In Custer County, jobs in the logging pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the logging industry reported the top wages in Custer County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Custer County received a wage of $33,644 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry wage rate in South Dakota of . and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $31,984.

Other top-pay jobs in Custer County, South Dakota exsists in offices of other health practitioners ($32,405), nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying ($31,526), architectural and engineering services ($30,257) and depository credit intermediation ($24,714) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Custer County Wages have increased by 17.2% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Custer County, South Dakota by a total of 17.2%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for South Dakota and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Custer County Industry Wages Lag Behind South Dakota, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Custer County, South Dakota can be understood as being relatively low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 35 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $28,713. The average industry wage was less than the US average pay of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Custer County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Custer County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other professional and technical services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 166.7 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Custer County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in South Dakota, where this industry saw a gain of 6.3 percent. The Other professional and technical services industry in Custer County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 14.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other professional and technical services (166.7 percent gain)
2. RV parks and recreational camps (91.7 percent gain)
3. Limited-service eating places (37.3 percent gain)
4. Residential building construction (22.8 percent gain)
5. Full-service restaurants (11.0 percent gain)

Custer County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Architectural and engineering services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 52.4 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the South Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of 35.9 percent. The losses in the Architectural and engineering services industry in Custer County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 7.9 in percent of jobs in the Architectural and engineering services industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Architectural and engineering services (52.4 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (36.1 percent decline)
3. Lessors of real estate (29.3 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 20.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of South Dakota, experiencing a gain of 5.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Custer County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 25 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 30.5 percent of the total growth in Custer County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (25 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (23 new jobs)
3. Residential building construction (13 new jobs)

From the 10 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 3 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 6 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Custer County, South Dakota, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 329 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Custer County

The Gasoline stations industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 32 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 68.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Custer County, South Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (32 jobs lost)
2. Architectural and engineering services (11 jobs lost)
3. Lessors of real estate (4 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (33 jobs lost)
5. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (23 jobs lost)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Custer County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Custer County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 43 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 66.7 percent of the total growth in Custer County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (43 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (9 new jobs)
3. Logging (6 new jobs)
4. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (4 new jobs)
5. Other professional and technical services (2 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Custer County

The Traveler accommodation industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 27 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 44.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Custer County, South Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (27 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (15 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (9 jobs lost)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (5 jobs lost)
5. Residential building construction (2 jobs lost)

In Custer County, South Dakota, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 31 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Given the 15 4-digit NAICS industries, 7 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 7 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Custer County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Logging industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 200.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Custer County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of South Dakota, where the industry took a gain of 1.5 percent. The Logging industry in Custer County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 3.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Logging (200.0 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (45.6 percent gain)
3. Full-service restaurants (19.9 percent gain)
4. Other professional and technical services (11.6 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (11.1 percent gain)

Custer County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 23.9 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the South Dakota, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 4.6 percent. The losses in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Custer County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 3.1 percent in terms of employees in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (23.9 percent decline)
2. Limited-service eating places (15.1 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (14 percent decline)
4. Traveler accommodation (8.8 percent decline)
5. RV parks and recreational camps (6.8 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 1.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in South Dakota, which experienced a gain of 2.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.





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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 Custer County, South Dakota

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Custer County had a medium-high median income for households of $42,475 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 2.8 percent higher than the median income in State of South Dakota of $41,280 and this is 15.7 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Hispanic in Custer County, South Dakota , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $16,673, this median is 60.7 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Custer County reported an income level of $20,280, this was 52.3 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Custer County, South Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $42,935 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1.1 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $39,488. This median is 7 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Custer County, South Dakota can be understood to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 9.4 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 25.4 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 12 to 17 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Custer County, reporting 16.1 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Custer County, South Dakota

Custer County, South Dakota has a highly-educated working age population, with 24.4 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Custer has a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of South Dakota's proportion of 21.6 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Custer County, South Dakota, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 34.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Custer have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 24.8 percent (Men) versus 24 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 32.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Custer County, South Dakota according the 2000 Decennial Census, 24.8 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 36 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





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

Demographic Profile for Custer County, South Dakota

Custer County, South Dakota has a population that is made up of 92.1 percent White, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 2.5 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest level of diversity, with 3.0 percent minorities. This is less than the State of South Dakota percent of 3.5. Since 2000, Custer has increased in diversity when 2.0 percent of the people were minorities.

From 2000, a low amount of people have migrated to Custer internationally. The migration from outside the US into Custer accounts for 0.1 percent of the total migration into the State of South Dakota. This percent of immigration can be considered low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Custer County, South Dakota had a total estimated population of 7,904 in 2005. The estimated population has increased sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 7,298. This growth signifies an increase of 8.3 percent. Custer ranks 8 of 66 counties when analyzing total population change in South Dakota and the county ranks 1,334 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

When calculating the total land area, Custer spans a total of 1558 square miles. The land areas has a very low average population density of 5 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Benson, ND (5 per sq. mile ), Kearny, KS (5 per sq. mile ), Custer, CO (5 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Shoshone, ID (5 per sq. mile ), Churchill, NV (5 per sq. mile ), Huerfano, CO (5 per sq. mile ).

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Custer County, South Dakota to be 44.4 years old. The median age in Custer is greater than the median age in South Dakota of 37.0. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in this median, when at that time it was 43.4 years of age. With a total of 21.4 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Custer can be described as being made up of a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 61.7 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 16.9 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Custer County, South Dakota

Throughout the State of South Dakota, Custer County stands 2 of 66 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 269 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

In Custer County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 4,120 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding in all 391 residential units since 2001, or 10.5 percent.

Custer County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $89,100, published by the Decennial Census. This home value is greater than the South Dakota 2000 home value of $79,600 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

There seems to be a large amount affordable residential real estate in Custer County, South Dakota. In 2000, 72.1 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Custer County, South Dakota -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Custer County, Mining, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Accommodation and food services industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Mining sector has a United State LQ of 4.71. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining industry is 4.71 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Custer may be an exporter of products or services of Mining.

In Custer County, Accommodation and food services, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Accommodation and food services is the major employer in the county making up 31.4 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 539 individuals. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 17.3 and 14.1 percent of industry employment.

Health care and social assistance has the largest employers in Custer County. The industry averages 19 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's national average of 21 and less than the State of South Dakota typical size of 24 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

Construction from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Custer County, changing a total of 55.9 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 7.3 percent. The State of South Dakota saw a change in employment in the sector of 13.7 percent, since the year 2001.









Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).