Lincoln County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Lincoln County, Nebraska, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 48 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lincoln County

The Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 69 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry make up 22.5 percent of the total employment decline in Lincoln County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (69 jobs lost)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (50 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (29 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (19 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (18 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lincoln County

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 88 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 21.8 percent of the growth in Lincoln County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (88 new jobs)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (64 new jobs)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (42 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (29 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (21 new jobs)

Given the 63 4-digit NAICS industries, 29 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 31 industries reported a drop in employment.

Lincoln County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 46.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Nebraska, where the industry reported a gain of 1.7 percent. The losses in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry in Lincoln County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 2 in percent of jobs in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (46.6 percent decline)
2. Business support services (44.1 percent decline)
3. Private households (33.3 percent decline)
4. Other miscellaneous store retailers (19.7 percent decline)
5. Consumer goods rental (19.4 percent decline)

Lincoln County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 167.0 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Lincoln County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Nebraska, where the industry took a gain of 12.8 percent. The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry in Lincoln County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 4.9 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (167.0 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (81.4 percent gain)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (80.8 percent gain)
4. Utility system construction (66.7 percent gain)
5. Specialty food stores (63.0 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 0.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in the State of Nebraska, which experienced a gain of 0.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.





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 Lincoln County, Nebraska

It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $58,257. This median is 36.2 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Lincoln County reported a median household income of $14,137, this median was 67 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 37.8 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $26,591. In Lincoln County, Nebraska White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $42,973 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.4 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Lincoln County, Nebraska reported a median household income of $33,294, this median household income is 22.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Lincoln County, Nebraska can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 9.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 32.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Lincoln County, accounting 16.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Lincoln County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $42,785 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 7.3 percent lower than the median income in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and the median is 14.8 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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