Keokuk 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 2,882 54.02% 2,453 45.98%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 750 14.06% 719 13.48%
Management, business, & financial operations: 534 10.01% 225 4.22%
Management, except farm managers 157 2.94% 124 2.32%
Farmers & farm managers 362 6.79% 18 0.34%
Business & financial operations: 15 0.28% 83 1.56%
Business operations specialists 13 0.24% 18 0.34%
Financial specialists 2 0.04% 65 1.22%
Professional & related occupations: 216 4.05% 494 9.26%
Computer & mathematical 15 0.28% 1 0.02%
Architecture & engineering: 22 0.41% 8 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 8 0.15% 5 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 14 0.26% 3 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 16 0.30% 12 0.22%
Community & social services 26 0.49% 26 0.49%
Legal 19 0.36% 20 0.37%
Education, training, & library 69 1.29% 209 3.92%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 7 0.13% 34 0.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 42 0.79% 184 3.45%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 22 0.41% 131 2.46%
Health technologists & technicians 20 0.37% 53 0.99%
Service occupations: 252 4.72% 602 11.28%
Healthcare support 15 0.28% 136 2.55%
Protective services: 33 0.62% 7 0.13%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 21 0.39% 5 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 12 0.22% 2 0.04%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 41 0.77% 216 4.05%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 143 2.68% 106 1.99%
Personal care & service 20 0.37% 137 2.57%
Sales & office occupations: 308 5.77% 778 14.58%
Sales & related occupations 178 3.34% 287 5.38%
Office & administrative support 130 2.44% 491 9.20%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 102 1.91% 29 0.54%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 577 10.82% 21 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 326 6.11% 11 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 19 0.36% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 304 5.70% 11 0.21%
Extraction 3 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 251 4.70% 10 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 893 16.74% 304 5.70%
Production 482 9.03% 242 4.54%
Transportation & material moving: 411 7.70% 62 1.16%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 12 0.22% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 245 4.59% 14 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 5 0.09% 0 0.00%
Material moving 147 2.76% 48 0.90%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,882 54.02% 2,453 45.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 515 9.65% 68 1.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 478 8.96% 66 1.24%
Mining 37 0.69% 2 0.04%
Construction 328 6.15% 34 0.64%
Manufacturing 692 12.97% 333 6.24%
Wholesale trade 148 2.77% 44 0.82%
Retail trade 253 4.74% 333 6.24%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 268 5.02% 54 1.01%
Transportation & warehousing 241 4.52% 50 0.94%
Utilities 27 0.51% 4 0.07%
Information 20 0.37% 46 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 43 0.81% 111 2.08%
Finance & insurance 30 0.56% 105 1.97%
Real estate & rental & leasing 13 0.24% 6 0.11%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 83 1.56% 144 2.70%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 43 0.81% 87 1.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 40 0.75% 57 1.07%
Educational, health & social services: 250 4.69% 883 16.55%
Educational services 156 2.92% 291 5.45%
Health care & social assistance 94 1.76% 592 11.10%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 90 1.69% 166 3.11%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 7 0.13% 14 0.26%
Accommodation & food services 83 1.56% 152 2.85%
Other services (except public administration) 132 2.47% 141 2.64%
Public administration 60 1.12% 96 1.80%

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

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