Hall County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has increased by 4.5 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 gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Hall County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 175.4 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Hall County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Nebraska, where the industry took a gain of 18.3 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Hall County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 9.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (175.4 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (84.6 percent gain)
3. Drycleaning and laundry services (73.2 percent gain)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (50.7 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (48.9 percent gain)

Hall County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 39.9 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 loss of 4.2 percent. The losses in the Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry in Hall County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 1.2 percent in terms of employment in the Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (39.9 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (25.9 percent decline)
3. Grocery stores (22.3 percent decline)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (21.7 percent decline)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (20.2 percent decline)

From the 94 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 32 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 61 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Hall County

The Grocery stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 68 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 15.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Hall County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (68 jobs lost)
2. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (54 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (49 jobs lost)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (35 jobs lost)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (34 jobs lost)

In Hall County, Nebraska, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,202 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Hall County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other general merchandise stores industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 233 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Other general merchandise stores industry makes up 16.8 percent of the total employment growth in Hall County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (233 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (209 new jobs)
3. Department stores (108 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (100 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (77 new jobs)





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.

Income and Poverty in Hall County, Nebraska

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Hall County, Nebraska can be understood to have a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 12.0 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 31.9 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Hall County, accounting 19.7 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 22.2 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $33,638. In Hall County, Nebraska White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $44,325 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 2.5 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Hall County, Nebraska , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $31,491, this median is 27.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $63,254. This median is 46.2 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Hall County had a median income of $25,594, this level was 40.8 percent less than the median for all households.

Compared to counties across the United States, Hall County reported a medium-high household income of $43,257 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 6.2 percent lower than the median income in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and this is 13.6 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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