Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Utilities has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Douglas County, increasing in size by 63 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of -8.2 percent. The State of Nebraska felt a shift in employment in the industry of 14.3 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

Utilities has a largest number of employee per establishment in Douglas County. In the County, the industry averages 101 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 34 and greater than the State of Nebraska average establishment size of 30 for the Utilities industry.

Administrative and waste services since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Douglas County. The sector dealt with a loss of 6,566 jobs during the period, or 21.3 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 24.2 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

In Douglas County, Management of companies and enterprises, Finance and insurance and Information industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Management of companies and enterprises industry has an LQ of 1.99. The percent of employment in the Management of companies and enterprises industry is 1.99 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Douglas County may specialize, or be an exporter of Management of companies and enterprises.

In Douglas County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Health care and social assistance produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 14.1 percent of total employment in the county, making up 38,355 jobs. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries make up 13.6 and 9 percent of the total jobs, respectively.







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

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