Friday, February 23, 2007

Loup County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Given the 61 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 26 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 35 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Loup County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building material and supplies dealers industry has added the most employment with 136 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Building material and supplies dealers industry makes up 14.7 percent of the total employment growth in Loup County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (136 new jobs)
2. Individual and family services (91 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (90 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (65 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (60 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Loup County

Given the industries in the area, the Grocery stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 112 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 20.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Loup County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (112 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (67 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (57 jobs lost)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (38 jobs lost)
5. Gasoline stations (34 jobs lost)

In Loup County, Nebraska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 24 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total industry employment has increased by 158.7 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of Nebraska, which experienced a gain of 1.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Loup County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 66.7 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 felt in the State of Nebraska, where the industry felt a gain of 1.6 percent. The losses in the Nonresidential building construction industry in Loup County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 1.6 percent in terms of employment in the Nonresidential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (66.7 percent decline)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (59.9 percent decline)
3. Private households (50.4 percent decline)
4. Specialized freight trucking (50 percent decline)
5. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (48.8 percent decline)

Loup County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialty food stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 260.6 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Loup County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Nebraska, where this industry saw a loss of 31.7 percent. The Specialty food stores industry in Loup County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 12.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialty food stores (260.6 percent gain)
2. Architectural and engineering services (175.0 percent gain)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (140.8 percent gain)
4. Management and technical consulting services (120.6 percent gain)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (106.0 percent gain)





About: This report is part 2 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.

 

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