Monday, October 30, 2006

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

In Cass County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Manufacturing sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 19.6 percent of the total county employment. This totals 728 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Manufacturing industries make up 11.3 and 11.3 percent of total employment, respectively.

Mining is the industry with the largest establishments in Cass County, averaging 35 employees per business. This is greater than the US industry average of 21 and greater than the State of Nebraska average of 11 for the Mining industry.

In Cass County, Mining, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Transportation and Warehousing are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Mining industry has an LQ of 7.36. The percent of employment in the Mining industry is 7.36 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Cass County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Mining.

Other services, except public administration is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Cass County, changing a total of 26.5 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 2.8 percent. The State of Nebraska faced a industry job change of 1.6 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.









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

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