jobs)
5. Lessors of real estate (26 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Brown County

Given the industries in the area, the Gasoline stations industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 39 jobs. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 13.8 percent of the total job loss in Brown County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (39 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (33 jobs lost)
3. Limited-service eating places (29 jobs lost)
4. Highway, street, and bridge construction (25 jobs lost)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (24 jobs lost)

From the 54 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 29 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 24 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Brown County, Minnesota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 27 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Brown County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 102.6 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Brown County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Minnesota, where the industry took a gain of 2.4 percent. The Lessors of real estate industry in Brown County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 0.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (102.6 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (57.8 percent gain)
3. Personal care services (48.3 percent gain)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (46.2 percent gain)
5. Securities and commodity contracts brokerage (40.0 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 0.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than growth in Minnesota, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Brown County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Consumer goods rental industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 52.5 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Minnesota, where the industry reported a loss of 12.4 percent. The losses in the Consumer goods rental industry in Brown County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 4.6 percent in terms of employment in the Consumer goods rental industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Consumer goods rental (52.5 percent decline)
2. Death care services (25.7 percent decline)
3. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (24.8 percent decline)
4. Poultry and egg production (23.2 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (22.4 percent decline)





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

Income and Poverty in Brown County, Minnesota

According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $234,001. This median income level is 402.5 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Brown County reported a median household income of $19,561, this median was 58 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 31.5 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $61,216. In Brown County, Minnesota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $46,747 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.4 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic in Brown County, Minnesota recorded a median income of $29,250, which is 37.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Compared to counties across the United States, Brown County was reported to have a relatively high median household income of $46,566 (2005 Dollars). This median is 18.4 percent lower than the median income in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the median household income is 5.5 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Brown County, Minnesota can be recognized as having a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 6.4 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 54.5 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Brown County, reporting 12.9 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.