Monday, January 22, 2007

Slope County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Slope County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Logging industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 33.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of North Dakota, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 4.9 percent. The losses in the Logging industry in Slope County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 3.8 in percent of workers in the Logging industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Logging (33.7 percent decline)
2. Fruit and tree nut farming (13 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (2 percent decline)

Slope County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 66.7 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Slope County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for North Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of 4.9 percent. The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Slope County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 3.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (66.7 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (25.6 percent gain)
3. Full-service restaurants (21.9 percent gain)
4. Residential building construction (8.7 percent gain)
5. Gasoline stations (8.1 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 7.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in North Dakota, which went through a gain of 2.6 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Slope County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Logging industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 11 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Logging industry make up 64.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Slope County, North Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Logging (11 jobs lost)
2. Fruit and tree nut farming (5 jobs lost)
3. Clothing stores (116 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (86 jobs lost)
5. Fruit and tree nut farming (65 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Slope County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 16 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 54.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Slope County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (16 new jobs)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (5 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (3 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (2 new jobs)

In Slope County, North Dakota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 5 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Given the 10 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 4 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 6 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Income and Poverty in Slope County, North Dakota

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Slope County accounted a relatively low median household income of $28,860 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 40.3 percent lower than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the income level is 70.2 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Slope County, North Dakota may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 16.9 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The White race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 16.9 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Slope County, with 60 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

In Slope County, North Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $28,860 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly equal to the median income in 2000.







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

 

About - © 2007 Ecanned.com  - Contact