Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Real estate and rental and leasing saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Buffalo County, with a job growth of 36.9 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 4.3 percent. The State of Nebraska faced a industry job change of -1.3 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

In Buffalo County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 19.3 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 4,100 jobs. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries total 17.3 and 16.7 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Buffalo County, averaging 66 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the State of Nebraska average of 49 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Buffalo County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Manufacturing and Health care and social assistance industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has a US LQ in the county of 1.59. The percent of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 1.59 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Buffalo may be an exporter of products or services of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.









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

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