Employment Report for Divide County, North Dakota -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
Professional and technical services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Divide County, growing by 90 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 2.6 percent. The State of North Dakota encountered a change in industry employment of 18.9 percent, since the year 2001.
In Divide County, Retail Trade, Wholesale trade, and the Finance and insurance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 13.3 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 66 individuals. The Wholesale trade and Finance and insurance sectors account for 10.9 and 7.5 percent of all employment.
In Divide County, Wholesale trade, Information and Finance and insurance industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Wholesale trade industry has a US LQ in the county of 2.1. The percent of employment in the Wholesale trade industry is 2.1 times greater than the national average, signifying that Divide may be an exporter of products or services of Wholesale trade.
Divide County is ranked number 40 of 54 total Counties throughout North Dakota in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 39 of 54 Counties.
Information has a largest number of employee per establishment in Divide County, averaging 8 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's national average of 22 and less than the North Dakota establishments size average of 19 for the Information industry.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
Professional and technical services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Divide County, growing by 90 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 2.6 percent. The State of North Dakota encountered a change in industry employment of 18.9 percent, since the year 2001.
In Divide County, Retail Trade, Wholesale trade, and the Finance and insurance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 13.3 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 66 individuals. The Wholesale trade and Finance and insurance sectors account for 10.9 and 7.5 percent of all employment.
In Divide County, Wholesale trade, Information and Finance and insurance industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Wholesale trade industry has a US LQ in the county of 2.1. The percent of employment in the Wholesale trade industry is 2.1 times greater than the national average, signifying that Divide may be an exporter of products or services of Wholesale trade.
Divide County is ranked number 40 of 54 total Counties throughout North Dakota in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 39 of 54 Counties.
Information has a largest number of employee per establishment in Divide County, averaging 8 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's national average of 22 and less than the North Dakota establishments size average of 19 for the Information industry.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
