SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA 2001 Labor Force Assessment Results

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SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
2001 Labor Force Assessment
Results
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GEOGRAPHIC AREA REGIONS 6E, 6W, and 8

• Includes 18 counties in SW Minnesota
• Bordered by Iowa and South Dakota
• Total population for the area is 287,627

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PROJECT PARTNERS

• DTED
• Southwest MN Foundation
• Southwest MN PIC
• Central MN Jobs Training
• MN DES
• Alliant Energy
• Chippewa County
• Cottonwood County
• Jackson County

• Lyon County
• Murray County
• Nobles County
• Pipestone County
• City of Pipestone
• Granite Falls EDA
• Montevideo EDA
• Pipestone County EDA

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METHODOLOGY

• Employer information from statewide Job Vacancy
  Survey completed by DES
• Underemployment data gathered via 3711 random
  household telephone surveys

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UNDEREMPLOYMENT

• Estimated total of 24,310 people in the region
  are underemployed by education
• The split between male and female underemployment
  is very close, with females at 51 of that total

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UNDEREMPLOYMENT by AGE
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UNDEREMPLOYMENT DUE TO OVER
EDUCATIONTOP OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES

• Education, Training and Library Fields
• Public Safety and Protective Services
• Personal Care and Service Workers
• Office and Administrative Support
• Building and Grounds Occupations
• Transportation and Materials Moving
• Sales

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AMOUNT OF MONEY (HOURLY) REQUIRED FOR PEOPLE TO
CHANGE JOBS
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WILLINGNESS TO RETRAIN
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WILLINGNESS OF THOSE NOT WORKING TO
REENTER WORKFORCE

• Total of 21,440 non-working residents willing to
  find work
• 54 of this total is age 55

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PART-TIME WORKERS

• Less than 17 of PT workers reported working PT
  involuntarily due to slack work conditions
• Respondents cited their top reason for working PT
  was preferring PT over FT employment

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WORKERS COMMUTE TIME TO WORK ONE-WAY
(Region 8 Data)
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WAGE LEVELS REQUIRED TO INDUCE A LONGER COMMUTE
(Region 8 Data)
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USES OF THE DATA

• To be utilized by Economic Development
  professionals to create or refine business
  attraction AND retention plans
• Tool for use with business inquiries
• Employment service and/or educational
  institutions use to create skill set training
  programs
• Use in regional economic needs assessments
• Create spin-off studies from data obtained, e.g.
  public employment impact on private business wage
  rates

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PROJECT SURPRISES

• 81 of all jobs in our region fall into less than
  25 occupational categories. There is strong need
  to diversify business in SW MN.
• Most PT workers are PT because they want to be
• Satisfaction with day care is less of an issue in
  SW MN than expected
• There are less people commuting OUT of the the
  region to work than believed
• Number of hours worked per week is larger than
  anticipated

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACTNan Larson,
Deputy DirectorSouthwest Regional Development
Commission(507)836-8547 or nanlarson_at_swrdc.org
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VIEW LABOR FORCE ASSESSMENT SUMMARIES AND
SURVEY ON OUR WEBSITEWWW.SWRDC.ORG