Walsh County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Walsh County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 22.8 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the North Dakota, where the industry felt a loss of 0.4 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Walsh County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 0.3 in percent of jobs in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (22.8 percent decline)
2. Building finishing contractors (19.5 percent decline)
3. Building equipment contractors (14.9 percent decline)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (13.9 percent decline)
5. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (12.1 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 0.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in the State of North Dakota, which went through a gain of 2.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Walsh County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronics and appliance stores industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 50.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Walsh County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Dakota, where the industry took a gain of 16.2 percent. The Electronics and appliance stores industry in Walsh County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 3.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronics and appliance stores (50.0 percent gain)
2. Warehousing and storage (36.4 percent gain)
3. Securities and commodity contracts brokerage (16.2 percent gain)
4. Legal services (15.4 percent gain)
5. Insurance carriers (14.3 percent gain)

Given the 35 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 16 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 17 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Walsh County, North Dakota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 5 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Walsh County

The Gasoline stations industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 14 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 21.0 percent of the total employment decline in Walsh County, North Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (14 jobs lost)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (12 jobs lost)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (10 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (8 jobs lost)
5. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (7 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Walsh County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other crop farming industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 16 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Other crop farming industry makes up 36.3 percent of the growth in Walsh County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other crop farming (16 new jobs)
2. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (4 new jobs)
3. Health and personal care stores (4 new jobs)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (3 new jobs)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (3 new jobs)





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 Walsh County, North Dakota

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Walsh County was reported to have a medium-high median household income of $39,599 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 2.2 percent lower than the median in North Dakota of $40,487 and the median is 24.1 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 74.1 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $10,238. In Walsh County, North Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $39,711 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.3 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Walsh County had a median household income level of $33,638, which was 15.1 percent less than the areas median level for all households. Hispanic headed households in Walsh County, North Dakota , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $32,663, which is 17.5 percent less than the areas median income level for all households.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Walsh County, North Dakota may be understood as having a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 10.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty 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 Walsh County, reporting 16.8 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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