Sioux County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Sioux County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has grown the most with 2 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up -0.3 percent of the total number of new jobs in Sioux County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Animal slaughtering and processing (88 new jobs)

In Sioux County, North Dakota, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 8 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.





Sioux County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 13 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the North Dakota, where the industry reported a loss of 0.4 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Sioux County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.3 in percent of jobs in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (13 percent decline)

Sioux County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 71.4 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Sioux County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for North Dakota, where the industry took a gain of 4.3 percent. The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry in Sioux County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 0.8 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (71.4 percent gain)
2. Animal food manufacturing (68.8 percent gain)
3. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (63.3 percent gain)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (42.7 percent gain)
5. Computer systems design and related services (39.2 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 6.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of North Dakota, which went through a gain of 2.6 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States 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 Sioux County, North Dakota

In Sioux County, North Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $26,162 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.5 percent less than the median in 2000. Hispanic Householders in Sioux County, North Dakota recorded a median income of $34,369, this median household income is 30.7 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $24,863. This income level is 5.5 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Sioux County had a median household income level of $26,059, this level was 0.9 percent less than the median income level in this area.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Sioux County accounted a very low median household income of $26,305 (2005 Dollars). This median is 53.9 percent lower than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the median is 86.8 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Sioux County, North Dakota can be recognized as having a very high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 39.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 100 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Sioux County, accounting 53.6 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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