In Lancaster County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry had the highest average wages in Lancaster County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Lancaster County earned an annual wage of $79,839 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the average industry wage in the State of Nebraska of $139,772 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $138,150.

Other high-paying jobs in Lancaster County, Nebraska may be found in computer systems design and related services ($75,629), offices of physicians ($70,439), commercial and service industry machinery ($69,775) and pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing ($63,974) 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.

Lancaster County Wages have increased by 14.3% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Lancaster County, Nebraska by a total of 14.3%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the State of Nebraska and less 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.

Lancaster 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 Lancaster County, Nebraska can be understood as being relatively high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 2.3 percent lower than the with an state average of $32,465. The average pay was less than the overall average in the United States 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.

Lancaster County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Lancaster County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The ISPs and web search portals industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 91.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Nebraska, where the it saw a loss of 22.9 percent. The losses in the ISPs and web search portals industry in Lancaster County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 32.7 percent in terms of employment in the ISPs and web search portals industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. ISPs and web search portals (91.7 percent decline)
2. Wireless telecommunications carriers (74.4 percent decline)
3. Data processing and related services (73.8 percent decline)
4. Religious organizations (64.6 percent decline)
5. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (62 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 4.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is 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.

Lancaster County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 471.4 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Lancaster County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Nebraska, where it saw a gain of 54.2 percent. The Other general merchandise stores industry in Lancaster County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 31.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (471.4 percent gain)
2. Local messengers and local delivery (250.6 percent gain)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (135.0 percent gain)
4. Support activities for road transportation (135.0 percent gain)
5. Home health care services (122.5 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Lancaster County

The Other general merchandise stores industry has added the most employment with 1,109 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Other general merchandise stores industry makes up 7.9 percent of the total number of new jobs in Lancaster County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (1,109 new jobs)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (1,045 new jobs)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (805 new jobs)
4. General freight trucking (646 new jobs)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (594 new jobs)

In Lancaster County, Nebraska, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 4,821 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

From the 150 4-digit NAICS industries, 63 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 86 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Lancaster County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Department stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 747 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Department stores industry make up 10.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Lancaster County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Department stores (747 jobs lost)
2. Data processing and related services (550 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (422 jobs lost)
4. Communications equipment manufacturing (415 jobs lost)
5. Advertising and related services (389 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.

Lancaster County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lancaster County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has added the most employment with 334 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Employment services industry makes up 9.9 percent of the growth in Lancaster County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (334 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (206 new jobs)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (176 new jobs)
4. Child day care services (143 new jobs)
5. Advertising and related services (131 new jobs)

In Lancaster County, Nebraska, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 544 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

From the 156 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 70 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 85 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lancaster County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Individual and family services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 316 jobs. The declines in the Individual and family services industry make up 12.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Lancaster County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (316 jobs lost)
2. Data processing and related services (230 jobs lost)
3. Depository credit intermediation (217 jobs lost)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (163 jobs lost)
5. Printing and related support activities (160 jobs lost)

Lancaster County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Freight transportation arrangement industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 117.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Lancaster County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Nebraska, where the industry felt a gain of 10.5 percent. The Freight transportation arrangement industry in Lancaster County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 2.7 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Freight transportation arrangement (117.4 percent gain)
2. Support activities for animal production (49.1 percent gain)
3. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (26.6 percent gain)
4. Support activities for rail transportation (22.9 percent gain)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (21.1 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 0.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in Nebraska, which went through a gain of 0.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Lancaster County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Data processing and related services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 54.1 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Nebraska, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 10.7 percent. The losses in the Data processing and related services industry in Lancaster County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.3 percent in terms of employees in the Data processing and related services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Data processing and related services (54.1 percent decline)
2. Greenhouse and nursery production (39.6 percent decline)
3. Machinery and equipment rental and leasing (32.2 percent decline)
4. Individual and family services (26.6 percent decline)
5. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (24.4 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.

Income and Poverty in Lancaster County, Nebraska

The poverty rate in Lancaster County, Nebraska has increased by 1.8 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 9.5 percent to 11.3 percent.

