Miner County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Miner County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Building equipment contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 1 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 50.0 percent of the total employment decline in Miner County, South Dakota.

Top 1 Industries
1. Electronic instrument manufacturing (1,191 jobs lost)

In Miner County, South Dakota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 20 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Miner County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 5 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 106.7 percent of the growth in Miner County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (5 new jobs)
2. Architectural and engineering services (863 new jobs)



Miner County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 13 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 it saw a gain of 5.6 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Miner 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 jobs in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (13 percent decline)
2. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (2.4 percent decline)

Miner County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 29.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Miner County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in South Dakota, where it saw a gain of 2.4 percent. The Full-service restaurants industry in Miner County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 2.2 percent.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (29.6 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 3.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in South Dakota, experiencing a gain of 2.5 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.





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 Miner County, South Dakota

Hispanic in Miner County, South Dakota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $16,088, this median household income is 53.4 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $51,188. This median income level is 48.2 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 87.3 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $4,388. In Miner County, South Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $34,678 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.4 percent greater than the median income in 2000.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Miner County, South Dakota can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 11.8 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American 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 are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Miner County, with 18.7 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Miner County was reported to have a relatively low median income for households of $34,537 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 19.5 percent lower than the median in South Dakota of $41,280 and the income level is 42.3 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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