Mahaska 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 5,857 54.42% 4,905 45.58%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,576 14.64% 1,405 13.06%
Management, business, & financial operations: 982 9.12% 474 4.40%
Management, except farm managers 424 3.94% 281 2.61%
Farmers & farm managers 424 3.94% 38 0.35%
Business & financial operations: 134 1.25% 155 1.44%
Business operations specialists 54 0.50% 66 0.61%
Financial specialists 80 0.74% 89 0.83%
Professional & related occupations: 594 5.52% 931 8.65%
Computer & mathematical 60 0.56% 45 0.42%
Architecture & engineering: 181 1.68% 24 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 144 1.34% 13 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 37 0.34% 11 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 34 0.32% 23 0.21%
Community & social services 63 0.59% 62 0.58%
Legal 38 0.35% 21 0.20%
Education, training, & library 88 0.82% 406 3.77%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 70 0.65% 78 0.72%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 60 0.56% 272 2.53%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 49 0.46% 166 1.54%
Health technologists & technicians 11 0.10% 106 0.98%
Service occupations: 447 4.15% 972 9.03%
Healthcare support 11 0.10% 153 1.42%
Protective services: 36 0.33% 8 0.07%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 35 0.33% 2 0.02%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1 0.01% 6 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 158 1.47% 361 3.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 207 1.92% 160 1.49%
Personal care & service 35 0.33% 290 2.69%
Sales & office occupations: 730 6.78% 1,666 15.48%
Sales & related occupations 456 4.24% 615 5.71%
Office & administrative support 274 2.55% 1,051 9.77%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 119 1.11% 41 0.38%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,005 9.34% 39 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 572 5.31% 22 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 89 0.83% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 475 4.41% 22 0.20%
Extraction 8 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 433 4.02% 17 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,980 18.40% 782 7.27%
Production 1,290 11.99% 560 5.20%
Transportation & material moving: 690 6.41% 222 2.06%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.07% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 1 0.01% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 354 3.29% 28 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 11 0.10% 2 0.02%
Material moving 316 2.94% 192 1.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,857 54.42% 4,905 45.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 565 5.25% 88 0.82%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 545 5.06% 88 0.82%
Mining 20 0.19% 0 0.00%
Construction 661 6.14% 74 0.69%
Manufacturing 2,116 19.66% 1,088 10.11%
Wholesale trade 218 2.03% 93 0.86%
Retail trade 544 5.05% 680 6.32%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 364 3.38% 118 1.10%
Transportation & warehousing 272 2.53% 96 0.89%
Utilities 92 0.85% 22 0.20%
Information 41 0.38% 155 1.44%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 165 1.53% 243 2.26%
Finance & insurance 121 1.12% 217 2.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 44 0.41% 26 0.24%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 217 2.02% 214 1.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 109 1.01% 108 1.00%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.06% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 102 0.95% 106 0.98%
Educational, health & social services: 413 3.84% 1,519 14.11%
Educational services 287 2.67% 641 5.96%
Health care & social assistance 126 1.17% 878 8.16%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 187 1.74% 324 3.01%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 23 0.21% 46 0.43%
Accommodation & food services 164 1.52% 278 2.58%
Other services (except public administration) 245 2.28% 181 1.68%
Public administration 121 1.12% 128 1.19%

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

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