In Pierce County, jobs in the offices of other health practitioners pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the offices of other health practitioners industry wages were the highest in Pierce County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Pierce County received a wage of $45,108 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry wage in North Dakota of $31,779 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $32,682.

High-wage employment in Pierce County, North Dakota may be found in specialized freight trucking ($36,536), depository credit intermediation ($31,222), building equipment contractors ($29,239) and building finishing contractors ($18,166) 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.

Pierce County Wages have increased by 29.1% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Pierce County, North Dakota by a total of 29.1%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for North Dakota and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Pierce County, North Dakota can be described as medium-low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 17.9 percent lower than the state, which accounted an 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.

Pierce County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Pierce County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 111.1 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Pierce County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in North Dakota, where it saw a gain of 20.8 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Pierce County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (111.1 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (74.8 percent gain)
3. Personal care services (36.4 percent gain)
4. Legal services (13.0 percent gain)
5. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (4.8 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 0.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in the State of North Dakota, which saw a gain of 7.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Pierce County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 20.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the North Dakota, where the it saw a gain of 0.5 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Pierce County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 6.4 in percent of jobs in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (20.3 percent decline)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (9.1 percent decline)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (7 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Pierce County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Specialized freight trucking industry has grown the most with 27 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Specialized freight trucking industry makes up 56.7 percent of the total growth in Pierce County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (27 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (17 new jobs)
3. Personal care services (3 new jobs)

Given the 10 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.

In Pierce County, North Dakota, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 10 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Pierce County

Given the industries in the area, the Gasoline stations industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 14 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 70.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Pierce County, North Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (14 jobs lost)
2. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (3 jobs lost)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (2 jobs lost)
4. Traveler accommodation (11 jobs lost)
5. Automobile dealers (11 jobs lost)





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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.

Pierce County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 10 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 5 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Pierce County, North Dakota, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 46 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Pierce County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 1 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 26.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Pierce County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (1 new jobs)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (26 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (24 new jobs)
4. Building finishing contractors (19 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Pierce County

The Building equipment contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 44 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 75.1 percent of the total employment decline in Pierce County, North Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (44 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (10 jobs lost)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (4 jobs lost)
4. Child day care services (17 jobs lost)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (9 jobs lost)

Total employment has decreased by 2.9 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in North Dakota, which saw a gain of 2.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Pierce County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 15.8 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Pierce County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Dakota, where this industry saw a gain of 4.9 percent. The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Pierce County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 3.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (15.8 percent gain)
2. Personal care services (11.1 percent gain)
3. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (4.8 percent gain)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (4.5 percent gain)
5. Full-service restaurants (2.3 percent gain)

Pierce County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 58.3 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of North Dakota, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 8.8 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Pierce County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.5 in percent of workers in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (58.3 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (15.8 percent decline)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (8.3 percent decline)
4. Specialized freight trucking (1.1 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 Pierce County, North Dakota

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Pierce County had a median income of $79,706, this was 156.8 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. In Pierce County, North Dakota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $31,005 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.1 percent less than the median in the year 2000.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Pierce County, North Dakota can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 12.5 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 100 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Pierce County, with 21.9 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Pierce County was reported to have a relatively low median income for all households of $31,033 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 30.5 percent lower than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the income level is 58.3 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Pierce County, North Dakota

In Pierce County, North Dakota as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 14.8 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Pierce County, North Dakota may to understood as having a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 14.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Pierce counted 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.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Pierce County, North Dakota, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 31.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Pierce on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 15 percent (Men) versus 14.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34.2 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Pierce County, North Dakota

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Pierce County, North Dakota to be 47.0 years of age. The median in Pierce is greater than the median in North Dakota of 39.1. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 43.1 years of age. With a total of 20.8 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Pierce can be described as having a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low presence of the population, with 54.6 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 24.5 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a relatively high proportion of the area population base.

Since the year 2000, a low amount of people migrated to Pierce internationally. The international migration into Pierce accounts for 0.1 percent of the total migration into the State of North Dakota. This percent of immigration can be considered low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Pierce County, North Dakota has a population that is comprised of 96.9 percent White, 0.3 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 0.8 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.5 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of North Dakota percent of 3. Since 2000, Pierce has increased the percent of minority makeup when 1.0 percent of the people were minorities.

Pierce County, North Dakota had a population that was estimated at 4,291 in the year 2005. The population has decreased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 4,663. The decline denotes a decrease of -8 percent. Pierce ranks 38 of 53 counties by growth in total population in North Dakota and the county ranks 2,614 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

When calculating the total land area, Pierce spans a total of 1018 square miles. The county has a very low average area density of 4 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Coke, TX (4 per sq. mile ), Jerauld, SD (4 per sq. mile ), Caribou, ID (4 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Sanders, MT (4 per sq. mile ), Fremont, WY (4 per sq. mile ), Kimball, NE (4 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Pierce County, North Dakota

In Pierce County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 2,280 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a total of 1 residential units since 2001, or 0 percent.

In the State of North Dakota, Pierce County is positioned 41 of 53 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 3,054 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Pierce County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $62,300, according to the Decennial Census. This median is less than the State of North Dakota 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $74,400 and less than home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

According to the data, there is a abundant amount of real estate that is affordable in Pierce County, North Dakota. In 2000, 95.4 percent of housing was valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Pierce County. The industry averages 34 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the North Dakota typical size of 31 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Pierce County, Retail Trade, Wholesale trade, and the Manufacturing industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 15.6 percent of the total county employment. This totals 243 people employed. The Wholesale trade and Manufacturing industries total 11.3 and 8.8 percent of total employment, respectively.

Other services, except public administration saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Pierce County, increasing in size by 33.3 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 2.8 percent. The State of North Dakota encountered a change in industry employment of 0.8 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

In Pierce County, Wholesale trade, Finance and insurance and Retail Trade have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Wholesale trade sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.17. The percent of employment in the Wholesale trade industry is 2.17 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Pierce may be an exporter of products or services of Wholesale trade.









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