In Tripp County, jobs in the general freight trucking pay the highest wages

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Employment in the general freight trucking industry paid the average highest wages in Tripp County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Tripp County earned an annual wage of $47,777 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry pay the State of South Dakota of $36,476 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $41,086.

Top-pay jobs in Tripp County, South Dakota are present in offices of physicians ($38,483), automobile dealers ($35,168), specialized freight trucking ($31,950) and accounting and bookkeeping services ($27,512) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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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.

Tripp County Wages have increased by 21.6% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Tripp County, South Dakota by a total of 21.6%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of South Dakota and greater than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

Tripp County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Tripp County

The Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 25 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 75.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Tripp County, South Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (25 jobs lost)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (4 jobs lost)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (2 jobs lost)
4. Legal services (2 jobs lost)
5. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (103 jobs lost)

Given the 11 4-digit NAICS industries, 4 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 7 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Tripp County, South Dakota, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 73 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Tripp County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 58 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 47.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Tripp County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (58 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (24 new jobs)
3. Traveler accommodation (18 new jobs)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (13 new jobs)

Tripp County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 223.1 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Tripp County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of South Dakota, where the industry took a gain of 3.7 percent. The Gasoline stations industry in Tripp County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 6.4 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (223.1 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (105.4 percent gain)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (56.3 percent gain)
4. Traveler accommodation (55.2 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (31.1 percent gain)

Tripp County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 32.6 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of South Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of 7.3 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Tripp County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 13.2 percent in terms of employees in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (32.6 percent decline)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (21.7 percent decline)
3. Legal services (11.9 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (6 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 4 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of South Dakota, which saw a gain of 5.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 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.

Tripp County One-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has increased by 1.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than growth in South Dakota, which went through a gain of 2.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Tripp County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 23.3 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 has experienced in the State of South Dakota, where the industry reported a gain of 2.4 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Tripp County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.2 in percent of workers in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (23.3 percent decline)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (23 percent decline)
3. Specialized freight trucking (21.8 percent decline)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (20.8 percent decline)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (19.4 percent decline)

Tripp County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 35.3 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Tripp County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for South Dakota, where this industry saw a gain of 1.5 percent. The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Tripp County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 0.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (35.3 percent gain)
2. Gasoline stations (13.0 percent gain)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (11.3 percent gain)
4. Traveler accommodation (9.6 percent gain)
5. Civic and social organizations (3.8 percent gain)

In Tripp County, South Dakota, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 27 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Tripp County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has added the most employment with 10 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 46.0 percent of the total growth in Tripp County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (10 new jobs)
2. Traveler accommodation (4 new jobs)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (3 new jobs)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (2 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (1 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Tripp County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 16 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 43.5 percent of the total job loss in Tripp County, South Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (16 jobs lost)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (7 jobs lost)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (5 jobs lost)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (4 jobs lost)
5. Specialized freight trucking (4 jobs lost)

From the 14 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 7 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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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 Tripp County, South Dakota

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Tripp County reported a relatively low median household income of $33,150 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 24.5 percent lower than the household income median in State of South Dakota of $41,280 and the income level is 48.2 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Tripp County, South Dakota can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 19.9 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 53.7 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Tripp County, accounting 34 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Tripp County reported a median household income of $26,910, this level was 18.8 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Tripp County, South Dakota White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $34,190 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 3.1 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.







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

Higher Education in Tripp County, South Dakota

In Tripp County, South Dakota as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 14 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 9 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Tripp County, South Dakota, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 44.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Tripp on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 12.8 percent (Men) versus 14.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 34.2 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Tripp County, South Dakota may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 13.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Tripp has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of South Dakota's proportion of 21.6 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.





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

Demographic Profile for Tripp County, South Dakota

When calculating the total land area, Tripp covers a total land area of 1614 square miles. The land areas has a very low population density of 4 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Coke, TX (4 per sq. mile ), Caribou, ID (4 per sq. mile ), Bottineau, ND (4 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Sanders, MT (4 per sq. mile ), Fremont, WY (4 per sq. mile ), Kimball, NE (4 per sq. mile ).

Tripp County, South Dakota has a population that is made of 87.2 percent White, 0 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 1 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.2 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of South Dakota percent of 3.5. Since 2000, Tripp has increased the percent of minority population when 1.0 percent of the total population were minorities.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Tripp County, South Dakota to be 43.1 years of age. The median age in Tripp is greater than the median in South Dakota of 37.0. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 39.6 years of age. With 23.6 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Tripp can be described as being made up of a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low presence of the 2005 population base, with 55.9 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 20.6 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a relatively high percent of the population base.

From 2000, a very low amount of people have migrated to Tripp internationally. The international migration into Tripp accounts for 0 percent of all immigration into South Dakota. This percent of international migration is very low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Tripp County, South Dakota had a total estimated population of 6,065 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased sharply, since its 2000 population of 6,388. The decline signifies a decrease of -5.1 percent. Tripp ranks 53 of 66 counties when analyzing total population change in South Dakota and the county ranks 2,546 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

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

Housing Report for Tripp County, South Dakota

In the State of South Dakota, Tripp County ranks 56 of 66 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 2,493 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

According to the data, there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Tripp County, South Dakota. In 2000, 94 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

In Tripp County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 3,109 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding in all 38 housing units since the year 2001, or 1.2 percent.

Tripp County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $50,300, reported by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the State of South Dakota 2000 home median value of $79,600 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

The Health care and social assistance industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Tripp County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 18.7 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 0 percent in 2005.

Real estate and rental and leasing is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Tripp County, increasing by 65 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 4.3 percent. The State of South Dakota had an industry job change of 7.7 percent, during the period.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Tripp County, with the industry averaging 12 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the State of South Dakota average of 39 for the Manufacturing industry.

Tripp County is ranked at 23 of 67 Counties in the State of South Dakota in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 21 of 67 Counties.

In Tripp County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Retail Trade and Wholesale trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector in the county has a location quotient of 3. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 3 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Tripp County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

In Tripp County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Wholesale trade sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade is the largest employment industry and makes up 22.3 percent of total employment in the county, making up 388 employees. The Accommodation and food services and Wholesale trade sectors account for 13.2 and 7 percent of the total jobs, respectively.





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