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Nebraska Farm and Farm-Related Employment, 2002

This product includes data for 1981-2002 and revises estimates for 1998-2001.

Note: These data will no longer be updated or maintained because some of the necessary underlying data are no longer available to ERS.

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Nebraska farm and farm-related employment, 2002
Farm industries
[What is included?]		 Total* Metro Nonmetro
Emp. Pct. of total Emp. Pct. of total Emp. Pct. of total
Farming:

Farm production 		63,138 5.35 7,490 1.08 55,648 11.46
....Farm proprietors 50,754 4.30 6,443 0.93 44,311 9.13
....Farm wage and salary workers 12,384 1.05 1,047 0.15 11,337 2.34
Closely related:

Agricultural services 		5,193 0.44 1,493 0.21 3,700 0.76
Agricultural input industries-- 13,222 1.12 4,257 0.61 8,965 1.85
....Agricultural chemicals 241 0.02 66 0.01 175 0.04
....Farm machinery and equipment 6,279 0.53 2,570 0.37 3,709 0.76
....Farm supply & mach. wholesale trade 6,274 0.53 1,316 0.19 4,958 1.02
....Commodity contract brokers 428 0.04 305 0.04 123 0.03
Agricultural processing and marketing-- 42,373 3.59 17,216 2.48 25,157 5.18
....Meat products 25,501 2.16 10,024 1.44 15,477 3.19
....Dairy products 1,068 0.09 426 0.06 642 0.13
....Can., frozen, and pres. fruit and veg. 1,014 0.09 570 0.08 444 0.09
....Grain mill products 3,320 0.28 1,440 0.21 1,880 0.39
....Bakery products 2,089 0.18 1,517 0.22 572 0.12
....Sugar and confectionery products 336 0.03 92 0.01 244 0.05
....Fats and oils products 268 0.02 177 0.03 91 0.02
....Beverages 516 0.04 306 0.04 210 0.04
....Misc. food prep. & kindred products 1,555 0.13 1,263 0.18 292 0.06
....Tobacco products 10 0.00 0 0.00 10 0.00
....Apparel and textiles 440 0.04 196 0.03 244 0.05
....Leather products and footwear 207 0.02 172 0.02 35 0.01
....Packaging 333 0.03 190 0.03 143 0.03
....Farm-related raw mat. whlsle trade 5,255 0.44 584 0.08 4,671 0.96
....Warehousing 461 0.04 259 0.04 202 0.04
Peripherally related:

Agricultural wholesale & retail trade 		113,781 9.63 66,597 9.57 47,184 9.72
Indirect agribusiness 1,876 0.16 1,323 0.19 553 0.11
Total farm & farm-related
employment		 239,583 20.29 98,376 14.14 141,207 29.09
All other employment 941,428 79.71 597,214 85.86 344,214 70.91
Total employment 1,181,011 100.00 695,590 100.00 485,421 100.00

*Metro and nonmetro detail may not add to total because of some employment not
classified by location. Metro and nonmetro estimates are based on the June 2003 metropolitan area definitions.

Data are based on the 1997 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Source: Most industry estimates were developed from an enhanced file of the County Business Patterns, U.S. Bureau of the Census. Farm proprietors and farm wage and salary workers are from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.

For more information, contact: Kathleen Kassel

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Updated date: March 1, 2005