Northeast Nebraska 18 Counties Region NE The region

Northeast Nebraska 18 Counties Region, NE The region includes the following counties: • Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Knox, Madison, Nance, Pierce, Platte, Stanton, Thurston and Wayne County Source: RDM, PCRD & ESRI

Northeast Nebraska: Economic Attributes Economic & Demographic Attributes Value Remarks Population (2013) 227, 735 People living in the region Jobs (2013) 150, 007 Full and part-time jobs Average Earnings (2013) Completions (2012) GRP, Gross Regional Product (2012) Include wages, salaries, $35, 743 supplements and proprietor income Students completing a specific 1, 782 course of study Final market value of all goods $9, 096, 676, 639 and services produced in the region Source Census EMSI (QCEW, BLS; BEA) EMSI (NCES; IPEDS) EMSI (BEA; QCEW, BLS) Exports (2012) $ earned from selling goods $16, 339, 298, 296 and services to foreign and external domestic regions EMSI model (BEA) Imports (2012) $ spent on procuring goods and $17, 024, 366, 386 services from foreign and external domestic region EMSI model (BEA) • The trade balance (exports-imports) is negative Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2 & Census

Northeast Nebraska Region Industry Cluster Analysis, 2007 -2012 10 Mature Star Agri. & Food Process. , 7. 93, 17, 313 8 LQ, 2012 6 4 Printing & Publishing, 0. 58, 1, 486 Mfg Supercluster, 1. 54, 7, 573 Transportation & Logistics, 1. 37, 6, 055 Biomedical/Biotech, 0. 87, 9, 832 Defense & Security, 0. 22, 975 2 Edu. & Knowledge, 0. 39, 1, 323 -30% -20% -10% Mining, 1. 38, 584 0% 0 IT & Telecomm. , 0. 31, 1, 626 30% Advanced Materials, 1. 28, 5, 392 40% 50% 60% Glass & Ceramics, 0. 47, 112 Business&Financial. Service, 0. 51, 9, 274 Energy(Fossil & Renewable), 0. 74, 4, 577 Forest & Wood Prod. , 0. 73, 923 -2 % Change in LQ, 2007 -2012 Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2012 and Employment 2012 Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD 20% Apparel & Textiles, 0. 38, 412 Arts & Ent. , 0. 50, 2, 901 Transforming 10% Chemicals&Chemical Based, 0. 95, 1, 632 Emerging

Northeast Nebraska Region Manufacturing Sub Cluster Analysis, 2007 -2012 3 Mature Star Machinery Mfg, 2. 05, 1, 936 Primary Metal Mfg, 1. 77, 585 2 Fab. Metal Prod. Mfg, 1. 91, 2, 219 LQ, 2012 Transportation Equip. Mfg, 1. 69, 2, 064 1 -100% -80% -60% -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% Comp. & Electrn. Prod. Mfg, 0. 8, 742 Elec. Equip, App. & Comp. Mfg, 0. 08, 26 0 Transforming Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2012 and Employment 2012 Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD % Change in LQ , 2007 -2012 -1 Emerging

Industry Cluster Analysis, 2007 -2012 Mature Level of Specialization Stars • Advanced Materials • Agribusiness, Food Processing & Tech • Mining • Fabricated Metal Product Mfg • Machinery Manufacturing • Manufacturing Supercluster • Primary Metal Manufacturing • Transportation & Logistics • Transportation Equipment Mfg Percent Growth in Specialization • Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Visitor Industries • Biomedical/Biotech (Life Sciences) • Defense & Security • Education & Knowledge Creation • Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing • Information Technology & Telecommunications • Printing & Publishing Emerging • Apparel & Textiles • Business & Financial Services • Chemicals & Chemical Based Products • Computer & Electronic Product Manufacturing • Energy (Fossil & Renewable) • Forest & Wood Products • Glass & Ceramics

Northeast Nebraska Region Industry Cluster Analysis, 2002 -2007 10 Mature Star Agri. & Food Process. , 7. 86, 16, 549 8 LQ. 2007 6 4 Transportation & Logistics, 1. 2, 5, 388 Energy (Fossil & Renewable), 0. 73, 4, 049 Mining, 1. 11, 452 Edu. & Knowledge, 0. 5, 1, 497 Mfg Supercluster, 1. 44, 7, 807 2 -25% -15% -5% Defense & Security, 0. 26, 1, 082 IT & Telecomm. , 0. 4, 2, 019 5% Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2007 and Employment 2007 Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD 25% 35% Glass & Ceramics, 0. 33, 90 0 Advanced Materials, 1. 11, 4, 977 Arts & Ent. , 0. 51, 2, 900 Business&Financial. Services, 0. 47, 7, 634 Transforming 15% Forest & Wood Prod. , 0. 68, 1, 128 Apparel & Textiles, 0. 33, 421 -2 % Change in LQ, 2002 -2007 Biomedical/Biotechnical, 0. 96, 9, 872 Printing & Publishing, 0. 61, 1, 659 Chemicals&Chemical. Based, 0. 63, 1, 241 Emerging

