In Banner County, jobs in the cattle ranching and farming pay the highest wages

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Employment in the cattle ranching and farming industry wages were the highest in Banner County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Banner County received a wage of $30,763 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Nebraska of $25,896 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $25,264.

Top-pay jobs in Banner County, Nebraska may be found in oilseed and grain farming (.), vegetable and melon farming (.), fruit and tree nut farming (.) and greenhouse and nursery production (.) industries. Note: Click Graph Above 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.

Banner County Wages have increased by 56.6% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Banner County, Nebraska by a total of 56.6%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Nebraska and greater than the growth in industry wages across 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.

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

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The overall industry wages in Banner County, Nebraska can be described as relatively high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 14 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $32,465. The average pay was less than the national industry average 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.

Banner County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Banner County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Full-service restaurants industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 50 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 55.9 percent of the total employment decline in Banner 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 Banner County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Utility system construction industry has added the most employment with 11 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Utility system construction industry makes up 94.4 percent of the growth in Banner 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)

In Banner County, Nebraska, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 7 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Given the 7 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 5 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 2 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Banner County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 46.6 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Nebraska, where the it saw a gain of 14.3 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Banner County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 13.2 in percent of jobs 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)

Banner County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 49.3 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Banner County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Nebraska, where the industry felt a gain of 8.7 percent. The Utility system construction industry in Banner County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.8 percent of the industry employment.

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

The total number of jobs has increased by 11.4 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Nebraska, which saw a gain of 1.0 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.





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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.

Banner County One-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has decreased by 7.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in Nebraska, experiencing a gain of 0.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Banner County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Cattle ranching and farming industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 12.9 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Nebraska, where the industry reported a loss of 0.1 percent. The losses in the Cattle ranching and farming industry in Banner County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.4 percent in terms of employees in the Cattle ranching and farming industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (12.9 percent decline)

Banner County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Computer systems design and related services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 117.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Banner County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Nebraska, where the industry took a gain of 10.6 percent. The Computer systems design and related services industry in Banner County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.8 percent.

Top 3 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (117.6 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (35.8 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (11.0 percent gain)

In Banner County, Nebraska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 5 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Banner County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Cattle ranching and farming industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 5 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Cattle ranching and farming industry makes up -18.5 percent of the total employment growth in Banner County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (16 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.

Income and Poverty in Banner County, Nebraska

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Banner County, Nebraska can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 13.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 56.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Banner County, reporting 26.7 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Banner County accounted a medium-low median income for households of $36,667 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 25.2 percent lower than the median in Nebraska of $45,923 and the median household income is 34 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Hispanic Householders in Banner County, Nebraska recorded a median income of $21,938, this median is 40.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Banner County, Nebraska White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $36,441 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.6 percent less than the median household income in 2000.







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

In Banner County, Nebraska according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 19.8 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 28.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Banner County, Nebraska is made up of a highly-educated population of the working age, with 19.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Banner is reported having a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Banner County, Nebraska, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 38.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Banner have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 20.2 percent (Men) versus 19 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 47.8 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Banner County, Nebraska had a population that was estimated at 733 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 824. The decline shows a decrease of -11 percent. Banner ranks 37 of 93 counties when analyzing total population change in Nebraska and the county ranks 2,114 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Banner County, Nebraska has a population that is made up of 93.7 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0 percent Asian, and 6.1 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of diversity, with 6.2 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Banner has increased the percent of minority makeup when 5.7 percent of the total population were minorities.

In terms of total land area, Banner covers a total land area of 746 total square miles. The area has a very low population density of 1 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- White Pine, NV (1 per sq. mile ), Jeff Davis, TX (1 per sq. mile ), Perkins, SD (1 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Union, NM (1 per sq. mile ), Wayne, UT (1 per sq. mile ), Golden Valley, MT (1 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a very low number of individuals have migrated to Banner from outside the country. The immigration into Banner makes up 0 percent of all immigration into Nebraska. This level of international migration can be considered very low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Banner County, Nebraska to be 42.6 years old. The median age in Banner is greater than the median age in Nebraska of 36.2. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 40.0 years of age. With a total of 21.6 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Banner can be described as having a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 63.2 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 15.3 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high proportion of the population.

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

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

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Banner County, increasing in size by 35.9 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of -0.6 percent. The State of Nebraska experienced a change in employment in the sector of 4.3 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

In Banner County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Construction and Finance and insurance industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector in the county has a location quotient of 73.05. This means the percent of total employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 73.05 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Banner County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting has a largest number of employee per establishment in Banner County. In the County, the industry averages 9 employees per business. This is less than the industry's average at the national level of 12 and greater than the State of Nebraska average of 8 for the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry.











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