Rush County

INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,890 55.63% 3,900 44.37%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,037 11.80% 915 10.41%
Management, business, & financial operations: 744 8.46% 284 3.23%
Management, except farm managers 290 3.30% 157 1.79%
Farmers & farm managers 404 4.60% 21 0.24%
Business & financial operations: 50 0.57% 106 1.21%
Business operations specialists 32 0.36% 20 0.23%
Financial specialists 18 0.20% 86 0.98%
Professional & related occupations: 293 3.33% 631 7.18%
Computer & mathematical 7 0.08% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 76 0.86% 18 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 57 0.65% 8 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 19 0.22% 10 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 10 0.11% 12 0.14%
Community & social services 32 0.36% 25 0.28%
Legal 24 0.27% 11 0.13%
Education, training, & library 42 0.48% 256 2.91%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 44 0.50% 33 0.38%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 58 0.66% 276 3.14%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 47 0.53% 147 1.67%
Health technologists & technicians 11 0.13% 129 1.47%
Service occupations: 308 3.50% 811 9.23%
Healthcare support 6 0.07% 168 1.91%
Protective services: 83 0.94% 9 0.10%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 51 0.58% 9 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 32 0.36% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 62 0.71% 333 3.79%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 146 1.66% 128 1.46%
Personal care & service 11 0.13% 173 1.97%
Sales & office occupations: 578 6.58% 1,262 14.36%
Sales & related occupations 251 2.86% 466 5.30%
Office & administrative support 327 3.72% 796 9.06%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 74 0.84% 17 0.19%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 968 11.01% 38 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 483 5.49% 26 0.30%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 62 0.71% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 421 4.79% 26 0.30%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 485 5.52% 12 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,925 21.90% 857 9.75%
Production 1,273 14.48% 718 8.17%
Transportation & material moving: 652 7.42% 139 1.58%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 19 0.22%
Aircraft & traffic control 9 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 297 3.38% 34 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 6 0.07% 0 0.00%
Material moving 340 3.87% 86 0.98%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,890 55.63% 3,900 44.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 540 6.14% 79 0.90%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 505 5.75% 73 0.83%
Mining 35 0.40% 6 0.07%
Construction 509 5.79% 46 0.52%
Manufacturing 1,819 20.69% 952 10.83%
Wholesale trade 271 3.08% 103 1.17%
Retail trade 501 5.70% 508 5.78%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 328 3.73% 56 0.64%
Transportation & warehousing 299 3.40% 49 0.56%
Utilities 29 0.33% 7 0.08%
Information 48 0.55% 22 0.25%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 41 0.47% 225 2.56%
Finance & insurance 23 0.26% 180 2.05%
Real estate & rental & leasing 18 0.20% 45 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 169 1.92% 203 2.31%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 94 1.07% 92 1.05%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 15 0.17%
Administrative & support & waste management services 75 0.85% 96 1.09%
Educational, health & social services: 194 2.21% 1,025 11.66%
Educational services 73 0.83% 349 3.97%
Health care & social assistance 121 1.38% 676 7.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 125 1.42% 331 3.77%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 27 0.31% 17 0.19%
Accommodation & food services 98 1.11% 314 3.57%
Other services (except public administration) 197 2.24% 185 2.10%
Public administration 148 1.68% 165 1.88%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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