Nicollet County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 2.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Minnesota, which experienced a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Nicollet County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other support services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 48.2 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Nicollet County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Minnesota, where the industry took a gain of 9.2 percent. The Other support services industry in Nicollet County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other support services (48.2 percent gain)
2. Health and personal care stores (44.7 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (40.7 percent gain)
4. Nonresidential building construction (38.7 percent gain)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (38.5 percent gain)

Nicollet County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automobile dealers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 26.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Minnesota, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 2.3 percent. The losses in the Automobile dealers industry in Nicollet County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 1 percent in terms of employment in the Automobile dealers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (26.7 percent decline)
2. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (25.8 percent decline)
3. Traveler accommodation (22.6 percent decline)
4. Legal services (18.1 percent decline)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (15.7 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Nicollet County

Given the industries in the area, the Traveler accommodation industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 34 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 30.1 percent of the total employment decline in Nicollet County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (34 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (22 jobs lost)
3. Cattle ranching and farming (11 jobs lost)
4. Nursing care facilities (8 jobs lost)
5. Legal services (8 jobs lost)

Given the 42 4-digit NAICS industries, 19 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 23 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Nicollet County, Minnesota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 307 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Nicollet County

The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has grown the most with 45 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry makes up 25.0 percent of the total employment growth in Nicollet County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (45 new jobs)
2. Depository credit intermediation (21 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (18 new jobs)
4. Other support services (14 new jobs)
5. Health and personal care stores (11 new jobs)





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 Nicollet County, Minnesota

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Nicollet County, Minnesota can be understood to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 7.5 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 32.7 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Nicollet County, accounting 12.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Nicollet County accounted a relatively high median household income of $54,019 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 2 percent lower than the median in Minnesota of $55,120 and the income level is 9 percent higher than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 35 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $35,100. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Nicollet County had a median income of $74,588, this level was 38.1 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. In Nicollet County, Minnesota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $54,702 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.3 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $32,012. This household income level is 40.7 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. Hispanic headed households in Nicollet County, Minnesota , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $31,130, this income level is 42.4 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.







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