Dawes County Has Decreased in Ownership Residential Property by 2.6%, From 2000 to 2010

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Parent Category: Nebraska

Category: Dawes County, NE

The recent 2010 Census Bureau reports Dawes County, Nebraska decreased in number of total housing units by 248, or 6%, (since the 2000), while the State of Nebraska increased in housing units by 74,125, or 9%.

Put side by side with the United States, Dawes County has a very low amount of unoccupied residential real estate. 568, or 13.4%, are reported as unoccupied units in Dawes County, Nebraska. Among these 568 vacant properties, 9.3% are on the real estate market to be sold, while 29.6% are listed for lease.

From 2000 to 2010, owner-occupied residential properties in Dawes County have decreased by 2.6%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 2,213 (60.1%) residential properties occupied by owner, while 1,471 (39.9%) housing units were leased. Dawes County has a greater amount of residential units rented than the State of Nebraska, which saw 32.8% of residential units occupied by renters.

When compared to all counties across the US, Dawes County has a low level of residential housing units that are owned by minorities. 4.7% of housing units are owned by minorities in Dawes County; while in the U.S. 21.7% and in the State of Nebraska 8.2% of residential housing units are owned by minorities.

Native Hawaiian is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Dawes County. 80.0% the Native Hawaiian Census group reported to occupy a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Dawes County, Nebraska, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 112 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Nebraska

Category: Dawes County, NE

In Dawes County, Nebraska, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 112 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Given the 39 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 18 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 21 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the offices of other health practitioners industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 34 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in offices of other health practitioners makes up 15.2% percent of the total growth in Dawes County, Nebraska for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (+34)
2. Limitedservice eating places (+29)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (+28)
4. Special food services (+19)
5. Elementary and secondary schools (+18)

Given the industries in the area, the automobile dealers industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 42 jobs during the period. The employment lost in automobile dealers make up 15.4% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Dawes County, Nebraska for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Automobile dealers (-42)
2. Fullservice restaurants (-31)
3. Administration of human resource programs (-31)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (-25)
5. Consumer goods rental (-19)

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