Sargent County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Sargent County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. industry has added the most employment with 64 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. industry makes up 72.7 percent of the total employment growth in Sargent County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (64 new jobs)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (21 new jobs)
3. Depository credit intermediation (1 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Sargent County

Given the industries in the area, the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 5 jobs. The declines in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry make up 66.7 percent of the total job loss in Sargent County, North Dakota.

Top 4 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (5 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (2 jobs lost)
3. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (70 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (58 jobs lost)

Given the 7 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 3 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 4 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Sargent County, North Dakota, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 118 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total employment has increased by 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in North Dakota, which went through a gain of 2.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Sargent County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 71.1 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Sargent County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for North Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of . percent. The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry in Sargent County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 1.5 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (71.1 percent gain)
2. Legal services (16.7 percent gain)
3. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (3.8 percent gain)
4. Depository credit intermediation (3.5 percent gain)

Sargent County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 40 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the North Dakota, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 0.8 percent. The losses in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry in Sargent County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 2 in percent of jobs in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (40 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (5.4 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (2.7 percent decline)





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 Sargent County, North Dakota

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Sargent County reported a median household income of $48,750, which was 12 percent greater than the median income level in this area. In Sargent County, North Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $43,599 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.1 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Sargent County, North Dakota recorded a median income of $13,163, which is 69.8 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 63 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $16,088.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Sargent County reported a medium-high median household income of $43,539 (2005 Dollars). This median is 7 percent higher than the median in North Dakota of $40,487 and the income level is 12.8 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Sargent County, North Dakota can be recognized as having a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 8.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 50 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Sargent County, having 16.4 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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