In Mahnomen County, jobs in the general freight trucking pay the highest wages

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Employment in the general freight trucking industry wages were the highest in Mahnomen County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Mahnomen County received a wage of $60,736 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Minnesota of $41,685 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $41,086.

Other top-pay jobs in Mahnomen County, Minnesota are present in highway, street, and bridge construction ($27,912), building material and supplies dealers ($24,353), building equipment contractors ($22,100) and gasoline stations ($13,684) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Mahnomen County Wages have decreased by ( 0.4%) Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have decreased in Mahnomen County, Minnesota by a total of ( 0.4%). This is less than the growth in industry wages for Minnesota and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Mahnomen 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 Mahnomen County, Minnesota can be described as medium-low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 37.2 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $40,849. The average industry wage was less than the industry average in the US 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.

Mahnomen County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Mahnomen County, Minnesota, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 69 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Mahnomen County

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 11 jobs. The declines in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 88.9 percent of the total employment decline in Mahnomen County, Minnesota.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (11 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (118 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Mahnomen County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 10 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 100.0 percent of the growth in Mahnomen County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (10 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (136 new jobs)



Mahnomen County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 19.5 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Mahnomen County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Minnesota, where the industry took a loss of 18.9 percent. The Gasoline stations industry in Mahnomen County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 6.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 2 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (19.5 percent gain)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (2.1 percent gain)

Mahnomen County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 72.7 percent from 2001 (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 felt a loss of 0.7 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Mahnomen County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.3 in percent of jobs in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (72.7 percent decline)
2. General freight trucking (3.8 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 9.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Minnesota, which experienced a gain of 2.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.





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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.

Mahnomen County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Mahnomen County, Minnesota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 6 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Mahnomen County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 2 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 100.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Mahnomen County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (2 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Mahnomen County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the General freight trucking industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 2 jobs. The declines in the General freight trucking industry make up 116.7 percent of the total job loss in Mahnomen County, Minnesota.

Top 1 Industries
1. General freight trucking (2 jobs lost)



Mahnomen County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 8.5 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 sector has felt in the State of Minnesota, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 1.6 percent. The losses in the General freight trucking industry in Mahnomen County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 2.3 percent in terms of employees in the General freight trucking industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. General freight trucking (8.5 percent decline)

Mahnomen County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 3.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Mahnomen County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Minnesota, where it saw a loss of 7.2 percent. The Gasoline stations industry in Mahnomen County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 0.3 percent.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (3.4 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in Minnesota, which experienced a gain of 1.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.





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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 Mahnomen County, Minnesota

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 87.5 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $4,388. Hispanic Householders in Mahnomen County, Minnesota reported a median household income of $25,960, this median is 26.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $36,563. This median income level is 4 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Mahnomen County had a median household income level of $33,053, this level was 6 percent less than the median for all households. In Mahnomen County, Minnesota White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $35,831 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.9 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Mahnomen County, Minnesota can be recognized as having a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 16.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 100 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Mahnomen County, with 25.2 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Mahnomen County had a medium-low median income for all households of $35,162 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 56.8 percent lower than the median income in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the income level is 39.7 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Mahnomen County, Minnesota

Mahnomen County, Minnesota is made up of a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 12.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Mahnomen has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 27.4 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 32.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Mahnomen on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 12 percent (Men) versus 12.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 35.2 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Mahnomen County, Minnesota as reported in the 2000 Census, 14.8 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 17.6 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





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

Demographic Profile for Mahnomen County, Minnesota

Mahnomen County, Minnesota had a total estimated population of 5,113 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 5,174. The decline signifies a decrease of -1.2 percent. Mahnomen ranks 52 of 87 counties when analyzing total population change in Minnesota and the county ranks 2,045 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

When measuring the total land area, Mahnomen spans a total area of 556 square miles. The county has a very low population density of 9 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Routt, CO (9 per sq. mile ), Pend Oreille, WA (9 per sq. mile ), Walsh, ND (9 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Luna, NM (9 per sq. mile ), Pawnee, KS (9 per sq. mile ), Calhoun, AR (9 per sq. mile ).

Estimated since the year 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Mahnomen internationally. The migration from outside the US into Mahnomen accounts for 0 percent of all immigration into Minnesota. This amount of international migration is low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Mahnomen County, Minnesota has a population that is made of 61.6 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 2.2 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 2.5 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Minnesota percent of 11.2. Since 2000, Mahnomen has increased the level of diversity when 0.9 percent of the population were minorities.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Mahnomen County, Minnesota to be 39.2 years of age. The median in Mahnomen is greater than the median age in the State of Minnesota of 36.7. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 38.5 years old. With a total of 27.4 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Mahnomen can be understood as having a relatively high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 54.9 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 17.7 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

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

Housing Report for Mahnomen County, Minnesota

When compared to other counties in Minnesota, Mahnomen County stands 55 of 87 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 1,299 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

In Mahnomen County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 2,815 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a total of 88 residential structures since 2001, a change of 3.2 percent.

There is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Mahnomen County, Minnesota. In 2000, 94.3 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Mahnomen County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $53,100, according to the Decennial Census. This value is less than the overall State of Minnesota 2000 median home value of $122,400 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Mahnomen County, Minnesota -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Retail Trade is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Mahnomen County, moving a total of 1.3 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 0.5 percent. The State of Minnesota experienced a change in employment in the sector of -1.4 percent, in the last 5 years.

In Mahnomen County, Retail Trade, Construction, and the Finance and insurance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 23.9 percent of total employment in the county, making up 151 jobs. The Construction and Finance and insurance sectors account for 12.5 and 8.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Finance and insurance has the largest businesses in Mahnomen County. In the County, the industry averages 8 jobs per place of business. This is less than the industry's national average of 13 and less than the State of Minnesota average establishment size of 13 for the Finance and insurance industry.

In Mahnomen County, Construction, Retail Trade and Finance and insurance are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Construction sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.91. The percent of employment in the Construction industry is 1.91 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Mahnomen specializes in Construction.

Mahnomen County is ranked at 88 of 88 Counties throughout the State of Minnesota in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up since the year 2001, when it was ranked 87 of 88 Counties.







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