In Le Sueur County, jobs in the power generation and supply pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the power generation and supply industry paid the average highest wages in Le Sueur County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Le Sueur County earned an annual wage of $80,403 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Minnesota of $75,223 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $76,551.

Other top-pay jobs in Le Sueur County, Minnesota are present in other financial investment activities ($60,600), securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($57,809), architectural and engineering services ($46,057) and automobile dealers ($41,894) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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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.

Le Sueur County Wages have increased by 18.5% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Le Sueur County, Minnesota by a total of 18.5%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Minnesota and greater than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

Le Sueur County Industry Wages Lag Behind Minnesota, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Le Sueur County, Minnesota when analyzed can be understood as being medium-high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 31.2 percent lower than the with an state average of $40,849. The average industry wage was less than the national industry average of $40,259.

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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.

Le Sueur County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Le Sueur County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 262.5 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Le Sueur County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Minnesota, where it saw a gain of 7.5 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Le Sueur County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 17.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (262.5 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (172.7 percent gain)
3. Offices of physicians (112.8 percent gain)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (102.1 percent gain)
5. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (80.5 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 12.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in Minnesota, which saw a gain of 2.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Le Sueur County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 55.6 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Minnesota, where the it saw a gain of 26.6 percent. The losses in the Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry in Le Sueur County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 28.5 percent in terms of employment in the Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (55.6 percent decline)
2. Grocery stores (45.1 percent decline)
3. Other general merchandise stores (44.2 percent decline)
4. General freight trucking (38.7 percent decline)
5. Full-service restaurants (37.5 percent decline)

In Le Sueur County, Minnesota, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 919 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Le Sueur County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 155 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 28.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (155 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (102 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (43 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (41 jobs lost)
5. General freight trucking (34 jobs lost)

From the 37 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 19 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 18 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Le Sueur County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 131 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 31.3 percent of the total employment growth in Le Sueur County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (131 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (49 new jobs)
3. Offices of physicians (32 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (30 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (28 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.

Le Sueur County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has decreased by 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 losses were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Le Sueur County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 38.9 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Le Sueur County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Minnesota, where the industry took a gain of 3.1 percent. The Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry in Le Sueur County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 1.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (38.9 percent gain)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (33.8 percent gain)
3. Architectural and engineering services (31.8 percent gain)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (27.6 percent gain)
5. Offices of dentists (22.6 percent gain)

Le Sueur County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Residential mental health facilities industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 35.3 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Minnesota, where the industry felt a gain of 1 percent. The losses in the Residential mental health facilities industry in Le Sueur County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.9 in percent of workers in the Residential mental health facilities industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential mental health facilities (35.3 percent decline)
2. Grocery stores (33.8 percent decline)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (27.4 percent decline)
4. Utility system construction (27.2 percent decline)
5. Automobile dealers (24.1 percent decline)

In Le Sueur County, Minnesota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 203 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 33 4-digit NAICS industries, 16 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 16 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Le Sueur County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 21 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 19.3 percent of the total number of new jobs in Le Sueur County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (21 new jobs)
2. Offices of dentists (15 new jobs)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (12 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (12 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (11 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Le Sueur County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 63 jobs. The declines in the Grocery stores industry make up 22.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (63 jobs lost)
2. Residential mental health facilities (36 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (27 jobs lost)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (26 jobs lost)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (26 jobs lost)





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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 Le Sueur County, Minnesota

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Le Sueur County, Minnesota can be considered to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 6.9 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 43 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Le Sueur County, having 16.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

In Le Sueur County, Minnesota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $54,263 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 31.3 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $36,929. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Le Sueur County had a median household income level of $38,756, this median was 27.9 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Hispanic Householders in Le Sueur County, Minnesota recorded a median income of $33,546, this median household income is 37.6 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $64,350. This median income level is 19.7 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Le Sueur County was reported to have a relatively high household income of $53,742 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 2.6 percent lower than the median in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the income level is 8.6 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Le Sueur County, Minnesota

In Le Sueur County, Minnesota according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 17.2 percent of the White Alone, 3.6 percent of Black or African American, 26.4 percent of the Asian alone and 3.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Le Sueur County, Minnesota may to understood as having a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 16.8 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Le Sueur has a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 27.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 40 percent achieving this level. The female population in Le Sueur on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 16.6 percent (Men) versus 17.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 36.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





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

Demographic Profile for Le Sueur County, Minnesota

From 2000, a medium-low number of individuals have migrated to Le Sueur from another country. The international migration into Le Sueur totals 0.2 percent of the total migration into the State of Minnesota. This percent of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Le Sueur County, Minnesota to be 38.4 years old. The median in Le Sueur is greater than the median age in the State of Minnesota of 36.7. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 37.5 years old. With 23.2 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Le Sueur can be understood as being made up of a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the population, with 62.9 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 13.9 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Le Sueur County, Minnesota had a total estimated population of 27,490 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 25,494. This growth shows an increase of 7.8 percent. Le Sueur ranks 21 of 87 counties when analyzing total population change in Minnesota and the county ranks 830 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

When measuring the total land area, Le Sueur covers a total land area of 448 total square miles. The area has a medium-low average area density of 61 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Johnson, MO (61 per sq. mile ), Union, GA (61 per sq. mile ), Wythe, VA (61 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Russell, VA (61 per sq. mile ), Jackson, WV (61 per sq. mile ), Jersey, IL (61 per sq. mile ).

Le Sueur County, Minnesota has a population that is made of 94.6 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 4.1 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 4.7 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Minnesota percent of 11.2. Since 2000, Le Sueur has increased the percent of minority makeup when 4.4 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Le Sueur County, Minnesota

In Le Sueur County, the census reported 12,074 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 957 homes since 2001, or 8.6 percent.

Le Sueur County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $105,600, according to the Decennial Census. This is less than the overall Minnesota 2000 home value of $122,400 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

Le Sueur County can be understood as having a small, but present proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2000, the Decennial Census counted that 0.1 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

The State of Minnesota, Le Sueur County stands 25 of 87 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 397 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

There seems to be a large amount affordable residential real estate in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. In 2000, 62.6 percent of housing was valued under $125k.



Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Le Sueur County, Minnesota -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Educational services has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Le Sueur County, changing a total of 33.3 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 13.8 percent. The State of Minnesota had an industry job change of 12.1 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Le Sueur County. The sector faced a loss of 519 total jobs during the period, accounting for 17.6 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 41.2 percent of all employment losses in the county.

In Le Sueur County, Manufacturing, Construction and Other services, except public administration are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing industry has a US LQ in the county of 2.83. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing sector is 2.83 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Le Sueur may be an exporter of products or services of Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Le Sueur County, with the industry averaging 48 employees per business. This is greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the Minnesota average establishment size of 39 for the Manufacturing industry.

Le Sueur County is ranked at 43 of 88 Counties in the State of Minnesota in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 42 of 88 Counties.

In Le Sueur County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 36.3 percent of the total county employment. This totals 2,437 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 11.3 and 9.4 percent of all employment.





Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).