Morrison County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Morrison County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Travel arrangement and reservation services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 74.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Minnesota, where the it saw a loss of 5.5 percent. The losses in the Travel arrangement and reservation services industry in Morrison County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.4 in percent of jobs in the Travel arrangement and reservation services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Travel arrangement and reservation services (74.7 percent decline)
2. Personal care services (34.7 percent decline)
3. Specialized freight trucking (23.7 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (22.3 percent decline)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (21.5 percent decline)

Morrison County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 486.5 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Morrison County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Minnesota, where the industry took a loss of 3.5 percent. The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry in Morrison County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.3 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (486.5 percent gain)
2. Vocational rehabilitation services (84.5 percent gain)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (41.0 percent gain)
4. Specialty food stores (39.5 percent gain)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (35.2 percent gain)

Total employment has decreased by 1.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in the State of Minnesota, which saw a gain of 1.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Of the 56 4-digit NAICS industries, 22 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 29 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Morrison County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 84 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry makes up 23.0 percent of the growth in Morrison County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (84 new jobs)
2. Vocational rehabilitation services (51 new jobs)
3. Cattle ranching and farming (35 new jobs)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (27 new jobs)
5. Specialty food stores (20 new jobs)

In Morrison County, Minnesota, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 168 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Morrison County

Given the industries in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 66 jobs. The declines in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 23.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in Morrison County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (66 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (49 jobs lost)
3. Specialized freight trucking (27 jobs lost)
4. Travel arrangement and reservation services (22 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (17 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 Morrison County, Minnesota

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Morrison County accounted a medium-high median income for all households of $43,345 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 27.2 percent lower than the median in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the median is 13.4 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Morrison County, Minnesota can be understood to have a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 11.1 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 18.1 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Morrison County, reporting 26.6 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 28.4 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $31,038. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $73,800. This median income level is 70.3 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Hispanic headed households in Morrison County, Minnesota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $33,638, which is 22.4 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Morrison County had a median income of $56,063, this level was 29.3 percent greater than the median for all households. In Morrison County, Minnesota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $43,341 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly less than the median income in 2000.







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