In Loup County, jobs in the oilseed and grain farming pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the oilseed and grain farming industry paid the average highest wages in Loup County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Loup County earned an annual wage of . in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry wage in Nebraska of $26,608 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $26,010.

Other top-pay jobs in Loup County, Nebraska are present in vegetable and melon farming (.), fruit and tree nut farming (.), greenhouse and nursery production (.) and other crop farming (.) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed 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.

Loup 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 Loup County, Nebraska when analyzed can be understood as being medium-high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 25.3 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $32,465. The average industry wage 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.

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)





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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.

Loup County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Loup County

Given the industries in the area, the Plastics product manufacturing industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 124 jobs. The declines in the Plastics product manufacturing industry make up 61.6 percent of the total employment decline in Loup County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Plastics product manufacturing (124 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (43 jobs lost)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (8 jobs lost)
4. Personal care services (8 jobs lost)
5. Legal services (4 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Loup County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 48 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 26.3 percent of the total employment growth in Loup County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (48 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (21 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (17 new jobs)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (17 new jobs)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (14 new jobs)

In Loup County, Nebraska, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 6 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

From the 31 4-digit NAICS industries, 11 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 19 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total industry employment has increased by 16.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in Nebraska, which saw a gain of 0.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Loup County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Personal care services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 44.4 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Nebraska, where the industry reported a gain of 2.8 percent. The losses in the Personal care services industry in Loup County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 2.3 percent in terms of employment in the Personal care services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Personal care services (44.4 percent decline)
2. General freight trucking (24.1 percent decline)
3. Building equipment contractors (23.5 percent decline)
4. Insurance carriers (16.9 percent decline)
5. Legal services (15.1 percent decline)

Loup County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 44.6 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Loup County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Nebraska, where the industry took a gain of 3 percent. The Other specialty trade contractors industry in Loup County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (44.6 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (38.3 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (36.6 percent gain)
4. Architectural and engineering services (34.7 percent gain)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (31.5 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 Loup County, Nebraska

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Loup County was reported to have a relatively low median household income of $30,713 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 49.5 percent lower than the median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and this is 60 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Hispanic headed households in Loup County, Nebraska , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $62,888, this median household income is 104.8 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area. In Loup County, Nebraska White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $30,713 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly equal to the median in 2000.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Loup County, Nebraska can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 17.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The White race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 17.7 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Loup County, having 25.5 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







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

Higher Education in Loup County, Nebraska

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Loup County, Nebraska, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 49.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Loup on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 11.2 percent (Men) versus 15.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 41.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Loup County, Nebraska according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 13.4 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 66.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Loup County, Nebraska is made up of a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 13.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Loup is reported having a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.





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

Demographic Profile for Loup County, Nebraska

Loup County, Nebraska had a total estimated population of 686 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 713. The decline signifies a decrease of -3.8 percent. Loup ranks 27 of 93 counties when analyzing total population change in Nebraska and the county ranks 1,973 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

In terms of total land area, Loup covers a total land area of 570 square miles. The county has a very low average population density of 1 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, 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 ).

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Loup County, Nebraska to be 44.9 years of age. The median in Loup is greater than the median in Nebraska of 36.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 42.9 years old. With a total of 22.9 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Loup can be described as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 57.1 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 20 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

Estimated since the year 2000, a very low number of individuals have migrated to Loup internationally. The migration from outside the US into Loup makes up 0 percent of the total migration into the State of Nebraska. This percent of immigration can be considered very low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Loup County, Nebraska has a population that is comprised of 97.5 percent White, 0 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 1.9 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 2.0 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Loup has increased the percent of minority makeup when 1.8 percent of the total population were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Loup County, Nebraska

In the State of Nebraska, Loup County is positioned 36 of 93 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 2,060 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

In Loup County, the real estate market was made up of 387 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 7 residential units since 2001, or 1.8 percent.

Loup County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $27,500, accounted by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the Nebraska 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $88,000 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

















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