Friday, February 23, 2007

Corson County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Corson County, South Dakota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 3 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Corson County

The General freight trucking industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 106 jobs in that time period. The declines in the General freight trucking industry make up 32.1 percent of the total employment decline in Corson County, South Dakota.

Top 1 Industries
1. General freight trucking (106 jobs lost)





Corson County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 46.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Corson County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in South Dakota, where it saw a loss of 2.6 percent. The Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry in Corson County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 7.4 percent in this industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (46.0 percent gain)

Corson County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 52.9 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the South Dakota, where the industry felt a loss of 21.3 percent. The losses in the Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry in Corson County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 17.8 percent in terms of employees in the Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (52.9 percent decline)
2. Clothing stores (41.8 percent decline)
3. General freight trucking (41.6 percent decline)
4. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (38.9 percent decline)
5. Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (28.7 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 1.6 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of South Dakota, which went through a gain of 5.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.





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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