Dickey County, North Dakota

In Dickey County, jobs in the offices of physicians pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the offices of physicians industry had the highest average wages in Dickey County for 2006. The average industry job in Dickey County was paid an annual wage of $55,497 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the industry wage rate in North Dakota of $67,380 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $64,740.

High-wage employment in Dickey County, North Dakota can be found in farm product raw material merch. whls. ($42,746), misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers ($35,224), automotive repair and maintenance ($27,137) and building equipment contractors ($23,001) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Dickey County Industry Wages Lag Behind North Dakota, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Dickey County, North Dakota can be understood as being medium-high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 17.8 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $30,009. The industry pay was less than the national industry average of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Dickey County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Dickey County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 22 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 50.0 percent of the total employment growth in Dickey County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (22 new jobs)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (16 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (4 new jobs)

From the 8 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 3 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 5 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Dickey County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 14 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry make up 65.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Dickey County, North Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (14 jobs lost)
2. Health and personal care stores (6 jobs lost)
3. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (1 jobs lost)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (2 jobs lost)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (2 jobs lost)

In Dickey County, North Dakota, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 138 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total industry employment has increased by 8.1 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of North Dakota, which experienced a gain of 7.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Dickey County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 27.9 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of North Dakota, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 4.4 percent. The losses in the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry in Dickey County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 9.9 in percent of workers in the Petroleum merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (27.9 percent decline)
2. Health and personal care stores (23.6 percent decline)
3. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (10.3 percent decline)

Dickey County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 43.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Dickey County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Dakota, where this industry saw a gain of 5.3 percent. The Full-service restaurants industry in Dickey County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 13.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (43.4 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (42.9 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (32.4 percent gain)
4. Florists (19.2 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (1.6 percent gain)

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Higher Education in Dickey County, North Dakota

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In Dickey County, North Dakota as reported in the 2000 Census, 16.4 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 100 percent of the Asian alone and 15.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Dickey County, North Dakota may to understood as having a moderately-educated population, with 16.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Dickey has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of North Dakota's proportion of 22 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Dickey County, North Dakota, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 30.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Dickey have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 15.8 percent (Men) versus 17.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 32.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

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

Demographic Profile for Dickey County, North Dakota

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Dickey County, North Dakota has a population that is made up of 95.6 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.9 percent Asian, and 2.3 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest level of diversity, with 3.3 percent minorities. This is greater than the State of North Dakota percent of 3. Since 2000, Dickey has increased in diversity when 2.0 percent of the people were minorities.

By measuring total land area, Dickey spans a total of 1131 square miles. This area has a very low population density of 5 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Custer, SD (5 per sq. mile ), Kearny, KS (5 per sq. mile ), Custer, CO (5 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Shoshone, ID (5 per sq. mile ), Churchill, NV (5 per sq. mile ), Huerfano, CO (5 per sq. mile ).

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Dickey County, North Dakota to be 42.9 years of age. The median age in Dickey is greater than the median age in the State of North Dakota of 39.1. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 40.9 years old. With a total of 21.7 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Dickey can be understood as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low presence of the 2005 population base, with 57.3 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 21 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a relatively high percent of the population.

Dickey County, North Dakota had a total estimated population of 5,487 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 5,751. The decline represents a decrease of -4.6 percent. Dickey ranks 32 of 53 counties by growth in total population in North Dakota and the county ranks 2,449 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Since the year 2000, a low amount of people have migrated to Dickey internationally. The migration from outside the US into Dickey totals 0.1 percent of the total migration into the State of North Dakota. This level of international migration can be considered low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Dickey County, North Dakota

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Dickey County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $48,700, accounted by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the State of North Dakota 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $74,400 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

Throughout the State of North Dakota, Dickey County stands 35 of 53 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,849 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

In Dickey County, there were a total of 2,678 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a total of 15 residential structures since 2001, a change of 0.6 percent.

It can be understood that there is a abundant amount affordable residential real estate in Dickey County, North Dakota. In 2000, 95.9 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau