1-Year Industry Employment Change in Pembina County, North Dakota

Total 1-Year Employment Growth in Pembina County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Specialized freight trucking industry has grown the most with 26 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Specialized freight trucking industry makes up 54.9 percent of the total growth in Pembina County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (26 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (18 new jobs)
3. Gambling industries (2 new jobs)
4. Pipeline transportation of natural gas (7 new jobs)
5. Sheep and goat farming (2 new jobs)

Total 1-Year Employment Decline in Pembina County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Other crop farming industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 59 jobs. The declines in the Other crop farming industry make up 23.1 percent of the total employment decline in Pembina County, North Dakota.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other crop farming (59 jobs lost)
2. Oilseed and grain farming (46 jobs lost)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (27 jobs lost)
4. Full-service restaurants (23 jobs lost)

In Pembina County, North Dakota, the total number of jobs for throughout industries has decreased by 348 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

From the 18 4-digit NAICS industries, 14 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 4 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

The total number of jobs has decreased by 2.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in the State of North Dakota, which saw a gain of 2.6 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Pembina County 1-year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 68.5 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of North Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of 8.8 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Pembina County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.5 percent in terms of employment in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (68.5 percent decline)
2. Other crop farming (52 percent decline)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (45.5 percent decline)
4. Oilseed and grain farming (40.9 percent decline)
5. Nonresidential building construction (29.3 percent decline)

Pembina County 1-year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gambling industries industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 46.2 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Pembina County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Dakota, where the industry took a gain of 7.4 percent. The Gambling industries industry in Pembina County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 3.6 percent.

Top 4 Industries
1. Gambling industries (46.2 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (35.6 percent gain)
3. Gasoline stations (17.5 percent gain)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (3.7 percent gain)

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).

Income and Poverty in Pembina County, North Dakota

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 62.3 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $16,088. Hispanic in Pembina County, North Dakota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $30,922, this median is 27.5 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $42,413. This median income level is 0.5 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Pembina County reported an income level of $33,638, which was 21.1 percent less than the median for all households. In Pembina County, North Dakota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $42,820 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.5 percent greater than the median in 2000.

Compared to counties across the United States, Pembina County reported a medium-high median household income of $42,623 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 5 percent higher than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the median is 15.3 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Pembina County, North Dakota can be considered to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 9.2 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 50 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Pembina County, with 13.6 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







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