Employment Report for Ramsey County, North Dakota -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
Arts, entertainment, and recreation has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Ramsey County, changing a total of 30.9 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 4.7 percent. The State of North Dakota experienced a change in employment in the sector of 11.9 percent, in the last 5 years.
In Ramsey County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Health care and social assistance is the largest employment industry and makes up 23.9 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 1,028 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 21.4 and 14.1 percent of the total jobs, respectively.
In Ramsey County, Utilities, Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Utilities sector has a United State LQ of 2.24. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Utilities sector is 2.24 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Ramsey may be an exporter of products or services of Utilities.
Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Ramsey County, averaging 43 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the North Dakota establishments size average of 31 for the Manufacturing industry.
Administrative and waste services saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Ramsey County. The industry lost a total of 141 total jobs during the period, accounting for 54.2 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 45 percent of all employment losses in the county.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
Arts, entertainment, and recreation has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Ramsey County, changing a total of 30.9 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 4.7 percent. The State of North Dakota experienced a change in employment in the sector of 11.9 percent, in the last 5 years.
In Ramsey County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Health care and social assistance is the largest employment industry and makes up 23.9 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 1,028 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 21.4 and 14.1 percent of the total jobs, respectively.
In Ramsey County, Utilities, Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Utilities sector has a United State LQ of 2.24. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Utilities sector is 2.24 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Ramsey may be an exporter of products or services of Utilities.
Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Ramsey County, averaging 43 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the North Dakota establishments size average of 31 for the Manufacturing industry.
Administrative and waste services saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Ramsey County. The industry lost a total of 141 total jobs during the period, accounting for 54.2 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 45 percent of all employment losses in the county.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
