Pipestone County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has increased by 1.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than growth in Minnesota, experiencing 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.

Pipestone County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 217.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Pipestone County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Minnesota, where this industry saw a gain of 9.2 percent. The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry in Pipestone County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 4.9 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (217.1 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (39.2 percent gain)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (13.5 percent gain)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (11.5 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (10.8 percent gain)

Pipestone County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 38.8 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 has seen in the Minnesota, where the industry reported a gain of 1.6 percent. The losses in the General freight trucking industry in Pipestone County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 2.3 in percent of jobs in the General freight trucking industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (38.8 percent decline)
2. Grocery stores (31.9 percent decline)
3. Limited-service eating places (17.1 percent decline)
4. Full-service restaurants (13.4 percent decline)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (8.5 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Pipestone County

Given the industries in the area, the Grocery stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 39 jobs. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 37.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Pipestone County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (39 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (24 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (18 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (11 jobs lost)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (3 jobs lost)

Of the 18 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 9 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 9 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Pipestone County, Minnesota, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 59 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Pipestone County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry has added the most employment with 25 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry makes up 42.2 percent of the total employment growth in Pipestone County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (25 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (10 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (8 new jobs)
4. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (8 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (3 new jobs)





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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 Pipestone County, Minnesota

The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $48,263. This income level is 29.3 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Pipestone County had a median household income level of $13,974, this level was 62.6 percent less than the median for all households. In Pipestone County, Minnesota White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $37,482 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.4 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic in Pipestone County, Minnesota , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $28,154, this median is 24.6 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 17.7 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $30,713.

Compared to counties across the United States, Pipestone County was reported to have a medium-low household income of $37,334 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 47.6 percent lower than the median in Minnesota of $55,120 and this is 31.6 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Pipestone County, Minnesota can be recognized as having a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 9.5 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 53.8 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Pipestone County, accounting 18.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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