Friday, February 23, 2007

Custer County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Custer County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 46.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Nebraska, where the it saw a gain of 54.2 percent. The losses in the Other general merchandise stores industry in Custer County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 31.2 percent in terms of employees in the Other general merchandise stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (46.7 percent decline)
2. Full-service restaurants (32.2 percent decline)
3. Florists (28.9 percent decline)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (28.3 percent decline)
5. Nonresidential building construction (26 percent decline)

Custer County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Cattle ranching and farming industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 220.2 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Custer County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Nebraska, where this industry saw a gain of 2.5 percent. The Cattle ranching and farming industry in Custer County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 14.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (220.2 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (103.8 percent gain)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (90.0 percent gain)
4. Management and technical consulting services (66.7 percent gain)
5. Residential building construction (53.8 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 0.6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Nebraska, which experienced a gain of 1.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Custer County

The Cattle ranching and farming industry has grown the most with 145 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Cattle ranching and farming industry makes up 49.8 percent of the total growth in Custer County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (145 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (43 new jobs)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (21 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (18 new jobs)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (10 new jobs)

Of the 30 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 11 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 18 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Custer County

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 35 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 27.8 percent of the employment lost during the period in Custer County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (35 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (28 jobs lost)
3. Other general merchandise stores (26 jobs lost)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (13 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (5 jobs lost)

In Custer County, Nebraska, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 17 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.





About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

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