Monday, October 30, 2006

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

In Holt County, Retail Trade, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and the Wholesale trade sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 17.3 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 571 people employed. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Wholesale trade industries make up 13.6 and 11.2 percent of total employment, respectively.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Holt County, changing a total of 38.1 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 4.7 percent. The State of Nebraska experienced a change in employment in the sector of 4.7 percent, in the last 5 years.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting has the largest businesses in Holt County. The industry averages 13 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 12 and greater than the State of Nebraska typical size of 8 for the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry.

In Holt County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Wholesale trade and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has a US LQ in the county of 12.92. The percent of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 12.92 times greater than the national average, signifying that Holt County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.









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

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