Thursday, February 22, 2007

North Dakota Five-Year Industry Employment Change

From the 225 4-digit NAICS industries, 90 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 135 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In the State of North Dakota, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 19,990 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the State of North Dakota

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Support activities for mining industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,243 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 5.2 percent of the total employment growth in North Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (1,243 new jobs)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (873 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (845 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (833 new jobs)
5. Computer systems design and related services (808 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the State of North Dakota

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Business support services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 624 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Business support services industry make up 11.4 percent of the total employment decline in North Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (624 jobs lost)
2. Data processing and related services (566 jobs lost)
3. Travel arrangement and reservation services (474 jobs lost)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (369 jobs lost)
5. Special food services (293 jobs lost)

The State of North Dakota: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Activities related to credit intermediation industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 1114.0 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). The Activities related to credit intermediation industry in North Dakota outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 49.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to credit intermediation (1114.0 percent gain)
2. Educational support services (336.7 percent gain)
3. Support activities for rail transportation (279.7 percent gain)
4. Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers (220.0 percent gain)
5. Local messengers and local delivery (218.8 percent gain)

The State of North Dakota: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for animal production industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 60.4 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses in the Support activities for animal production industry in North Dakota outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 9.3 in percent of jobs in the Support activities for animal production industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for animal production (60.4 percent decline)
2. General rental centers (58.7 percent decline)
3. Special food services (53.8 percent decline)
4. Performing arts companies (49.6 percent decline)
5. ISPs and web search portals (47.6 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 7.9 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

The counties in the State of North Dakota in terms of employment growth percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from a 25.2 percent job gained in Williams County to a low of a 16.5 percent job lost in Towner County.

Top ten counties in terms of highest industry employment growth percent in the North Dakota
Industry Employment Growth Percent


1. Williams County (25.2 percent gain)
2. Kidder County (20.3 percent gain)
3. Sargent County (18.4 percent gain)
4. Mercer County (17.5 percent gain)
5. Adams County (16.1 percent gain)
6. Stark County (15.4 percent gain)
7. Burleigh County (15.3 percent gain)
8. Benson County (14.0 percent gain)
9. Cass County (13.4 percent gain)
10. Steele County (12.8 percent gain)


According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the counties in the State of North Dakota in terms of total employment growth from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from 9,900 total jobs gained in Cass County to a low of 351 jobs lost in Rolette County.

Top ten counties in terms of highest total industry employment growth in the North Dakota
Total Industry Employment Growth


1. Cass County (9,900 jobs gained)
2. Burleigh County (5,146 jobs gained)
3. Grand Forks County (2,339 jobs gained)
4. Williams County (1,859 jobs gained)
5. Stark County (1,346 jobs gained)
6. Ward County (851 jobs gained)
7. Morton County (734 jobs gained)
8. Mercer County (687 jobs gained)
9. Sargent County (397 jobs gained)
10. Stutsman County (169 jobs gained)


About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

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