Lincoln, NE

Lincoln Metro Area industry wages have increased by 14.0% percent since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in the Lincoln Metro Area by a total of 14.0%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for 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.

Lincoln Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind Nebraska, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The overall industry wages in Lincoln, NE can be understood as being medium-low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 Metro Area wages throughout the nation. The average pay is 2.8 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.

Lincoln Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Lincoln Metro Area

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Data processing and related services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 550 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Data processing and related services industry make up 17.2 percent of the total employment decline in Lincoln, NE.

Top 5 Industries
1. Data processing and related services (550 jobs lost)
2. Communications equipment manufacturing (415 jobs lost)
3. Other professional and technical services (331 jobs lost)
4. Vocational rehabilitation services (259 jobs lost)
5. Depository credit intermediation (237 jobs lost)

In the Lincoln, NE metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 4,747 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Lincoln Metro Area

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,044 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry makes up 16.0 percent of the total growth in Lincoln.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (1,044 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (621 new jobs)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (587 new jobs)
4. General freight trucking (572 new jobs)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (397 new jobs)

From the 74 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 29 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 45 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

The Lincoln Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Local messengers and local delivery industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 250.6 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Lincoln has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Nebraska, where the industry took a loss of 7.7 percent. The Local messengers and local delivery industry in Lincoln outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 15.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Local messengers and local delivery (250.6 percent gain)
2. Support activities for road transportation (135.0 percent gain)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (128.5 percent gain)
4. Home health care services (122.5 percent gain)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (102.0 percent gain)

The Lincoln Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Wireless telecommunications carriers industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 74.4 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 has seen in the Nebraska, where the it saw a loss of 60.8 percent. The losses in the Wireless telecommunications carriers industry in Lincoln outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.9 in percent of workers in the Wireless telecommunications carriers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Wireless telecommunications carriers (74.4 percent decline)
2. Data processing and related services (73.8 percent decline)
3. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (62 percent decline)
4. Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers (57.1 percent decline)
5. Vocational rehabilitation services (50 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 3.9 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in Nebraska, which saw a gain of 1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Lincoln One-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Lincoln Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 228 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 14.8 percent of the total employment growth in Lincoln.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (228 new jobs)
2. Other transportation equipment manufacturing (121 new jobs)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (109 new jobs)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (108 new jobs)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (104 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Lincoln Metro Area

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Data processing and related services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 230 jobs. The declines in the Data processing and related services industry make up 17.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Lincoln, NE.

Top 5 Industries
1. Data processing and related services (230 jobs lost)
2. Depository credit intermediation (201 jobs lost)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (167 jobs lost)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (126 jobs lost)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (55 jobs lost)

Of the 85 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 38 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 46 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In the Lincoln, NE metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 534 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total employment has increased by 0.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in Nebraska, which saw a gain of 0.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 percent.

The Lincoln Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Freight transportation arrangement industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 117.4 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Lincoln has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Nebraska, where the industry felt a gain of 10.5 percent. The Freight transportation arrangement industry in Lincoln 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 rail transportation (22.9 percent gain)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (21.1 percent gain)
4. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (19.8 percent gain)
5. Elementary and secondary schools (19.8 percent gain)

The Lincoln Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Data processing and related services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 54.1 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 seen in the Nebraska, where the industry reported a loss of 10.7 percent. The losses in the Data processing and related services industry in Lincoln outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.3 in percent of workers in the Data processing and related services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Data processing and related services (54.1 percent decline)
2. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (23.7 percent decline)
3. Other wood product manufacturing (16.6 percent decline)
4. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (12.2 percent decline)
5. Warehousing and storage (11.7 percent decline)

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, NE

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The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $47,029, which amounts to a 4 percent decline. The Lincoln, NE MSA, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 1 of 1 metro area in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Nebraska. Lincoln ranks 193 of 233 metro area when comparing the decline in household income across the nation.

As the median household income witnessed a decline in the last five year in the Lincoln, NE metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in median household income was the Hispanic category. This group felt a decline of 22.4 percent since the year 2000. The Asian population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Lincoln, encountering a 86.7 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

In Lincoln, NE White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $49,967 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Lincoln had a median household income level of $26,471, this median was 45.9 percent less than the areas median level for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $47,190. This median income level is 3.6 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 34.6 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $32,018. Hispanic households in Lincoln, NE , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $36,573, this median is 25.3 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

When put side-by-side with other Metros throughout the United States, the Lincoln metro area can be considered to have a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 9.5 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 27.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Lincoln, reporting 13.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The rate of poverty in the Lincoln, NE Metro has increased by 1.6 percent since the amount published in 2000, moving from 9.5 percent to 11.1 percent.

