Monday, October 30, 2006

Employment Report for Hettinger County, North Dakota -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Health care and social assistance has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Hettinger County, increasing in size by 20 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 10.6 percent. The State of North Dakota had changed in sector employment of 6.6 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

In Hettinger County, Health care and social assistance, Wholesale trade, and the Retail Trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Health care and social assistance is the major employer in the county making up 22.5 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 96 individuals. The Wholesale trade and Retail Trade industries total 14.3 and 7.5 percent of all employment.

Health care and social assistance is the industry with the largest establishments in Hettinger County, with the industry averaging 12 jobs per place of business. This is less than the industry's average in the United States of 21 and less than the North Dakota average establishment size of 30 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

In Hettinger County, Wholesale trade, Health care and social assistance and Construction have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Wholesale trade sector has a United State LQ of 2.75. This means the percent of total employment in the Wholesale trade sector is 2.75 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Hettinger specializes in Wholesale trade.









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

 

About - © 2007 Ecanned.com  - Contact