In Nicollet County, jobs in the computer systems design and related services pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the computer systems design and related services industry had the highest average wages in Nicollet County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Nicollet County received a wage of $57,154 in 2006. The average wage is less than the average industry wage in the State of Minnesota of $77,644 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $80,588.

Other high-paying jobs in Nicollet County, Minnesota can be found in machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($50,520), other professional and technical services ($39,905), professional and similar organizations ($36,336) and electronics and appliance stores ($35,621) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed 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.

Nicollet County Wages have increased by 9.0% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Nicollet County, Minnesota by a total of 9.0%. This is less than the growth in average 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.

Nicollet County Industry Wages Lag Behind Minnesota, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Nicollet County, Minnesota can be described as medium-high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 34.4 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $40,849. The industry pay 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.

Nicollet County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Nicollet County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 65 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 21.6 percent of the total number of new jobs in Nicollet County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (65 new jobs)
2. Residential mental health facilities (55 new jobs)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (38 new jobs)
4. Hog and pig farming (27 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (26 new jobs)

Of the 31 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 14 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 17 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Nicollet County, Minnesota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 34 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Nicollet County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 53 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 19.4 percent of the total job loss in Nicollet County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (53 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (50 jobs lost)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (48 jobs lost)
4. Traveler accommodation (29 jobs lost)
5. Radio and television broadcasting (18 jobs lost)

Total industry employment has decreased by 0.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Minnesota, experiencing a gain of 2.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Nicollet County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Civic and social organizations industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 71.4 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Nicollet County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Minnesota, where this industry saw a loss of 5.8 percent. The Civic and social organizations industry in Nicollet County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Civic and social organizations (71.4 percent gain)
2. Residential mental health facilities (63.7 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (53.8 percent gain)
4. Health and personal care stores (46.7 percent gain)
5. Private households (44.0 percent gain)

Nicollet County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 73.5 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Minnesota, where the industry felt a gain of 7.1 percent. The losses in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Nicollet County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 20.8 in percent of workers in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (73.5 percent decline)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (62.3 percent decline)
3. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (48.9 percent decline)
4. Utility system construction (32.7 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (30 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.

Nicollet County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 2.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Minnesota, which experienced a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Nicollet County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other support services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 48.2 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Nicollet County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Minnesota, where the industry took a gain of 9.2 percent. The Other support services industry in Nicollet County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other support services (48.2 percent gain)
2. Health and personal care stores (44.7 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (40.7 percent gain)
4. Nonresidential building construction (38.7 percent gain)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (38.5 percent gain)

Nicollet County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automobile dealers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 26.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Minnesota, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 2.3 percent. The losses in the Automobile dealers industry in Nicollet County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 1 percent in terms of employment in the Automobile dealers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (26.7 percent decline)
2. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (25.8 percent decline)
3. Traveler accommodation (22.6 percent decline)
4. Legal services (18.1 percent decline)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (15.7 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Nicollet County

Given the industries in the area, the Traveler accommodation industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 34 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 30.1 percent of the total employment decline in Nicollet County, Minnesota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (34 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (22 jobs lost)
3. Cattle ranching and farming (11 jobs lost)
4. Nursing care facilities (8 jobs lost)
5. Legal services (8 jobs lost)

Given the 42 4-digit NAICS industries, 19 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 23 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Nicollet County, Minnesota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 307 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Nicollet County

The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has grown the most with 45 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry makes up 25.0 percent of the total employment growth in Nicollet County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (45 new jobs)
2. Depository credit intermediation (21 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (18 new jobs)
4. Other support services (14 new jobs)
5. Health and personal care stores (11 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.

Income and Poverty in Nicollet County, Minnesota

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Nicollet County, Minnesota can be understood to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 7.5 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 32.7 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Nicollet County, accounting 12.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Nicollet County accounted a relatively high median household income of $54,019 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 2 percent lower than the median in Minnesota of $55,120 and the income level is 9 percent higher than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 35 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $35,100. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Nicollet County had a median income of $74,588, this level was 38.1 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. In Nicollet County, Minnesota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $54,702 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.3 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $32,012. This household income level is 40.7 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. Hispanic headed households in Nicollet County, Minnesota , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $31,130, this income level is 42.4 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.







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

Higher Education in Nicollet County, Minnesota

In Nicollet County, Minnesota as reported in the 2000 Census, 29.8 percent of the White Alone, 7.8 percent of Black or African American, 22.8 percent of the Asian alone and 7 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Nicollet County, Minnesota may to understood as having a highly-educated population of the working age, with 29.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Nicollet counted a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Minnesota's proportion of 27.4 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Nicollet County, Minnesota, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 32.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Nicollet have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 30.2 percent (Men) versus 28.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 33.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





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

Demographic Profile for Nicollet County, Minnesota

By measuring total land area, Nicollet extends a total area of 452 square miles. This area has a medium-low population density of 68 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Monroe, TN (68 per sq. mile ), Saline, IL (68 per sq. mile ), Bourbon, KY (68 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Taney, MO (68 per sq. mile ), Pierce, WI (68 per sq. mile ), Sumter, GA (68 per sq. mile ).

Nicollet County, Minnesota has a population that is comprised of 94.3 percent White, 1.4 percent African American, 1.3 percent Asian, and 2.4 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 5.1 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Minnesota percent of 11.2. Since 2000, Nicollet has increased the level of diversity when 4.0 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Nicollet County, Minnesota had an estimated population of 30,848 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 29,904. This growth signifies an increase of 3.2 percent. Nicollet ranks 32 of 87 counties by growth in total population in Minnesota and the county ranks 1,126 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Nicollet County, Minnesota to be 34.2 years old. The median age in Nicollet is less 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 32.7 years old. With a total of 21.6 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Nicollet can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively high presence of the 2005 population base, with 67 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 11.4 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

From 2000, a medium-high number of individual migrated to the Nicollet internationally. The international migration into Nicollet makes up 0.3 percent of the total migration into the State of Minnesota. This amount of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

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

Housing Report for Nicollet County, Minnesota

When compared to other counties in Minnesota, Nicollet County stands 23 of 87 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 358 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Nicollet County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $113,400, published by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the Minnesota 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $122,400 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

In Nicollet County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 12,431 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a total of 1,024 housing units since the year 2001, or 9 percent.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Nicollet County, with the industry averaging 97 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the Minnesota typical size of 39 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Nicollet County, Manufacturing, Wholesale trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 40 percent of the total county employment. This totals 4,771 people employed. The Wholesale trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 8.5 and 8 percent of industry employment.

Professional and technical services has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Nicollet County, with a job growth of 134.2 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 2.6 percent. The State of Minnesota experienced a change in employment in the sector of -3 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In Nicollet County, Manufacturing, Wholesale trade and Accommodation and food services industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 3.12. The percent of employment in the Manufacturing industry is 3.12 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Nicollet may be an exporter of products or services of Manufacturing.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Nicollet County. The industry lost a total of 442 jobs during the period, or 8.5 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 55.3 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.







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