Tama 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 4,557 53.61% 3,943 46.39%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,136 13.36% 1,071 12.60%
Management, business, & financial operations: 755 8.88% 301 3.54%
Management, except farm managers 201 2.36% 141 1.66%
Farmers & farm managers 520 6.12% 47 0.55%
Business & financial operations: 34 0.40% 113 1.33%
Business operations specialists 16 0.19% 43 0.51%
Financial specialists 18 0.21% 70 0.82%
Professional & related occupations: 381 4.48% 770 9.06%
Computer & mathematical 16 0.19% 8 0.09%
Architecture & engineering: 80 0.94% 6 0.07%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 49 0.58% 3 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 31 0.36% 3 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 11 0.13% 7 0.08%
Community & social services 42 0.49% 70 0.82%
Legal 17 0.20% 25 0.29%
Education, training, & library 151 1.78% 362 4.26%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 21 0.25% 22 0.26%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 43 0.51% 270 3.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 27 0.32% 152 1.79%
Health technologists & technicians 16 0.19% 118 1.39%
Service occupations: 486 5.72% 1,058 12.45%
Healthcare support 20 0.24% 311 3.66%
Protective services: 87 1.02% 37 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 37 0.44% 9 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 50 0.59% 28 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 126 1.48% 324 3.81%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 130 1.53% 113 1.33%
Personal care & service 123 1.45% 273 3.21%
Sales & office occupations: 570 6.71% 1,414 16.64%
Sales & related occupations 330 3.88% 492 5.79%
Office & administrative support 240 2.82% 922 10.85%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 123 1.45% 24 0.28%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 839 9.87% 36 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 488 5.74% 15 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 43 0.51% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 443 5.21% 15 0.18%
Extraction 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 351 4.13% 21 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,403 16.51% 340 4.00%
Production 804 9.46% 275 3.24%
Transportation & material moving: 599 7.05% 65 0.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.09% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 350 4.12% 27 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 20 0.24% 0 0.00%
Material moving 221 2.60% 38 0.45%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,557 53.61% 3,943 46.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 682 8.02% 94 1.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 675 7.94% 94 1.11%
Mining 7 0.08% 0 0.00%
Construction 528 6.21% 42 0.49%
Manufacturing 1,046 12.31% 347 4.08%
Wholesale trade 239 2.81% 24 0.28%
Retail trade 404 4.75% 440 5.18%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 363 4.27% 71 0.84%
Transportation & warehousing 309 3.64% 64 0.75%
Utilities 54 0.64% 7 0.08%
Information 30 0.35% 89 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 95 1.12% 272 3.20%
Finance & insurance 72 0.85% 253 2.98%
Real estate & rental & leasing 23 0.27% 19 0.22%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 111 1.31% 159 1.87%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 45 0.53% 69 0.81%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.07% 6 0.07%
Administrative & support & waste management services 60 0.71% 84 0.99%
Educational, health & social services: 342 4.02% 1,380 16.24%
Educational services 216 2.54% 542 6.38%
Health care & social assistance 126 1.48% 838 9.86%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 401 4.72% 671 7.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 275 3.24% 445 5.24%
Accommodation & food services 126 1.48% 226 2.66%
Other services (except public administration) 179 2.11% 179 2.11%
Public administration 137 1.61% 175 2.06%

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

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