Nelson County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Nelson County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 0 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry makes up 0.0 percent of the total growth in Nelson County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (98 new jobs)
2. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (69 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (68 new jobs)
4. Beverage manufacturing (39 new jobs)
5. Highway, street, and bridge construction (27 new jobs)

In Nelson County, North Dakota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 23 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Of the 7 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 reported job growth in the duration of the year and . industry sectors reported declines during the time period.



Nelson County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building material and supplies dealers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 86.7 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Nelson County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Dakota, where the industry took a gain of 10.4 percent. The Building material and supplies dealers industry in Nelson County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 4.4 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (86.7 percent gain)
2. Clothing stores (78.3 percent gain)
3. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (68.9 percent gain)
4. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (58.2 percent gain)
5. Personal care services (54.0 percent gain)

Nelson County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grocery stores industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 19.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of North Dakota, where the industry reported a gain of 1.5 percent. The losses in the Grocery stores industry in Nelson County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.3 in percent of jobs in the Grocery stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (19.5 percent decline)
2. Full-service restaurants (14.7 percent decline)
3. Nursing care facilities (9.5 percent decline)
4. Lessors of real estate (5.3 percent decline)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (4.8 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 2.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in the State of North Dakota, which went through a gain of 2.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.





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.

Income and Poverty in Nelson County, North Dakota

Compared to counties across the United States, Nelson County reported a relatively low median income for households of $33,804 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 19.8 percent lower than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the median household income is 45.3 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 112 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $71,663. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Nelson County had a median household income level of $62,888, this median was 86 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. In Nelson County, North Dakota White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $33,638 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.5 percent less than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $138,938. This income level is 311 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Nelson County, North Dakota can be recognized as having a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 10.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 16.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Nelson County, having 17 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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