Traill County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Traill County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has grown the most with 12 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry makes up 23.3 percent of the growth in Traill County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (12 new jobs)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (9 new jobs)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (8 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (8 new jobs)
5. Other crop farming (4 new jobs)

Given the 18 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 7 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 9 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Traill County, North Dakota, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 5 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Traill County

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 15 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 42.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Traill County, North Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (15 jobs lost)
2. Support activities for crop production (9 jobs lost)
3. Computer systems design and related services (5 jobs lost)
4. Child day care services (4 jobs lost)
5. Direct selling establishments (2 jobs lost)

Traill County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 50.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Traill County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Dakota, where the industry took a gain of 7.5 percent. The Residential building construction industry in Traill County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (50.0 percent gain)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (35.5 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (21.5 percent gain)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (12.4 percent gain)
5. Other crop farming (10.0 percent gain)

Traill County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Computer systems design and related services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 31.8 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 reported a gain of 36 percent. The losses in the Computer systems design and related services industry in Traill County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 6.8 in percent of workers in the Computer systems design and related services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (31.8 percent decline)
2. Full-service restaurants (13.5 percent decline)
3. Support activities for crop production (12.4 percent decline)
4. Child day care services (11.8 percent decline)
5. Lessors of real estate (11.1 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 0.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in North Dakota, which went through a gain of 2.6 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses in the area 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 Traill County, North Dakota

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 76.6 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $10,238. In Traill County, North Dakota White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $44,034 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.5 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic households in Traill County, North Dakota , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $61,913, this income level is 41.3 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Traill County reported a median household income of $29,543, this was 32.6 percent less than the median for all households.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Traill County accounted a medium-high median income for households of $43,811 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 7.6 percent higher than the median in North Dakota of $40,487 and the median household income is 12.1 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Traill County, North Dakota can be recognized as having a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 9.2 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 26.3 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Traill County, reporting 10.7 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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