Of the 35 4-digit NAICS industries, 19 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 14 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Nobles CountyThe
Offices of physicians industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 32 jobs in that time period. The declines in the
Offices of physicians industry make up 13.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Nobles County, Minnesota.
Top 5 Industries 1. Offices of physicians (32 jobs lost)
2. Specialized freight trucking (29 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (26 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (23 jobs lost)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (17 jobs lost)
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Nobles CountyFrom the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 68 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the
Limited-service eating places industry makes up 20.2 percent of the total employment growth in Nobles County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Limited-service eating places (68 new jobs)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (53 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (48 new jobs)
4. Cattle ranching and farming (34 new jobs)
5. Hog and pig farming (28 new jobs)
In Nobles County, Minnesota, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 261 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.
Nobles County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 143.2 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Nobles County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Minnesota, where it saw a loss of 3.5 percent. The
Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Nobles County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 1.8 percent in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (143.2 percent gain)
2. Cattle ranching and farming (103.1 percent gain)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (66.2 percent gain)
4. General freight trucking (51.1 percent gain)
5. Hog and pig farming (48.0 percent gain)
Total industry employment has increased by 3.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in the State of Minnesota, which saw a gain of 2.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.
Nobles County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Shoe stores industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 78.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Minnesota, where the industry reported a loss of 0.3 percent. The losses in the
Shoe stores industry in Nobles County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 5.3 in percent of workers in the
Shoe stores industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Shoe stores (78.3 percent decline)
2. Specialized freight trucking (51.8 percent decline)
3. Personal care services (29.9 percent decline)
4. Building equipment contractors (28.3 percent decline)
5. Other professional and technical services (24.6 percent decline)
About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the
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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.
