Friday, February 23, 2007

Bennett County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Bennett County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 39.8 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Bennett County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of South Dakota, where the industry felt a loss of 3.4 percent. The Utility system construction industry in Bennett County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.8 percent in this industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Utility system construction (39.8 percent gain)

Bennett County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 39.4 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the South Dakota, where the industry felt a loss of 9.6 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Bennett County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 19.8 in percent of jobs in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (39.4 percent decline)
2. Personal care services (39.3 percent decline)
3. Full-service restaurants (31.4 percent decline)
4. Civic and social organizations (29.6 percent decline)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (27.2 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 12.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in the State of South Dakota, which saw a gain of 5.3 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

In Bennett County, South Dakota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 68 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Bennett County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 61 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 24.0 percent of the employment lost during the period in Bennett County, South Dakota.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (61 jobs lost)









About: This report is part 2 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.

 

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