Poweshiek 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 5,121 52.40% 4,652 47.60%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,515 15.50% 1,387 14.19%
Management, business, & financial operations: 864 8.84% 535 5.47%
Management, except farm managers 376 3.85% 314 3.21%
Farmers & farm managers 369 3.78% 43 0.44%
Business & financial operations: 119 1.22% 178 1.82%
Business operations specialists 64 0.65% 80 0.82%
Financial specialists 55 0.56% 98 1.00%
Professional & related occupations: 651 6.66% 852 8.72%
Computer & mathematical 68 0.70% 40 0.41%
Architecture & engineering: 63 0.64% 5 0.05%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 61 0.62% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2 0.02% 5 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 18 0.18% 4 0.04%
Community & social services 27 0.28% 33 0.34%
Legal 29 0.30% 13 0.13%
Education, training, & library 255 2.61% 435 4.45%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 84 0.86% 67 0.69%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 107 1.09% 255 2.61%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 84 0.86% 160 1.64%
Health technologists & technicians 23 0.24% 95 0.97%
Service occupations: 621 6.35% 1,036 10.60%
Healthcare support 33 0.34% 228 2.33%
Protective services: 75 0.77% 40 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 63 0.64% 3 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 12 0.12% 37 0.38%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 285 2.92% 402 4.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 170 1.74% 120 1.23%
Personal care & service 58 0.59% 246 2.52%
Sales & office occupations: 563 5.76% 1,558 15.94%
Sales & related occupations 291 2.98% 448 4.58%
Office & administrative support 272 2.78% 1,110 11.36%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 104 1.06% 28 0.29%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 770 7.88% 28 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 410 4.20% 7 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 44 0.45% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 363 3.71% 7 0.07%
Extraction 3 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 360 3.68% 21 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,548 15.84% 615 6.29%
Production 862 8.82% 465 4.76%
Transportation & material moving: 686 7.02% 150 1.53%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.08% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 381 3.90% 38 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 28 0.29% 1 0.01%
Material moving 269 2.75% 111 1.14%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,121 52.40% 4,652 47.60%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 488 4.99% 81 0.83%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 476 4.87% 81 0.83%
Mining 12 0.12% 0 0.00%
Construction 526 5.38% 35 0.36%
Manufacturing 1,338 13.69% 657 6.72%
Wholesale trade 168 1.72% 37 0.38%
Retail trade 356 3.64% 609 6.23%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 361 3.69% 147 1.50%
Transportation & warehousing 293 3.00% 119 1.22%
Utilities 68 0.70% 28 0.29%
Information 128 1.31% 269 2.75%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 184 1.88% 399 4.08%
Finance & insurance 150 1.53% 352 3.60%
Real estate & rental & leasing 34 0.35% 47 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 162 1.66% 146 1.49%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 85 0.87% 88 0.90%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 77 0.79% 58 0.59%
Educational, health & social services: 868 8.88% 1,635 16.73%
Educational services 698 7.14% 791 8.09%
Health care & social assistance 170 1.74% 844 8.64%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 287 2.94% 421 4.31%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 76 0.78% 71 0.73%
Accommodation & food services 211 2.16% 350 3.58%
Other services (except public administration) 141 1.44% 142 1.45%
Public administration 114 1.17% 74 0.76%

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

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