Pocahontas 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 2,148 54.80% 1,772 45.20%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 787 20.08% 603 15.38%
Management, business, & financial operations: 604 15.41% 162 4.13%
Management, except farm managers 154 3.93% 101 2.58%
Farmers & farm managers 401 10.23% 17 0.43%
Business & financial operations: 49 1.25% 44 1.12%
Business operations specialists 9 0.23% 15 0.38%
Financial specialists 40 1.02% 29 0.74%
Professional & related occupations: 183 4.67% 441 11.25%
Computer & mathematical 14 0.36% 6 0.15%
Architecture & engineering: 26 0.66% 11 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 10 0.26% 3 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 16 0.41% 8 0.20%
Life, physical, & social science 16 0.41% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 22 0.56% 16 0.41%
Legal 8 0.20% 13 0.33%
Education, training, & library 66 1.68% 261 6.66%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 5 0.13% 11 0.28%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 26 0.66% 123 3.14%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 26 0.66% 84 2.14%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 39 0.99%
Service occupations: 134 3.42% 461 11.76%
Healthcare support 3 0.08% 155 3.95%
Protective services: 34 0.87% 14 0.36%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 29 0.74% 5 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 5 0.13% 9 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 20 0.51% 138 3.52%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 70 1.79% 77 1.96%
Personal care & service 7 0.18% 77 1.96%
Sales & office occupations: 250 6.38% 580 14.80%
Sales & related occupations 185 4.72% 154 3.93%
Office & administrative support 65 1.66% 426 10.87%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 79 2.02% 19 0.48%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 303 7.73% 7 0.18%
Construction & extraction: 148 3.78% 3 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 15 0.38% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 124 3.16% 3 0.08%
Extraction 9 0.23% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 155 3.95% 4 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 595 15.18% 102 2.60%
Production 378 9.64% 76 1.94%
Transportation & material moving: 217 5.54% 26 0.66%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 7 0.18% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 1 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 130 3.32% 2 0.05%
Rail, water & other transportation 5 0.13% 0 0.00%
Material moving 74 1.89% 24 0.61%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,148 54.80% 1,772 45.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 530 13.52% 73 1.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 514 13.11% 73 1.86%
Mining 16 0.41% 0 0.00%
Construction 146 3.72% 10 0.26%
Manufacturing 513 13.09% 150 3.83%
Wholesale trade 140 3.57% 29 0.74%
Retail trade 137 3.49% 199 5.08%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 178 4.54% 24 0.61%
Transportation & warehousing 161 4.11% 21 0.54%
Utilities 17 0.43% 3 0.08%
Information 54 1.38% 66 1.68%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 45 1.15% 105 2.68%
Finance & insurance 38 0.97% 96 2.45%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7 0.18% 9 0.23%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 67 1.71% 87 2.22%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 48 1.22% 61 1.56%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 19 0.48% 26 0.66%
Educational, health & social services: 141 3.60% 739 18.85%
Educational services 108 2.76% 322 8.21%
Health care & social assistance 33 0.84% 417 10.64%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 39 0.99% 124 3.16%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 11 0.28% 21 0.54%
Accommodation & food services 28 0.71% 103 2.63%
Other services (except public administration) 86 2.19% 95 2.42%
Public administration 72 1.84% 71 1.81%

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

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