Scott County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Scott County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building equipment contractors industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 189 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 27.0 percent of the total employment decline in Scott County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (189 jobs lost)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (63 jobs lost)
3. Residential building construction (54 jobs lost)
4. Personal care services (36 jobs lost)
5. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (35 jobs lost)

Given the 100 4-digit NAICS industries, 40 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 59 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Scott County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Printing and related support activities industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 476 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Printing and related support activities industry makes up 19.6 percent of the growth in Scott County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (476 new jobs)
2. Warehousing and storage (193 new jobs)
3. Nursing care facilities (125 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (121 new jobs)
5. Employment services (121 new jobs)

In Scott County, Minnesota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 2,007 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Scott County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Warehousing and storage industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 152.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Scott County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Minnesota, where it saw a gain of 0.3 percent. The Warehousing and storage industry in Scott County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 7.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Warehousing and storage (152.1 percent gain)
2. Individual and family services (118.3 percent gain)
3. Printing and related support activities (97.7 percent gain)
4. Other schools and instruction (92.2 percent gain)
5. Home health care services (65.0 percent gain)

Scott County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 41.3 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 reported a loss of 10.4 percent. The losses in the Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry in Scott County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 4 percent in terms of employment in the Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (41.3 percent decline)
2. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (38.8 percent decline)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (38.5 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (32.1 percent decline)
5. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (27.1 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 6.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in the State of 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.





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 Scott County, Minnesota

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Scott County had a very high median income for all households of $77,936 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 29.3 percent higher than the household income median in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the median household income is 37 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The median household income in the area has increased a small amount from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has increased to $78,106, representing a 0.2 percent growth. Scott County, Minnesota, in terms of percentage of growth, ranks 1 of 1 counties in percent of growth for household income in Minnesota. Scott County ranks 113 of 119 counties (or parishes) when comparing the growth in median income in the US.

In Scott County, Minnesota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $78,432 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.6 percent greater than the median in 2000. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $77,068. This income level is 1.1 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic in Scott County, Minnesota recorded a median income of $49,482, this median household income is 36.5 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Scott County reported a median household income of $58,500, this was 24.9 percent less than the median income level in this area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 31.7 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $53,260.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Scott County, Minnesota may be understood as having a very low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 3.4 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 21.1 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Scott County, accounting 12.9 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The rate of poverty in Scott County, Minnesota has declined by 0.9 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 3.4 percent to 2.5 percent.

While the median household income saw a growth from 2000 to 2005 in Scott County, Minnesota, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest growth in the household income level was the Black or African American category. This group felt an increase of 91.9 percent since the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native population group was least impacted by the household income growth in Scott County, encountering a 1 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

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