Grand Forks, ND-MN

Grand Forks Metro Area industry wages have increased by 20.3% percent since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in the Grand Forks Metro Area by a total of 20.3%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for North Dakota and greater than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

Grand Forks Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind North Dakota, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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Wages in all industries in Grand Forks, ND-MN when analyzed can be described as relatively low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 Metro Area wages throughout the nation. The average pay is 10.3 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $30,009. The average industry wage was less than the US average pay 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.

Grand Forks Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Grand Forks Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Department stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 65 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Department stores industry make up 13.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in Grand Forks, ND-MN.

Top 5 Industries
1. Department stores (65 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (58 jobs lost)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (49 jobs lost)
4. Vegetable and melon farming (30 jobs lost)
5. Architectural and engineering services (30 jobs lost)

In the Grand Forks, ND-MN metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 2,782 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Given the 49 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 20 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 29 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Grand Forks Metro Area

The Individual and family services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 291 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Individual and family services industry makes up 13.9 percent of the total growth in Grand Forks.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (291 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (196 new jobs)
3. Employment services (172 new jobs)
4. Nursing care facilities (157 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (137 new jobs)

The Grand Forks Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Employment services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 92.5 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Grand Forks has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Dakota, where the industry took a gain of 23.1 percent. The Employment services industry in Grand Forks outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 4.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (92.5 percent gain)
2. Individual and family services (62.7 percent gain)
3. Other motor vehicle dealers (54.0 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (46.9 percent gain)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (40.5 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 7.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is less than growth in North Dakota, experiencing a gain of 7.9 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

The Grand Forks Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 33.8 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the North Dakota, where the industry reported a loss of 8.6 percent. The losses in the Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry in Grand Forks outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 2.5 in percent of workers in the Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (33.8 percent decline)
2. Printing and related support activities (27.7 percent decline)
3. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (25.4 percent decline)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (22.9 percent decline)
5. Lessors of real estate (22.4 percent decline)

Grand Forks One-Year Industry Employment Change

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In the Grand Forks, ND-MN metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 448 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Out of the 68 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 34 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 32 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Grand Forks Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Limited-service eating places industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 81 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 15.3 percent of the total employment decline in Grand Forks, ND-MN.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (81 jobs lost)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (58 jobs lost)
3. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (54 jobs lost)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (45 jobs lost)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (40 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Grand Forks Metro Area

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Traveler accommodation industry has added the most employment with 107 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Traveler accommodation industry makes up 13.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Grand Forks.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (107 new jobs)
2. Nonresidential building construction (82 new jobs)
3. Individual and family services (71 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (68 new jobs)
5. Department stores (62 new jobs)

The Grand Forks Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Activities related to credit intermediation industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 46.2 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Grand Forks has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Dakota, where it saw a loss of 3.3 percent. The Activities related to credit intermediation industry in Grand Forks outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to credit intermediation (46.2 percent gain)
2. Automotive equipment rental and leasing (29.3 percent gain)
3. Household goods repair and maintenance (22.2 percent gain)
4. Other crop farming (19.7 percent gain)
5. Nonresidential building construction (19.3 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 1.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than percent in the State of North Dakota, which saw a gain of 2.6 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2 percent.

The Grand Forks Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 47.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of North Dakota, where the it saw a loss of 8.8 percent. The losses in the Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry in Grand Forks outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 1.2 in percent of jobs in the Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (47.5 percent decline)
2. Data processing and related services (27.9 percent decline)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (21.6 percent decline)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (20.9 percent decline)
5. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (17.4 percent decline)

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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.

Income and Poverty in Grand Forks, ND-MN

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While the median household income saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in the Grand Forks, ND-MN metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in household income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 32 percent since the year 2000. The Hispanic population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Grand Forks, seeing a 3.4 percent decline in median income, since the values reporting the 2000 Decennial Census.

The median household income has declined a small amount from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $41,519, which amounts to a 0.2 percent decline. The Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 8 of 10 metro area in percent of decline for household income in North Dakota. Grand Forks ranks 232 of 233 metro area when comparing the decline in median household income in the United States.

When put side-by-side with other Metros throughout the United States, the Grand Forks metro area may be understood as having a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 11.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 38.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Grand Forks, reporting 19 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

In Grand Forks, ND-MN White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $42,325 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.7 percent greater than the median income in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $40,950. This median is 1.6 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Grand Forks had a median household income level of $30,629, this was 26.4 percent less than the median income level in this area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 12.3 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $36,510. Hispanic in Grand Forks, ND-MN reported a median household income of $31,013, which is 25.5 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

The poverty rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro has increased by 0.4 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 11.9 percent to 12.3 percent.

