Pine County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Pine County, Minnesota, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 223 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Pine County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the RV parks and recreational camps industry has added the most employment with 19 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the RV parks and recreational camps industry makes up 12.3 percent of the total growth in Pine County.

Top 5 Industries
1. RV parks and recreational camps (19 new jobs)
2. Logging (17 new jobs)
3. Grocery stores (14 new jobs)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (12 new jobs)
5. Gasoline stations (11 new jobs)

From the 45 4-digit NAICS industries, 21 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 23 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Pine County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Traveler accommodation industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 27 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 21.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Pine County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (27 jobs lost)
2. Community care facilities for the elderly (18 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (18 jobs lost)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (18 jobs lost)
5. Limited-service eating places (9 jobs lost)

Pine County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Traveler accommodation industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 60.4 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Minnesota, where the industry felt a gain of 1.4 percent. The losses in the Traveler accommodation industry in Pine County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.3 in percent of jobs in the Traveler accommodation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (60.4 percent decline)
2. Specialized freight trucking (40.6 percent decline)
3. Community care facilities for the elderly (28.8 percent decline)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (27.8 percent decline)
5. Other motor vehicle dealers (20 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 4.8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Minnesota, which experienced a gain of 1.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Pine County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 71.4 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Pine County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Minnesota, where it saw a gain of 3.7 percent. The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Pine County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 3.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (71.4 percent gain)
2. Logging (56.7 percent gain)
3. RV parks and recreational camps (50.0 percent gain)
4. Building finishing contractors (32.3 percent gain)
5. Private households (25.0 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 Pine County, Minnesota

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Pine County, Minnesota may be understood as having a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 11.3 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 35 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 Pine County, having 21.5 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Pine County reported an income level of $35,393, which was 19.1 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Pine County, Minnesota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $43,992 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.6 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 9.2 percent greater than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $47,775. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $25,490. This income level is 41.7 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic Householders in Pine County, Minnesota recorded a median income of $40,950, this median household income is 6.4 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Pine County accounted a medium-high median income for all households of $43,733 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 26 percent lower than the household income median in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the median household income is 12.3 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.







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