Kandiyohi County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Kandiyohi County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialty food stores industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 144.4 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Kandiyohi County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Minnesota, where the industry took a gain of 19.1 percent. The Specialty food stores industry in Kandiyohi County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialty food stores (144.4 percent gain)
2. Home health care services (93.3 percent gain)
3. Employment services (55.2 percent gain)
4. Private households (53.1 percent gain)
5. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (50.0 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 0.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than percent in Minnesota, which experienced a gain of 1.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Kandiyohi County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Used merchandise stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 41 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Minnesota, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 10 percent. The losses in the Used merchandise stores industry in Kandiyohi County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 0.4 percent in terms of employees in the Used merchandise stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Used merchandise stores (41 percent decline)
2. Specialized design services (40 percent decline)
3. Other general merchandise stores (39.3 percent decline)
4. Other support services (29.7 percent decline)
5. Other financial investment activities (28.9 percent decline)

From the 78 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 32 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 45 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 133 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Kandiyohi County

The Employment services industry has grown the most with 178 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Employment services industry makes up 23.4 percent of the growth in Kandiyohi County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (178 new jobs)
2. Individual and family services (69 new jobs)
3. Home health care services (56 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (51 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (43 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Kandiyohi County

Given the industries in the area, the Residential mental health facilities industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 140 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Residential mental health facilities industry make up 30.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential mental health facilities (140 jobs lost)
2. Other general merchandise stores (48 jobs lost)
3. Poultry and egg production (44 jobs lost)
4. Used merchandise stores (20 jobs lost)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (19 jobs lost)





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 Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota may be understood as having a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 9.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 36.9 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Kandiyohi County, reporting 18 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

In Kandiyohi County, Minnesota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $47,431 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1.9 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 41.2 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $27,349. Hispanic households in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota reported a median household income of $28,793, which is 38.1 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $51,397. This income level is 10.5 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Kandiyohi County had a median income of $27,788, this median was 40.3 percent less than the median for all households.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Kandiyohi County accounted a relatively high household income of $46,533 (2005 Dollars). This median is 18.5 percent lower than the median in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the median household income is 5.6 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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