Monday, October 30, 2006

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

In Cherry County, Accommodation and food services, Retail Trade and Wholesale trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Accommodation and food services industry has a US LQ in the county of 1.75. The percent of employment in the Accommodation and food services sector is 1.75 times greater than the national average, signifying that Cherry County may specialize, or be an exporter of Accommodation and food services.

Accommodation and food services has a largest number of employee per establishment in Cherry County. The industry averages 13 employees per business. This is less than the industry's national average of 19 and less than the State of Nebraska average establishment size of 17 for the Accommodation and food services industry.

Real estate and rental and leasing has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Cherry County, changing a total of 42.9 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 4.3 percent. The State of Nebraska felt a shift in employment in the industry of -1.3 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

In Cherry County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 23.3 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 402 jobs. The Accommodation and food services and Health care and social assistance industries make up 17.1 and 9.3 percent of all employment.









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

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