As the median income level saw a decline since 2000 in Lancaster County, Nebraska, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 11.2 percent in the last five years. The American Indian and Alaska Native population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Lancaster County, experiencing a 101 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $47,190. This income level is 3.6 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Lancaster County, Nebraska White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $49,967 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 2 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 34.6 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $32,018. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Lancaster County reported an income level of $26,471, this level was 45.9 percent less than the median for all households. Hispanic headed households in Lancaster County, Nebraska recorded a median income of $36,573, this median household income is 25.3 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, Lancaster County, Nebraska can be understood to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 9.5 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 27.1 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Lancaster County, reporting 13.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Lancaster County accounted a relatively high median income for households of $48,965 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 6.2 percent higher than the household income median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and the median household income is 0.3 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $47,039, posting a 3.9 percent decline. Lancaster County, Nebraska, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 3 of 3 counties in percent of decline for household income in Nebraska. Lancaster County ranks 516 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median household income in the United States.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Lancaster County, Nebraska

Lancaster County, Nebraska can be considered to have a very highly-educated population of the working age, with 32.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Lancaster is reported having a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

Since the year 2000, Lancaster has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 1.8 percent to a total of 34.4 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the State of Nebraska percent of 27.2 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Lancaster County, Nebraska, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 33.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lancaster have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 33.6 percent (Men) versus 31.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 34 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Lancaster County, Nebraska according the 2000 Decennial Census, 33.4 percent of the White Alone, 17.6 percent of Black or African American, 36 percent of the Asian alone and 19.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, 35.2 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 2.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 33.8 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Lancaster County, Nebraska

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Lancaster County, Nebraska to be 32.6 years of age. The median age in Lancaster is less than the median age in Nebraska of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 31.9 years old. With a total of 22.6 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Lancaster can be described as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 66.9 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 10.4 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.

Lancaster County, Nebraska had a total estimated population of 264,814 in 2005. The estimated population has increased sharply, since the population in 2000 of 251,152. This growth represents an increase of 5.4 percent. Lancaster ranks 3 of 93 counties when analyzing total population change in Nebraska and the county ranks 257 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Lancaster County, Nebraska has a population that is comprised of 87.8 percent White, 2.8 percent African American, 3.1 percent Asian, and 4.2 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 10.1 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Lancaster has increased the percent of minority population when 9.1 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

When calculating the total land area, Lancaster encompasses a total area of 839 square miles. The land areas has a medium-high average population density of 316 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Portage, OH (316 per sq. mile ), Livingston, MI (319 per sq. mile ), Strafford, NH (323 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Thurston, WA (315 per sq. mile ), Snohomish, WA (314 per sq. mile ), Newton, GA (314 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a very high number of individual migrated to the Lancaster from outside the country. The immigration into Lancaster accounts for 23.9 percent of all immigration into Nebraska. This percent of international migration is very high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

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

Housing Report for Lancaster County, Nebraska

The residential real estate values in Lancaster County, Nebraska have seen large increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $30,400, or 28.7 percent, since 2000 when they were valued at $105,900.

Lancaster County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $136,300, published by the American Community Survey. This median is greater than the overall Nebraska 2005 home median value of $113,200 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

In the State of Nebraska, Lancaster County is positioned 2 of 93 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 504 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

It can be understood that there is a fair amount of affordable housing in Lancaster County, Nebraska. In 2005, 42.2 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

In Lancaster County, the census reported 113,873 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 7,747 residential units since 2001, or 7.3 percent.

Lancaster County can be understood as having a medium proportion of high-valued homes. In 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 2 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Management of companies and enterprises from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Lancaster County, increasing in size by 33.6 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 1.6 percent. The State of Nebraska faced a industry job change of 28.6 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Lancaster County. The industry was hit with a loss of 2,712 jobs during the period, or 15.9 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 62.2 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

In Lancaster County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Manufacturing sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Health care and social assistance produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 15.3 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 18,621 employees. The Retail Trade and Manufacturing industries make up 13.9 and 11.8 percent of total employment, respectively.

In Lancaster County, Finance and insurance, Transportation and Warehousing and Management of companies and enterprises industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Finance and insurance sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.57. The percent of employment in the Finance and insurance industry is 1.57 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Lancaster County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Finance and insurance.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Lancaster County. The industry averages 56 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the Nebraska typical size of 49 for the Manufacturing industry.







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