Compared to other MSAs throughout the nation, the Grand Forks metro area accounted a medium-low household income of $41,608 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 2.7 percent higher than the median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the income level is 18.1 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area

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In the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 28.4 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 4.8 percent. By the year 2005, 28.8 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 3.0 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 27.8 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 32.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Grand Forks metro area on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 28.8 percent (Men) versus 27.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area is made up of a highly-educated population of the working age, with 28.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported in American Community Survey of 2005. The Grand Forks MSA was reported to have a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of North Dakota's proportion of 25.4 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

Since the year 2000, the Grand Forks metro area has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 4.0 percent to a total of 28.2 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the 2005 State of North Dakota percent of 25.4 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Grand Forks, ND-MN

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Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high number of individuals have migrated into the Grand Forks metro area, with 917 people migrating in from outside the country. The immigration into Grand Forks totals 24.9 percent of immigration into the State of North Dakota. This amount of international migration is medium-high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated the median age in the Grand Forks metro area to be 34.3 years of age. The median age in Grand Forks is less than the median age for the State of North Dakota of 39.1. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 31.9 years old. With 21 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Grand Forks can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 67 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 12 percent of the total population base. Compared to other metro areas throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

The Grand Forks metro area had a total estimated population of 97,073 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 97,245. The decline shows a decrease of -0.2 percent. Grand Forks ranks 3 of 3 MSAs in terms of population growth in North Dakota and the metro area ranks 314 of 361 metro areas by growth in MSA population in the United States.

In terms of total land area, the Grand Forks metro area covers a total land area of 3408 square miles. The MSA has a low population density of 28 persons per square mile. Similar metro areas in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Great Falls (29 per sq. mile ), Billings (31 per sq. mile ), Cheyenne (32 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Bismarck (28 per sq. mile ), Prescott (24 per sq. mile ), Farmington (23 per sq. mile ).

The Grand Forks metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made of 91.4 percent White, 1 percent African American, 1 percent Asian, and 3.1 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a modest level of diversity, with 5.1 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of North Dakota percent of 3. Since 2000, Grand Forks has increased the level of diversity when 4.7 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

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

Housing Report for Grand Forks

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In Grand Forks, the real estate market was made up of 43,057 homes in the year 2005. This MSA has gone through a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding all together 1,529 residential units since 2001, or 3.7 percent.

In the State of North Dakota, Grand Forks places 3 of the 3 metro areas in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The MSA stands 250 of 361, in terms of residential real estate percentage change compared to other United States metro areas.

Grand Forks recorded a median home value in 2005 of $102,200, published by the American Community Survey. This value is greater than the North Dakota 2005 median home value of $88,600 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

The residential real estate values in Grand Forks, North Dakota have experienced moderate increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $15,200, or 17.5 percent, from 2000 when they had reported median values of $87,000.

There seems to be a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Grand Forks, North Dakota. In 2005, 62.7 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

Grand Forks has a small, but present percentage of high-priced residential real estate. For the year 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 0.8 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Grand Forks, ND, North Dakota -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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Arts, entertainment, and recreation is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Grand Forks, ND, increasing in size by 50.9 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 4.7 percent. The State of North Dakota experienced a change in employment in the sector of 11.9 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

In Grand Forks, ND, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Health care and social assistance produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 20 percent of all the jobs in the Metropolitain Area. This makes up 7,821 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors account for 18.9 and 12.5 percent of total employment, respectively.

A top paying industry in Grand Forks, ND is the utilities industry with an average annual wage of $66,531. From the year 2001, the annual average pay of the industry has grown by 13.6 percent or $7,985. The State of North Dakota holds the same pattern in the utilities sector, placing at the top of industries in term of the average annual pay of 2004.

In Grand Forks, ND, Health care and social assistance, Utilities and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Health care and social assistance industry has a US LQ in the region of 1.54. The percent of employment in the Health care and social assistance sector is 1.54 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Grand Forks, ND may be an exporter of products or services of Health care and social assistance.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Grand Forks, ND Metro Area. The industry averages 38 jobs per place of business. This is less than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the North Dakota establishments size average of 31 for the Manufacturing industry.

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