In Sargent County, jobs in the ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. pay the highest wages

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Employment in the ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. industry paid the average highest wages in Sargent County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Sargent County received an annual wage of $49,981 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry pay the State of North Dakota of $46,041 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $54,951.

Other high-paying jobs in Sargent County, North Dakota are present in automotive repair and maintenance ($32,390), misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers ($31,256), depository credit intermediation ($27,113) and insurance agencies, brokerages, and related ($17,804) 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.

Sargent County Wages have increased by 27.7% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Sargent County, North Dakota by a total of 27.7%. This is greater 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.

Sargent County Industry Wages Exceed North Dakota, and Wages Exceed the United States

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Wages in all industries in Sargent County, North Dakota can be described as relatively high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 38.6 percent higher than the reported averages in the state of $30,009. The overall industry wage was greater 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.

Sargent County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Sargent County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Legal services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 40.0 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Sargent County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for North Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of 1.4 percent. The Legal services industry in Sargent County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 8.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Legal services (40.0 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 18.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in North Dakota, which experienced a gain of 7.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Sargent County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building material and supplies dealers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 21.7 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 sector has felt in the State of North Dakota, where the industry reported a gain of 27.8 percent. The losses in the Building material and supplies dealers industry in Sargent County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 20 in percent of workers in the Building material and supplies dealers industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (21.7 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (21.6 percent decline)
3. Depository credit intermediation (19.2 percent decline)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (12.5 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Sargent County

The Depository credit intermediation industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 9 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Depository credit intermediation industry make up 42.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Sargent County, North Dakota.

Top 1 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (9 jobs lost)

In Sargent County, North Dakota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 397 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Out of the 5 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 1 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Sargent County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Legal services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 2 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Legal services industry makes up 100.0 percent of the growth in Sargent County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Legal services (2 new jobs)
2. Individual and family services (29 new jobs)
3. Residential building construction (10 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (6 new jobs)





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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.

Sargent County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Sargent County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. industry has added the most employment with 64 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. industry makes up 72.7 percent of the total employment growth in Sargent County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (64 new jobs)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (21 new jobs)
3. Depository credit intermediation (1 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Sargent County

Given the industries in the area, the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 5 jobs. The declines in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry make up 66.7 percent of the total job loss in Sargent County, North Dakota.

Top 4 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (5 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (2 jobs lost)
3. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (70 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (58 jobs lost)

Given the 7 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 3 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 4 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Sargent County, North Dakota, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 118 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total employment has increased by 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in North Dakota, which went through a gain of 2.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Sargent County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 71.1 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Sargent County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for North Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of . percent. The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry in Sargent County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 1.5 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (71.1 percent gain)
2. Legal services (16.7 percent gain)
3. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (3.8 percent gain)
4. Depository credit intermediation (3.5 percent gain)

Sargent County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 40 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the North Dakota, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 0.8 percent. The losses in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry in Sargent County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 2 in percent of jobs in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (40 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (5.4 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (2.7 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 Sargent County, North Dakota

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Sargent County reported a median household income of $48,750, which was 12 percent greater than the median income level in this area. In Sargent County, North Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $43,599 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.1 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Sargent County, North Dakota recorded a median income of $13,163, which is 69.8 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 63 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $16,088.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Sargent County reported a medium-high median household income of $43,539 (2005 Dollars). This median is 7 percent higher than the median in North Dakota of $40,487 and the income level is 12.8 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Sargent County, North Dakota can be recognized as having a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 8.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate 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 Sargent County, having 16.4 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Sargent County, North Dakota

In Sargent County, North Dakota as reported in the 2000 Census, 12.6 percent of the White Alone, 100 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Sargent County, North Dakota has a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 12.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Sargent is reported having a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of North Dakota's proportion of 22 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Sargent County, North Dakota, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 34.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Sargent have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 11 percent (Men) versus 14.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 35.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Sargent County, North Dakota

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Sargent County, North Dakota to be 44.4 years old. The median in Sargent is greater than the median in North Dakota of 39.1. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 40.4 years old. With a total of 22.4 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Sargent can be understood as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 59.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 17.8 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

Sargent County, North Dakota had an estimated population of 4,150 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 4,358. The decline shows a decrease of -4.8 percent. Sargent ranks 24 of 53 counties in terms of population growth in North Dakota and the county ranks 2,342 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

In terms of total land area, Sargent spans a total of 859 total square miles. The area has a very low population density of 5 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US 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 ).

Estimated since the year 2000, a low amount of people have migrated to Sargent internationally. The international migration into Sargent totals 0.1 percent of the total international migration into the State of North Dakota. This percent of international migration is low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Sargent County, North Dakota has a population that is made of 98 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0 percent Asian, and 0.9 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.1 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of North Dakota percent of 3. Since 2000, Sargent has increased in diversity when 0.7 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

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

Housing Report for Sargent County, North Dakota

Sargent County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $44,800, reported by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the North Dakota 2000 home median value of $74,400 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

The State of North Dakota, Sargent County is positioned 16 of 53 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 2,232 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

In Sargent County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 2,057 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding in all 33 housing units since the year 2001, or 1.6 percent.

There seems to be a abundant amount of affordable housing in Sargent County, North Dakota. In 2000, 96.8 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Retail Trade from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Sargent County, growing in new jobs by 42.2 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 0.5 percent. The State of North Dakota encountered a change in industry employment of 3.4 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Sargent County. In the County, the industry averages 213 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the State of North Dakota average of 31 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Sargent County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Wholesale trade industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 70.2 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 1,706 individuals. The Retail Trade and Wholesale trade industries total 5.3 and 4.9 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

In Sargent County, Manufacturing, Wholesale trade and Other services, except public administration industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 5.47. This means the percent of total employment in the Manufacturing industry is 5.47 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Sargent County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.









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