In Antelope County, jobs in the utility system construction pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the utility system construction industry paid the average highest wages in Antelope County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Antelope County earned an annual wage of $29,870 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the average industry wage in the State of Nebraska of $36,451 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $48,011.

Other top-pay jobs in Antelope County, Nebraska may be found in depository credit intermediation ($29,580), legal services ($29,569), misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers ($27,480) and automobile dealers ($26,015) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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

Antelope County Wages have increased by 17.6% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Antelope County, Nebraska by a total of 17.6%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Nebraska and greater than the growth in average wages for the US.

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

Antelope County Industry Wages Lag Behind Nebraska, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Antelope County, Nebraska can be described as medium-low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 37.1 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $32,465. The average industry wage was less than the industry average in the US of $40,259.

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

Antelope County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Antelope County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 49.3 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Antelope County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Nebraska, where it saw a gain of 8.7 percent. The Utility system construction industry in Antelope County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.8 percent in this industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Utility system construction (49.3 percent gain)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (5.0 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 1.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Nebraska, which saw a gain of 1.0 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Antelope County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 46.6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Nebraska, where the it saw a gain of 14.3 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Antelope County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 13.2 in percent of workers in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (46.6 percent decline)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (28.7 percent decline)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (14.7 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (11.6 percent decline)
5. Depository credit intermediation (5 percent decline)

From the 7 4-digit NAICS industries, 5 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 2 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Antelope County, Nebraska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 23 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Antelope County

The Full-service restaurants industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 50 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 55.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Antelope County, Nebraska.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (50 jobs lost)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (18 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Antelope County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Utility system construction industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 11 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Utility system construction industry makes up 94.4 percent of the growth in Antelope County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (11 new jobs)
2. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (83 new jobs)
3. Depository credit intermediation (78 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (39 new jobs)
5. Support activities for crop production (36 new jobs)





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

Antelope County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has increased by 1.4 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in Nebraska, which experienced a gain of 0.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Antelope County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 25.4 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Nebraska, where the industry felt a loss of 5.4 percent. The losses in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Antelope County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 0.2 in percent of workers in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (25.4 percent decline)
2. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (9.4 percent decline)
3. Utility system construction (8 percent decline)
4. Building equipment contractors (2.4 percent decline)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (1.4 percent decline)

Antelope County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 17.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Antelope County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Nebraska, where this industry saw a gain of 0.6 percent. The Other general merchandise stores industry in Antelope County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 3.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (17.7 percent gain)
2. Legal services (15.4 percent gain)
3. Gasoline stations (14.5 percent gain)
4. Automobile dealers (7.4 percent gain)
5. Depository credit intermediation (3.6 percent gain)

In Antelope County, Nebraska, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 20 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

From the 12 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 5 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 7 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Antelope County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has grown the most with 10 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 50.0 percent of the growth in Antelope County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (10 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (4 new jobs)
3. Automobile dealers (3 new jobs)
4. Depository credit intermediation (2 new jobs)
5. Specialized freight trucking (4 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Antelope County

Given the industries in the area, the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 35 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers industry make up 85.4 percent of the total employment decline in Antelope County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (35 jobs lost)
2. Utility system construction (3 jobs lost)
3. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (2 jobs lost)
4. Poultry and egg production (20 jobs lost)
5. Limited-service eating places (18 jobs lost)





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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 Antelope County, Nebraska

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Antelope County had a medium-low median household income of $35,233 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 30.3 percent lower than the household income median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and this is 39.5 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Hispanic headed households in Antelope County, Nebraska recorded a median income of $40,219, this median is 14.2 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Antelope County, Nebraska White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $35,168 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent less than the median in 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 3.8 percent greater than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $36,563. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Antelope County had a median income of $33,638, which was 4.5 percent less than the median for all households.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Antelope County, Nebraska may be understood as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 13.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 57.1 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Antelope County, accounting 19.6 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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

Antelope County, Nebraska is made up of a moderately-educated population, with 14.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Antelope is reported having a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Antelope County, Nebraska as reported in the 2000 Census, 14.4 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 40 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Antelope County, Nebraska, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 43 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Antelope have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 13.2 percent (Men) versus 15.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 37 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





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

When calculating the total land area, Antelope extends a total area of 857 square miles. This area has a very low average area density of 8 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Reynolds, MO (8 per sq. mile ), Bailey, TX (8 per sq. mile ), Brooks, TX (8 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Blaine, ID (8 per sq. mile ), Mercer, ND (8 per sq. mile ), Norman, MN (8 per sq. mile ).

Antelope County, Nebraska has a population that is comprised of 98.4 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0 percent Asian, and 1 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity, with 1.1 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Antelope has increased in diversity when 0.7 percent of the people were minorities.

From 2000, a very low amount of people have migrated to Antelope internationally. The international migration into Antelope totals 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Nebraska. This percent of immigration can be considered very low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Antelope County, Nebraska to be 44.1 years of age. The median in Antelope is greater than the median age in Nebraska of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 40.7 years of age. With a total of 22.8 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Antelope can be described as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low representation within the population, making up 57.5 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 19.7 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

Antelope County, Nebraska had an estimated population of 7,004 in 2005. The total population has decreased sharply, since its 2000 population of 7,446. The decline signifies a decrease of -5.9 percent. Antelope ranks 82 of 93 counties when calculating total change in population for Nebraska and the county ranks 2,692 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

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

In Antelope County, Wholesale trade, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Wholesale trade sector has a United State LQ of 3.5. The percent of employment in the Wholesale trade industry is 3.5 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Antelope County may specialize, or be an exporter of Wholesale trade.

Antelope is the County that is ranked 47 of 94 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of Nebraska according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 46 of 94 Counties.

Transportation and Warehousing has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Antelope County, increasing by 50 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of -1 percent. The State of Nebraska experienced a change in employment in the sector of 19.8 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

Health care and social assistance has the largest employers in Antelope County. In the County, the industry averages 17 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's national average of 21 and less than the Nebraska typical size of 23 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

In Antelope County, Wholesale trade, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Wholesale trade is the largest employment industry and makes up 18.2 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 262 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 17.9 and 16.8 percent of industry employment.







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