Northeast Nebraska 18 Counties Region, NE

1. 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

2. Northeast Nebraska: Economic Attributes • The trade balance (exports-imports) is negative Data Source: EMSI 2013.2 & Census

3. Northeast Nebraska Region Mature Star Emerging Transforming Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2012 and Employment 2012 Data Source: EMSI 2013.2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD

4. Northeast Nebraska Region Mature Star Emerging Transforming Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2012 and Employment 2012 Data Source: EMSI 2013.2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD

5. Industry Cluster Analysis, 2007-2012 Mature Stars L e v e l o f S p e c i a l i z a t i o n • Advanced Materials • Agribusiness, Food Processing & Tech • Mining • Fabricated Metal Product Mfg • Machinery Manufacturing • Manufacturing Supercluster • Primary Metal Manufacturing • Transportation & Logistics • Transportation Equipment Mfg P e r c e n t G r o w t h i n S p e c i a l i z a t i o n Transforming Emerging • Arts, Entertainment, Recreation & Visitor Industries • Biomedical/Biotech (Life Sciences) • Defense & Security • Education & Knowledge Creation • Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing • Information Technology & Telecommunications • Printing & Publishing • Apparel & Textiles • Business & Financial Services • Chemicals & Chemical Based Products • Computer & Electronic Product Manufacturing • Energy (Fossil & Renewable) • Forest & Wood Products • Glass & Ceramics

6. Northeast Nebraska Region Mature Star Emerging Transforming Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2007 and Employment 2007 Data Source: EMSI 2013.2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD

7. Northeast Nebraska Region Mature Star Emerging Transforming Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ 2007 and Employment 2007 Data Source: EMSI 2013.2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD

8. Industry Cluster Analysis, 2002-2007 Mature Stars L e v e l o f S p e c i a l i z a t i o n • Advanced Materials • Fabricated Metal Product Mfg • Machinery Manufacturing • Manufacturing Supercluster • Mining • Primary Metal Manufacturing • Transportation & Logistics • Transportation Equipment Manufacturing • Agriculture & Food Processing • Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing P e r c e n t G r o w t h i n S p e c i a l i z a t i o n Transforming Emerging • Computer& Electronic Product Manufacturing • Defense & Security • IT & Telecommunications • 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

9. Average Earnings of Industry Clusters, 2013 Star clusters Data Source: EMSI 2013.2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD

10. Northeast Nebraska Region, Industry Clusters, 2012 Data Source: EMSI 2013.2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD Red numbers in parenthesis are negatives

11. Northeast Nebraska Region Note : ** presents “Star clusters in 2012” Data Source: EMSI 2013.2, industry cluster definitions by PCRD

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