COUNTY LABOR FORCE SUMMARY
Nebraska - 2006 1
					Work Force (Job) Numbers
County	Labor Force	Employment	Unemployment	Unemployment Rate	Total Non-Farm Employment	Goods-Producing	Service-Producing
Nebraska	968,169	954,557	31,612	3.2	952186	150,033	802,153
Adams	17,019	16,523	496	2.9	15,280	3,704	11,576
Antelope	3,978	3,866	112	2.8	1,963	193	1,770
Arthur	278	269	9	3.2	93	8	85
Banner	408	400	9	2.2	116	5	111
Blaine	292	283	9	3.1	137	3	134
Boone	3,246	3,165	81	2.5	1,823	123	1,700
Box Butte	5,768	5,575	194	3.4	5,351	459	4,892
Boyd	1,183	1,146	37	3.1	567	26	541
Brown	1,981	1,926	55	2.8	1,248	131	1,117
Buffalo	26,972	26,358	614	2.3	25,381	5,272	20,109
Burt	3,996	3,830	166	4.2	1,806	180	1,626
Butler	4,756	4,622	134	2.8	2,319	627	1,692
Cass	14,274	13,821	452	3.2	6,205	917	5,288
Cedar	5,125	5,009	116	2.3	2,588	378	2,210
Chase	2,229	2,179	50	2.2	1,569	69	1,500
Cherry	3,748	3,671	77	2.1	2,161	184	1,977
Cheyenne	5,346	5,221	125	2.3	5,981	544	5,437
Clay	3,465	3,378	87	2.5	2,414	483	1,931
Colfax	6,046	5,895	152	2.5	5,004	2,321	2,683
Cuming	5,451	5,292	159	2.9	3,585	916	2,669
Custer	6,454	6,302	152	2.4	3,759	664	3,095
Dakota	10,772	10,312	460	4.3	11,198	4,954	6,244
Dawes	4,799	4,662	137	2.9	3,663	214	3,449
Dawson	12,593	12,177	417	3.3	11,199	4,179	7,020
Deuel	1,123	1,096	27	2.4	543	10	533
Dixon	3,148	3,042	106	3.4	1,767	944	823
Dodge	19,898	19,164	734	3.7	16,744	3,995	12,749
Douglas	269,547	259,443	10,104	3.7	333,446	39,653	293,793
Dundy	1,142	1,105	37	3.2	544	26	518
Fillmore	3,421	3,334	87	2.5	2,227	452	1,775
Franklin	1,959	1,900	59	3	874	0	874
Frontier	1,836	1,797	39	2.1	937	63	874
Furnas	2,604	2,535	69	2.6	1,767	98	1,669
Gage	13,035	12,540	495	3.8	10,414	2,522	7,892
Garden	1,073	1,043	30	2.8	511	12	499
Garfield	1,061	1,034	27	2.5	754	125	629
Gosper	1,104	1,069	35	3.2	407	32	375
Grant	434	424	10	2.3	182	6	176
Greeley	1,419	1,374	45	3.2	669	58	611
Hall	30,247	29,233	1,014	3.4	32,201	8,037	24,164
Hamilton	5,528	5,405	123	2.2	3,087	699	2,388
Harlan	1,865	1,820	45	2.4	881	0	881
Hayes	537	522	15	2.8	152	10	142
Hitchcock	1,549	1,481	67	4.3	803	151	652
Holt	6,336	6,166	170	2.7	3,854	298	3,556
Hooker	480	467	13	2.7	351	12	339
Howard	3,719	3,612	108	2.9	1,380	55	1,325
Jefferson	4,426	4,280	146	3.3	3,040	735	2,305
Johnson	3,172	3,070	102	3.2	2,052	455	1,597
Kearney	3,969	3,866	103	2.6	2,038	316	1,722
Keith	4,920	4,786	135	2.7	3,500	461	3,039
Keya Paha	435	424	12	2.8	117	6	111
Kimball	2,192	2,134	58	2.6	1,668	433	1,235
Knox	4,934	4,784	150	3	2,776	287	2,489
Lancaster	157,632	153,040	4,592	2.9	170,211	21,891	148,320
Lincoln	21,584	20,952	632	2.9	16,859	1,027	15,832
Logan	449	439	10	2.2	166	3	163
Loup	343	330	13	3.8	79	4	75
Madison	20,651	19,860	791	3.8	23,025	5,728	17,297
McPherson	314	309	6	1.9	78	3	75
Merrick	4,382	4,207	175	4	2,228	458	1,770
Morrill	2,932	2,854	78	2.7	1,469	81	1,388
Nance	2,038	1,974	64	3.1	853	24	829
Nemaha	3,663	3,520	143	3.9	3,591	802	2,789
Nuckolls	2,491	2,427	65	2.6	1,591	34	1,557
Otoe	8,950	8,670	280	3.1	6,504	0	6,504
Pawnee	1,669	1,616	54	3.2	799	168	631
Perkins	1,631	1,595	36	2.2	933	85	848
Phelps	5,349	5,228	121	2.3	4,485	1,006	3,479
Pierce	4,346	4,215	131	3	2,024	299	1,725
Platte	17,301	16,783	518	3	17,328	6,229	11,099
Polk	3,141	3,061	80	2.5	1,399	110	1,289
Red Willow	6,118	5,946	172	2.8	5,273	769	4,504
Richardson	4,479	4,299	180	4	2,684	336	2,348
Rock	949	925	25	2.6	447	16	431
Saline	8,401	8,173	228	2.7	6,887	2,996	3,891
Sarpy	72,978	70,899	2,079	2.8	61,671	7,077	54,594
Saunders	11,336	10,985	351	3.1	5,343	993	4,350
Scotts Bluff	19,281	18,592	689	3.6	17,307	2,135	15,172
Seward	9,420	9,178	242	2.6	6,474	1,386	5,088
Sheridan	3,328	3,236	91	2.7	1,790	79	1,711
Sherman	1,908	1,853	54	2.8	754	26	728
Sioux	772	753	19	2.5	139	2	137
Stanton	3,788	3,659	130	3.4	1,351	516	835
Thayer	3,071	2,992	79	2.6	2,390	674	1,716
Thomas	420	408	12	2.9	293	63	230
Thurston	3,002	2,787	215	7.2	2,615	277	2,338
Valley	2,563	2,495	68	2.7	1,651	104	1,547
Washington	11,350	11,037	313	2.8	8,583	1,208	7,375
Wayne	5,636	5,489	147	2.6	4,461	1,183	3,278
Webster	2,075	2,021	54	2.6	1,164	49	1,115
Wheeler	479	467	12	2.5	153	6	147
York	8,654	8,456	199	2.3	9,206	1,343	7,863
Omaha NE-IA MSA	447,073	431,234	15,839	3.5	460,260	58,166	402,095
Omaha, NE Consortium	379,484	366,184	13,300	3.5	415,247	50,696	364,551
Lincoln, NE MSA	167,052	162,218	4,834	2.9	172,124	23,323	148,801
Source:  Nebraska Department of Labor, Labor Market Information, Internet data,  March  2007
1 Revised to March 2004 benchmark.
Last Updated:	3/28/07
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov