Jones County Has Dropped in Residential Property Ownership by 0.4%, From 2000 to 2010

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Parent Category: South Dakota

Category: Jones County, SD

The 2010 Census reports Jones County, South Dakota increased in number of dwellings by 25, or 4%, since the 2000 Census-- the State of South Dakota increased in total housing units by 40,230, or 11%.

When Measured against the US, Jones County has a very low level of vacancy in residential housing. 131, or 22.2%, of properties are currently vacant in Jones County, South Dakota. Within the 131 vacant properties, 2.3% are listed for sale, while 12.2% are available for rent.

From 2000 to 2010, housing units occupied by owners in Jones County have decreased by 0.4%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 330 (72.1%) owner-occupied units, while 128 (27.9%) housing units were being rented. Jones County has a smaller amount of rentals than the State of South Dakota, which the Census reported had 31.9% of units rented.

Compared to other counties in the United States, Jones County has a very low level of homes that are owned by minorities. 1.2% of housing units are owned by minorities in Jones County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of South Dakota 5.8% of housing units are minority-owned.

Native Hawaiian is the group with the highest percent of rental in Jones County. 100.0% the Native Hawaiian Census group occupies a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Jones County, South Dakota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 16 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: South Dakota

Category: Jones County, SD

In Jones County, South Dakota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 16 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Given the 7 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 3 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 3 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the traveler accommodation industry has grown the most with 57 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in traveler accommodation makes up 90.5% percent of the growth in Jones County, South Dakota between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 3 Growing Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (+57)
2. Fullservice restaurants (+3)
3. Gasoline stations (+3)



The depository credit intermediation industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 22 jobs in that time period. The declines in depository credit intermediation make up 88.0% percent of the employment lost during the period in Jones County, South Dakota between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 3 Declining Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (-22)
2. Administration of environmental programs (-2)
3. Executive, legislative and general government (-1)



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