In Garden County, jobs in the depository credit intermediation pay the highest wages

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Employment in the depository credit intermediation industry had the highest average wages in Garden County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Garden County received an annual wage of $34,331 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the industry wage in Nebraska of $34,564 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $47,929.

Other top-pay jobs in Garden County, Nebraska exsists in cattle ranching and farming ($22,757), building material and supplies dealers ($14,305), gasoline stations ($7,865) and insurance agencies, brokerages, and related ($6,183) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Garden County Wages have increased by 15.4% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Garden County, Nebraska by a total of 15.4%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for Nebraska and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

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

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The average total wages in all industries in Garden County, Nebraska when analyzed can be understood as being very low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 46.9 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $32,465. The average pay 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.

Garden County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Garden County, Nebraska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 82 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Garden County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has added the most employment with 0 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up -0.2 percent of the total growth in Garden County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (47 new jobs)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (27 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (23 new jobs)
4. Specialized freight trucking (21 new jobs)





Garden County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 119.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Garden County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Nebraska, where it saw a loss of 55.1 percent. The Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry in Garden County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 17.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (119.4 percent gain)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (71.4 percent gain)
3. Residential building construction (66.3 percent gain)
4. Legal services (49.3 percent gain)
5. Specialized freight trucking (47.4 percent gain)

Total industry employment has decreased by 24.2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in Nebraska, which experienced a gain of 1.0 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Garden County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 56.8 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 industry felt a gain of 14.3 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Garden County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 13.2 in percent of jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (56.8 percent decline)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (14.3 percent decline)
3. Depository credit intermediation (8.8 percent decline)





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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.

Garden County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Garden County

The Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 9 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 96.3 percent of the total employment decline in Garden County, Nebraska.

Top 3 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (9 jobs lost)
2. Other general merchandise stores (93 jobs lost)
3. Insurance carriers (67 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Garden County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry has grown the most with 3 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 66.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Garden County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (3 new jobs)

In Garden County, Nebraska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 12 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.



Employment for all industries has increased by 4.9 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Nebraska, which experienced a gain of 0.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Garden County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 44.8 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 sector has felt in the State of Nebraska, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 1.1 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Garden County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 2.2 percent in terms of employment in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (44.8 percent decline)

Garden County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 6.8 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Garden County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Nebraska, where this industry saw a loss of 0.9 percent. The Gasoline stations industry in Garden County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 0.3 percent in this industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (6.8 percent gain)
2. Depository credit intermediation (3.8 percent gain)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (3.4 percent gain)





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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 Garden County, Nebraska

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Garden County was reported to have a relatively low median household income of $30,956 (2005 Dollars). This median is 48.3 percent lower than the median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and the median is 58.7 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Hispanic Householders in Garden County, Nebraska , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $41,828, this median is 35.1 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Garden County, Nebraska White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $30,925 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.1 percent less than the median in the year 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $19,744. This median is 36.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Garden County, Nebraska can be considered to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 14.8 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 85.7 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Garden County, accounting 42.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Garden County, Nebraska

In Garden County, Nebraska as reported in the 2000 Census, 14.4 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Garden County, Nebraska, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 42.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Garden have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 16.2 percent (Men) versus 12.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 38.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Garden County, Nebraska may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 14.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Garden has 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.





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

Demographic Profile for Garden County, Nebraska

Estimated since the year 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Garden from another country. The international migration into Garden makes up 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Nebraska. This percent of immigration can be considered very low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Garden County, Nebraska has a population that is made of 97.6 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 1.8 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 2.2 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Garden has increased in diversity when 1.7 percent of the population were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Garden County, Nebraska to be 49.6 years of age. The median age in Garden is greater than the median in Nebraska of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 45.6 years old. With a total of 16.2 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Garden can be described as having a relatively low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low presence of the 2005 population base, with 55.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 27.9 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a relatively high proportion of the area population base.

Garden County, Nebraska had an estimated population of 1,997 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 2,280. The decline denotes a decrease of -12.4 percent. Garden ranks 67 of 93 counties by growth in total population in Nebraska and the county ranks 2,480 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

In terms of total land area, Garden spans a total area of 1704 square miles. The land areas has a very low density of 1 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US 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 ).

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

Housing Report for Garden County, Nebraska

In Garden County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 1,310 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 5 residential units since 2001, or 0.4 percent.

Garden County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $44,300, according to the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the State of Nebraska 2000 home median value of $88,000 and less than home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

In the State of Nebraska, Garden County is positioned 76 of 93 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,933 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

It can be understood that there is a abundant amount affordable residential real estate in Garden County, Nebraska. In 2000, 99 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Finance and insurance is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Garden County, increasing in size by 6.1 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 4.8 percent. The State of Nebraska had an industry job change of 4.6 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting has the largest employers in Garden County, averaging 11 jobs per establishment, which is less than the US industry average of 12 and greater than the State of Nebraska establishments size average of 8 for the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry.

In Garden County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Finance and insurance and Retail Trade have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector in the county has a location quotient of 21.44. The level of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 21.44 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Garden specializes in Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Garden County is ranked number 80 of 94 total Counties throughout Nebraska according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 78 of 94 Counties.

In Garden County, Retail Trade, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and the Finance and insurance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 34.8 percent of total employment in the county, making up 85 employees. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Finance and insurance industries total 22.5 and 14.3 percent of total employment, respectively.

The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Garden County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 40.6 percent of employment in 2001 to 22.5 percent of total employment in the year 2005.





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