Harding County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Harding County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 69.1 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the South Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of 7.7 percent. The losses in the General freight trucking industry in Harding County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.3 in percent of jobs in the General freight trucking industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (69.1 percent decline)
2. Nursing care facilities (30.3 percent decline)
3. Specialty food stores (19 percent decline)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (18.8 percent decline)
5. Consumer goods rental (17.9 percent decline)

Harding County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 93.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Harding County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in South Dakota, where this industry saw a gain of 16.4 percent. The Utility system construction industry in Harding County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 7.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (93.4 percent gain)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (85.7 percent gain)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (68.1 percent gain)
4. Nondepository credit intermediation (63.0 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (56.5 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 4 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in the State of South Dakota, which saw a gain of 2.5 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Out of the 50 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 20 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 30 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Harding County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Nonresidential building construction industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 272 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Nonresidential building construction industry makes up 35.6 percent of the total growth in Harding County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (272 new jobs)
2. Home health care services (93 new jobs)
3. Utility system construction (85 new jobs)
4. Support activities for mining (47 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (43 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Harding County

The Nursing care facilities industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 159 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Nursing care facilities industry make up 59.1 percent of the total employment decline in Harding County, South Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (159 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (22 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (20 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (13 jobs lost)
5. Consumer goods rental (9 jobs lost)

In Harding County, South Dakota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 10 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-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 Harding County, South Dakota

In Harding County, South Dakota White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $29,159 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.3 percent less than the median in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Harding County had a median income of $47,288, this median was 61.7 percent greater than the median income level in this area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Harding County, South Dakota may be understood as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 21.1 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The White race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 21.2 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Harding County, having 38.2 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Harding County accounted a relatively low median household income of $29,250 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 41.1 percent lower than the median in South Dakota of $41,280 and this is 68 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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