Monday, October 30, 2006

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

In Greeley County, Wholesale trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Retail Trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Wholesale trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 21.6 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 85 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade industries total 15.7 and 14.7 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Greeley County, growing in new jobs by 48.3 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of -0.6 percent. The State of Nebraska encountered a change in industry employment of 4.3 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

In Greeley County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Wholesale trade and Finance and insurance industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector has a United State LQ of 10.38. This means the percent of total employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 10.38 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Greeley County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Health care and social assistance has the largest businesses in Greeley County, with the industry averaging 16 jobs per place of business. This is less than the industry's average at the national level of 21 and less than the Nebraska establishments size average 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).

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