Kanabec County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Kanabec County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 37.9 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Minnesota, where the it saw a loss of 3 percent. The losses in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Kanabec County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5 percent in terms of employees in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (37.9 percent decline)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (30 percent decline)
3. Legal services (23.8 percent decline)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (21.7 percent decline)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (21.2 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 1.2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in Minnesota, experiencing a gain of 1.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Kanabec County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 31.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Kanabec County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Minnesota, where the industry felt a gain of 2.3 percent. The Limited-service eating places industry in Kanabec County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 2.4 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (31.7 percent gain)
2. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (18.5 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (15.7 percent gain)
4. Other general merchandise stores (13.4 percent gain)
5. Grocery stores (6.0 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Kanabec County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 33 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 43.3 percent of the total growth in Kanabec County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (33 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (16 new jobs)
3. Grocery stores (11 new jobs)
4. Other general merchandise stores (10 new jobs)
5. Gasoline stations (2 new jobs)

In Kanabec County, Minnesota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 32 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Given the 20 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 10 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 8 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Kanabec County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 22 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry make up 26.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in Kanabec County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (22 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (17 jobs lost)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (15 jobs lost)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (7 jobs lost)
5. Legal services (5 jobs lost)





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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 Kanabec County, Minnesota

In Kanabec County, Minnesota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $45,429 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.8 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic Householders in Kanabec County, Minnesota reported a median household income of $38,025, this median household income is 15.6 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $19,013. This income level is 57.8 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 72 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $77,513. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Kanabec County had a median household income level of $43,144, this median was 4.3 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Kanabec County accounted a medium-high median income for households of $45,068 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 22.3 percent lower than the household income median in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the median household income is 9 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Kanabec County, Minnesota can be understood to have a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 9.5 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 42.9 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Kanabec County, with 15.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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