Northeast Nebraska Region Manufacturing Sub Cluster Analysis, 2002 -2007 3 Mature Star Transportation Equip. Mfg, 1. 48, 2, 065 2 LQ, 2007 Primary Metal Mfg, 1. 55, 564 Elec. Equip, App. &Comp. Mfg, 1. 33, 474 Machinery Mfg, 1. 78, 1, 770 1 -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% Fab. Metal Prod. Mfg, 1. 67, 2, 109 Comp. & Electrn. Prod. Mfg, 0. 79, 825 Transforming 0 Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2007 and Employment 2007 Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD % Change in LQ, 2002 -2007 Emerging

Industry Cluster Analysis, 2002 -2007 • Agriculture & Food Processing • Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing Level of Specialization Mature • • Stars Advanced Materials Fabricated Metal Product Mfg Machinery Manufacturing Supercluster Mining Primary Metal Manufacturing Transportation & Logistics Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Percent Growth in Specialization • Computer& Electronic Product Manufacturing • Defense & Security • IT & Telecommunications Emerging • Apparel & Textiles • Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Visitor Industries • Biomedical/Biotech (Life Sciences) • Business & Financial Services • Chemicals & Chemical Based products • Education & Knowledge Creation • Energy (Fossil & Renewable) • Forest & Wood Products • Glass & Ceramics • Printing & Publishing

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Northeast Nebraska Region, Industry Clusters, 2012 Cluster Name Agribusiness, Food Processing & Technology Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences) Business & Financial Services Manufacturing Supercluster Transportation & Logistics Advanced Materials Energy (Fossil & Renewable) Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Visitor Industries Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Machinery Manufacturing Chemicals & Chemical Based Products Information Technology & Telecommunications Printing & Publishing Education & Knowledge Creation Defense & Security Forest & Wood Products Computer & Electronic Product Manufacturing Primary Metal Manufacturing Mining Apparel & Textiles Glass & Ceramics Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Mfg Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD Red numbers in parenthesis are negatives 2012 Jobs 17, 313 9, 832 9, 274 7, 573 6, 055 5, 392 4, 577 2, 901 2, 219 2, 064 1, 936 1, 632 1, 626 1, 486 1, 323 975 923 742 585 584 412 112 26 2012 LQ 7. 93 0. 87 0. 51 1. 54 1. 37 1. 28 0. 74 0. 50 1. 91 1. 69 2. 05 0. 95 0. 31 0. 58 0. 39 0. 22 0. 73 0. 80 1. 77 1. 38 0. 47 0. 08 Percent Change LQ, 2007 -2012 1% (9%) 9% 7% 14% 15% 1% (2%) 14% 15% 51% (23%) (5%) (22%) (15%) 7% 1% 14% 24% 15% 42% (94%) 2013 EPW $45, 086 $42, 909 $33, 384 $53, 315 $43, 374 $67, 617 $43, 458 $14, 531 $55, 192 $43, 821 $51, 567 $61, 165 $41, 622 $28, 341 $19, 469 $30, 611 $42, 259 $33, 768 $105, 591 $68, 328 $30, 227 $54, 228 $58, 190 Competitive Effect(Shift-share), 2007 -2012 565 (823) 889 684 866 817 189 (31) 330 309 295 569 (380) (42) (341) (151) 89 27 82 124 55 35 (388)

Northeast Nebraska Regional Requirements, Expenditures & Leakages, 2012 Business & Finance Agribusiness & Food Processing ** Energy (Fossil & Renewable) Advanced Materials ** Manufacturing Supercluster ** Biomed/Biotechnical IT & Telecommunications Chemical and Chemical-based Industry Clsuters Transportation and Logistics ** Defense & Security Primary Metal ** Arts, Entertainment & Visitor Industries Transportation Equipment ** Forestry & Wood Products Fabricated Metal ** Printing & Publishing Education & Knowledge Creation Machinery Manufacturing ** Mining ** Computer & Electronic Product Apparel & Textiles Electrical Equipment Glass & Ceramics Satisfied in region $0 $500 $1, 000 Millions Note : ** presents “Star clusters in 2012” Data Source: EMSI 2013. 2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD $1, 500 Satisfied outside region $2, 000 $2, 500

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