In Grant County, jobs in the specialized freight trucking pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the specialized freight trucking industry reported the top wages in Grant County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Grant County received an annual wage of $31,321 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the average industry wage in the State of North Dakota of $35,104 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $36,645.

Other top-pay jobs in Grant County, North Dakota exsists in farm product raw material merch. whls. ($24,768), misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers ($21,177), drinking places, alcoholic beverages ($11,637) and full-service restaurants ($4,332) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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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.

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

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Total wages in all industries in Grant County, North Dakota can be understood as being medium-low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 27 percent lower than the with an state average of $30,009. The average pay was less than the overall average in the United States 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.

Grant County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Grant County, North Dakota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 31 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Grant County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 10 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 73.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Grant County, North Dakota.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (10 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Grant County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry has added the most employment with 1 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry makes up 100.0 percent of the total growth in Grant County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (211 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (205 new jobs)



Grant County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 32.4 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the North Dakota, where the it saw a gain of 16.5 percent. The losses in the Specialized freight trucking industry in Grant County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 6.8 in percent of workers in the Specialized freight trucking industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (32.4 percent decline)
2. Full-service restaurants (31.3 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 6.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of North Dakota, which saw a gain of 7.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Grant County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 6.7 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Grant County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in North Dakota, where this industry saw a loss of 2.7 percent. The Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry in Grant County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 7.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (6.7 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.

Income and Poverty in Grant County, North Dakota

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Grant County was reported to have a very low household income of $27,103 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 49.4 percent lower than the median in North Dakota of $40,487 and this is 81.3 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

In Grant County, North Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $27,300 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.7 percent greater than the median in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $178,235. This household income level is 557.6 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic households in Grant County, North Dakota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $17,062, this median household income is 37 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Grant County reported a median household income of $27,788, this level was 2.5 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Grant County, North Dakota can be considered to have a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 20.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 84.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 12 to 17 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Grant County, with 31.7 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Grant County, North Dakota

Grant County, North Dakota can be considered to have a less-educated 2000 population, with 11.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Grant was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of North Dakota's proportion of 22 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Grant County, North Dakota, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Grant have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 10 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 34 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Grant County, North Dakota according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 11 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 100 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





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

Housing Report for Grant County, North Dakota

In Grant County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 1,755 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 24 residential units since 2001, or 1.4 percent.

In the State of North Dakota, Grant County ranks 18 of 53 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,401 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

Grant County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $23,500, accounted by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the North Dakota 2000 median home value of $74,400 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

According to the data, there is a abundant amount of real estate that is affordable in Grant County, North Dakota. In 2000, 95.6 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Grant County, North Dakota -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Grant County, Health care and social assistance, Wholesale trade, and the Retail Trade industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Health care and social assistance produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 44.9 percent of total employment in the county, making up 185 people employed. The Wholesale trade and Retail Trade industries total 12.9 and 8 percent of total employment, respectively.

In Grant County, Health care and social assistance, Wholesale trade and Accommodation and food services industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Health care and social assistance industry has an LQ of 3.46. The level of employment in the Health care and social assistance sector is 3.46 times greater than the national average, signifying that Grant may be an exporter of products or services of Health care and social assistance.

Grant County is ranked number 47 of 54 Counties in the State of North Dakota by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 42 of 54 Counties.

Health care and social assistance has the largest employers in Grant County. In the County, the industry averages 37 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 21 and greater than the North Dakota average of 30 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

Health care and social assistance is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Grant County, increasing by 6.3 percent. This is less than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 10.6 percent. The State of North Dakota experienced a change in employment in the sector of 6.6 percent, from 2001 to 2005.







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