Stanley County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Stanley County, South Dakota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 11 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Stanley County

The Lessors of real estate industry has grown the most with 2 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Lessors of real estate industry makes up 83.3 percent of the total number of new jobs in Stanley County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (2 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (135 new jobs)
3. Management and technical consulting services (96 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (77 new jobs)

Given the 6 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 2 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Stanley County

Given the industries in the area, the Traveler accommodation industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 11 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 45.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Stanley County, South Dakota.

Top 2 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (11 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (10 jobs lost)

Stanley County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 50.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Stanley County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of South Dakota, where this industry saw a gain of 2.2 percent. The Lessors of real estate industry in Stanley County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 0.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 2 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (50.0 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (2.5 percent gain)

Stanley County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 18.7 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of South Dakota, where the industry reported a gain of 3.4 percent. The losses in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Stanley County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5 in percent of jobs in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (18.7 percent decline)
2. Traveler accommodation (17.6 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (9.5 percent decline)
4. Building equipment contractors (4.5 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 1.3 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than percent in South Dakota, experiencing a gain of 2.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US 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 Stanley County, South Dakota

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Stanley County was reported to have a relatively high household income of $48,169 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 14.3 percent higher than the median in South Dakota of $41,280 and the median household income is 2 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 24.1 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $36,563. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Stanley County had a median income of $25,448, this level was 47.2 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Stanley County, South Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $48,522 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.7 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $21,938. This median income level is 54.5 percent less than the all households reported median in the area.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Stanley County, South Dakota can be recognized as having a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 8.7 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 28.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Stanley County, accounting 20.4 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







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