Ramsey County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Ramsey County

The Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 520 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 7.3 percent of the total job loss in Ramsey County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (520 jobs lost)
2. Printing and related support activities (390 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (366 jobs lost)
4. Nondepository credit intermediation (308 jobs lost)
5. Legal services (253 jobs lost)

In Ramsey County, Minnesota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 7,300 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Given the 184 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 99 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 84 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Ramsey County

The Outpatient care centers industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,695 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Outpatient care centers industry makes up 14.9 percent of the total employment growth in Ramsey County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Outpatient care centers (1,695 new jobs)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (1,017 new jobs)
3. Electronic instrument manufacturing (1,008 new jobs)
4. Special food services (691 new jobs)
5. Employment services (644 new jobs)

Ramsey County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 3728.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Ramsey County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Minnesota, where it saw a gain of 1252.9 percent. The Unclassified industry in Ramsey County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 12.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (3728.6 percent gain)
2. General rental centers (201.0 percent gain)
3. Educational support services (186.2 percent gain)
4. Outpatient care centers (129.8 percent gain)
5. Technical and trade schools (79.2 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Minnesota, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Ramsey County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Textile furnishings mills industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 60.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Minnesota, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 4.8 percent. The losses in the Textile furnishings mills industry in Ramsey County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 6.7 in percent of jobs in the Textile furnishings mills industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Textile furnishings mills (60.6 percent decline)
2. Other residential care facilities (44.1 percent decline)
3. Rubber product manufacturing (31.7 percent decline)
4. Commercial and service industry machinery (28.5 percent decline)
5. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (27.1 percent decline)





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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 Ramsey County, Minnesota

Hispanic households in Ramsey County, Minnesota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $41,451, this income level is 22.5 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Ramsey County reported a median household income of $38,153, this median was 28.7 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Ramsey County, Minnesota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $56,981 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 6.5 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 42.9 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $30,557. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $44,259. This income level is 17.3 percent less than the all households reported median in the area.

The rate of poverty in Ramsey County, Minnesota has increased by 2.4 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 10.6 percent to 13 percent.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Ramsey County, Minnesota may be understood as having a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 10.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 29.8 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 6 to 11 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Ramsey County, with 17.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The areas median household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $49,898, which represents a 6.7 percent decline. Ramsey County, Minnesota, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 5 of 11 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Minnesota. Ramsey County ranks 381 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of decline in median income in the US.

While household income level experienced a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Ramsey County, Minnesota, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in the household income level was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 28.7 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Asian population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Ramsey County, seeing a 0.3 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

Compared to counties across the United States, Ramsey County reported a relatively high median income for all households of $53,495 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 3 percent lower than the median in Minnesota of $55,120 and the income level is 8.2 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.