Monday, October 30, 2006

Employment Report for Antelope County, Nebraska -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Antelope County, Wholesale trade, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Wholesale trade sector has a United State LQ of 3.5. The percent of employment in the Wholesale trade industry is 3.5 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Antelope County may specialize, or be an exporter of Wholesale trade.

Antelope is the County that is ranked 47 of 94 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of Nebraska according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 46 of 94 Counties.

Transportation and Warehousing has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Antelope County, increasing by 50 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of -1 percent. The State of Nebraska experienced a change in employment in the sector of 19.8 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

Health care and social assistance has the largest employers in Antelope County. In the County, the industry averages 17 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's national average of 21 and less than the Nebraska typical size of 23 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

In Antelope County, Wholesale trade, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Wholesale trade is the largest employment industry and makes up 18.2 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 262 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 17.9 and 16.8 percent of industry employment.







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

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