Monday, January 22, 2007

Cedar County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Cedar County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 32.2 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Nebraska, where the industry felt a gain of 3.3 percent. The losses in the Limited-service eating places industry in Cedar County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 2.4 percent in terms of employees in the Limited-service eating places industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (32.2 percent decline)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (29.1 percent decline)
3. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (18.9 percent decline)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (9 percent decline)
5. Hog and pig farming (8.6 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 0.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Nebraska, which experienced a gain of 0.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Cedar County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 43.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Cedar County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Nebraska, where it saw a loss of 1.1 percent. The Full-service restaurants industry in Cedar County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 2.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (43.9 percent gain)
2. Legal services (33.3 percent gain)
3. Other professional and technical services (24.2 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (4.4 percent gain)
5. General freight trucking (4.3 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Cedar County

The Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 43 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 71.0 percent of the total growth in Cedar County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (43 new jobs)
2. Other professional and technical services (5 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (4 new jobs)
4. Gasoline stations (3 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (2 new jobs)

In Cedar County, Nebraska, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 5 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Given the 19 4-digit NAICS industries, 9 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 8 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Cedar County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 22 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry make up 40.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Cedar County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (22 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (10 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (5 jobs lost)
4. Hog and pig farming (4 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (4 jobs lost)





About: This report is part 1 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.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Income and Poverty in Cedar County, Nebraska

Compared to counties across the United States, Cedar County had a medium-low median income for households of $39,119 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 17.4 percent lower than the median in Nebraska of $45,923 and this is 25.6 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Hispanic in Cedar County, Nebraska reported a median household income of $105,685, this income level is 170.2 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area. In Cedar County, Nebraska White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $39,067 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.1 percent less than the median in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Cedar County reported an income level of $39,488, this level was 0.9 percent greater than the areas median level for all households.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Cedar County, Nebraska can be considered to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 9.1 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The White race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 9.2 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 12 to 17 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Cedar County, accounting 12.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

 

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