Kittson County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Kittson County

Given the industries in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 5 jobs. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 93.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Kittson County, Minnesota.

Top 2 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (5 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (51 jobs lost)

In Kittson County, Minnesota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 31 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Kittson County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Grocery stores industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 5 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Grocery stores industry makes up 76.2 percent of the total employment growth in Kittson County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Grocery stores (5 new jobs)



Employment for all industries has increased by 2.8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Minnesota, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Kittson County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 11.9 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Minnesota, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 7.2 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Kittson County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 0.3 percent in terms of employment in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (11.9 percent decline)

Kittson County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Grocery stores industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 9.4 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Kittson County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Minnesota, where it saw a loss of 2.8 percent. The Grocery stores industry in Kittson County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 0.3 percent of the industry employment.

Top 2 Industries
1. Grocery stores (9.4 percent gain)
2. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (5.3 percent gain)





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 Kittson County, Minnesota

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 34.6 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $24,863. Hispanic in Kittson County, Minnesota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $15,722, which is 58.7 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Kittson County, Minnesota White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $38,164 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.3 percent greater than the median in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Kittson County reported an income level of $33,638, which was 11.6 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Kittson County reported a medium-low median household income of $38,043 (2005 Dollars). This median is 44.9 percent lower than the median in Minnesota of $55,120 and the median household income is 29.2 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Kittson County, Minnesota can be understood to have a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 10.2 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 100 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Kittson County, with 13.8 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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