Compared to other MSAs throughout the nation, the Lincoln metro area reported a medium-high household income of $48,965 (2005 Dollars). This median is 6.2 percent higher than the median income in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and the median household income is 0.3 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

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

Higher Education in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area

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Lincoln, NE Metro Area may to understood as having a highly-educated working age population, with 33.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the American Community Survey of 2005. The Lincoln MSA counted a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 27.2 percent and a higher percent than the national average of 27.2 percent.

Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Lincoln, NE Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 34.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in the Lincoln metro area have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 34.2 percent (Men) versus 33.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In the Lincoln, NE Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 34.4 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, 38 percent of the Asian alone and 15.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Since the year 2000, the Lincoln metro area has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.2 percent to a total of 33.8 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the 2005 State of Nebraska percent of 27.2 and greater than the national percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 0.2 percent. As reported in 2005, 34.2 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 1.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 33.2 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 Lincoln, NE

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The Lincoln metro area had a total estimated population of 281,553 in 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 267,684. This growth denotes an increase of 5.2 percent. Lincoln ranks 2 of 2 MSAs in terms of population growth in Nebraska and the metro area ranks 144 of 361 metro areas when analyzing total MSA population change across the nation.

The Census Bureau estimates in 2005 the median age in the Lincoln metro area to be 33.7 years old. The median in Lincoln is less than the median in Nebraska of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 32.0 years old. With a total of 74.3 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Lincoln can be described as having a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 63.5 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 10.8 percent of the total population base. Compared to other metro areas throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.

The Lincoln metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is comprised of 88.3 percent White, 2.7 percent African American, 3 percent Asian, and 4 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a modest level of diversity, with 9.7 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Lincoln has increased the percent of minority makeup when 8.5 percent of the total population were minorities.

Since the year 2000, a high number of individuals migrated into the Lincoln metro area, with 5,374 people migrating in internationally. The international migration into Lincoln totals 24.2 percent of the total international migration into the State of Nebraska. This amount of international migration is high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other metro areas across the US.

When calculating the total land area, the Lincoln metro area spans a total area of 1414 square miles. This area has a medium-low average population density of 199 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar metro areas, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach (200 per sq. mile ), Auburn-Opelika (202 per sq. mile ), Binghamton (203 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Jacksonville (199 per sq. mile ), Gainesville (196 per sq. mile ), Battle Creek (196 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Lincoln

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In Lincoln, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 120,629 homes in 2005. The metro area has experienced a medium-high growth level in the number housing units, adding all together 7,993 residential units since 2001, or 7.1 percent.

The owner-occupied dwellings in Lincoln, Nebraska have seen large increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $29,100, or 27.5 percent, from their 2000 median values of $105,900.

Lincoln recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $135,000, published by the American Community Survey. This home value 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.

Looking across the State of Nebraska, Lincoln places 1 of the 2 metro areas by percentage growth in residential real estate. The metro area is positioned 125 of 361, when comparing the change in housing structures in other metropolitan areas throughout the nation.

Lincoln can be understood as having a medium percentage of homes that are high in price. For 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 2 percent of the areas residential property was valued over $500k.

It can be understood that there is a fair amount of affordable housing in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2005, 43 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Lincoln, Nebraska -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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The Lincoln Metropolitan Area is ranked at 134 of 363 throughout the US according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has slipped behind during the time of 2001 and 2005. The Metropolitan Area, in the year 2001, was ranked 133 of 363 Counties.

A high-wage industry in Lincoln is the utilities sector paying an annual wage of $66,569. In the Metropolitan Area since the year 2001, the annual average pay of the industry has grown by 5.5 percent or $3,495. The State of Nebraska shows the same economic condition in the utilities sector, standing at the top of industries in terms of 2004 annual average wages.

The Administrative and waste services sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in the Lincoln Metro since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 6.1 percent of total employment for the year 2001 to 0 percent in 2005.

Finance and insurance is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Lincoln, changing a total of 25.2 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 4.8 percent. The State of Nebraska felt a shift in employment in the industry of 4.6 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

In Lincoln, Finance and insurance, Transportation and Warehousing and Arts, entertainment, and recreation industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Finance and insurance industry has a US LQ in the region of 1.54. The percent of employment in the Finance and insurance sector is 1.54 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Lincoln may specialize, or be an exporter of Finance and insurance.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Lincoln Metropolitan Area (MSA), averaging 56 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the Nebraska average establishment size of 49 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Lincoln, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade is the major employer in the Metropolitan Area making up 13.9 percent of all jobs throughout the region, totaling 17,570 employees. The Manufacturing and Accommodation and food services industries total 12.1 and 10.4 percent of industry employment.

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