Des Moines 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 11,118 53.13% 9,809 46.87%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,432 11.62% 2,780 13.28%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,225 5.85% 694 3.32%
Management, except farm managers 784 3.75% 401 1.92%
Farmers & farm managers 267 1.28% 16 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 174 0.83% 277 1.32%
Business operations specialists 78 0.37% 161 0.77%
Financial specialists 96 0.46% 116 0.55%
Professional & related occupations: 1,207 5.77% 2,086 9.97%
Computer & mathematical 64 0.31% 29 0.14%
Architecture & engineering: 383 1.83% 24 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 268 1.28% 24 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 115 0.55% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 65 0.31% 31 0.15%
Community & social services 154 0.74% 216 1.03%
Legal 54 0.26% 34 0.16%
Education, training, & library 201 0.96% 863 4.12%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 163 0.78% 136 0.65%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 123 0.59% 753 3.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 110 0.53% 510 2.44%
Health technologists & technicians 13 0.06% 243 1.16%
Service occupations: 1,135 5.42% 2,016 9.63%
Healthcare support 39 0.19% 547 2.61%
Protective services: 324 1.55% 55 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 205 0.98% 30 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 119 0.57% 25 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 347 1.66% 699 3.34%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 349 1.67% 252 1.20%
Personal care & service 76 0.36% 463 2.21%
Sales & office occupations: 1,615 7.72% 3,512 16.78%
Sales & related occupations 870 4.16% 1,333 6.37%
Office & administrative support 745 3.56% 2,179 10.41%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 110 0.53% 36 0.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,147 10.26% 54 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 1,228 5.87% 28 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 126 0.60% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,097 5.24% 23 0.11%
Extraction 5 0.02% 5 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 919 4.39% 26 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,679 17.58% 1,411 6.74%
Production 2,133 10.19% 1,092 5.22%
Transportation & material moving: 1,546 7.39% 319 1.52%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 44 0.21% 5 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 4 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 674 3.22% 107 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 74 0.35% 13 0.06%
Material moving 754 3.60% 190 0.91%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,118 53.13% 9,809 46.87%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 406 1.94% 66 0.32%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 395 1.89% 55 0.26%
Mining 11 0.05% 11 0.05%
Construction 1,225 5.85% 158 0.76%
Manufacturing 3,489 16.67% 1,558 7.44%
Wholesale trade 385 1.84% 145 0.69%
Retail trade 1,474 7.04% 1,656 7.91%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,140 5.45% 257 1.23%
Transportation & warehousing 1,023 4.89% 246 1.18%
Utilities 117 0.56% 11 0.05%
Information 150 0.72% 196 0.94%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 240 1.15% 397 1.90%
Finance & insurance 159 0.76% 327 1.56%
Real estate & rental & leasing 81 0.39% 70 0.33%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 409 1.95% 485 2.32%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 177 0.85% 213 1.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 232 1.11% 272 1.30%
Educational, health & social services: 858 4.10% 3,395 16.22%
Educational services 400 1.91% 1,272 6.08%
Health care & social assistance 458 2.19% 2,123 10.14%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 499 2.38% 744 3.56%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 131 0.63% 130 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 368 1.76% 614 2.93%
Other services (except public administration) 432 2.06% 454 2.17%
Public administration 411 1.96% 298 1.42%

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

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