Gregory County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Gregory County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Highway, street, and bridge construction industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 53.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the South Dakota, where the it saw a gain of 3.6 percent. The losses in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry in Gregory County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.6 in percent of jobs in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Highway, street, and bridge construction (53.5 percent decline)
2. Building equipment contractors (20.3 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (19 percent decline)
4. Community care facilities for the elderly (14 percent decline)
5. Full-service restaurants (11.4 percent decline)

Gregory County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of other health practitioners industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 7.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Gregory County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for South Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of 1.9 percent. The Offices of other health practitioners industry in Gregory County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 4 percent in this industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (7.7 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (1.7 percent gain)

Total employment has decreased by 4.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in the State of South Dakota, which saw a gain of 2.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Gregory County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Offices of other health practitioners industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Offices of other health practitioners industry makes up 50.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Gregory County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (309 new jobs)
2. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (256 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (194 new jobs)
4. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (180 new jobs)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (152 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Gregory County

The Highway, street, and bridge construction industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 25 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry make up 46.9 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Gregory County, South Dakota.

Top 2 Industries
1. Highway, street, and bridge construction (25 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (9 jobs lost)

Given the 12 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 9 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 2 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Gregory County, South Dakota, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 53 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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 Gregory County, South Dakota

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Gregory County, South Dakota can be recognized as having a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 20.1 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 58.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Gregory County, accounting 37.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Gregory County reported a very low median income for households of $26,596 (2005 Dollars). This median is 55.2 percent lower than the household income median in State of South Dakota of $41,280 and this is 84.7 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $106,420. This median income level is 300.1 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. In Gregory County, South Dakota White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $27,522 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 3.5 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Gregory County had a median income of $13,406, this median was 49.6 percent less than the median for all households. Hispanic in Gregory County, South Dakota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $24,863, which is 6.5 percent less than the areas median income level for all households.







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