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

In Dixon County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Construction industries are the largest employment industries. The Health care and social assistance is the largest employment industry and makes up 6.6 percent of the total county employment. This totals 85 individuals. The Retail Trade and Construction industries total 5.7 and 5.5 percent of all employment.

Construction has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Dixon County, increasing in size by 26.8 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 7.3 percent. The State of Nebraska saw a change in employment in the sector of 5.9 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

Health care and social assistance has a largest number of employee per establishment in Dixon County. The industry averages 11 jobs per place of business. This 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.











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