Polk 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 7,332 51.27% 6,969 48.73%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,971 13.78% 2,366 16.54%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,171 8.19% 540 3.78%
Management, except farm managers 461 3.22% 328 2.29%
Farmers & farm managers 583 4.08% 54 0.38%
Business & financial operations: 127 0.89% 158 1.10%
Business operations specialists 33 0.23% 84 0.59%
Financial specialists 94 0.66% 74 0.52%
Professional & related occupations: 800 5.59% 1,826 12.77%
Computer & mathematical 17 0.12% 52 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 89 0.62% 10 0.07%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 54 0.38% 4 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 35 0.24% 6 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 39 0.27% 76 0.53%
Community & social services 114 0.80% 201 1.41%
Legal 42 0.29% 33 0.23%
Education, training, & library 287 2.01% 734 5.13%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 95 0.66% 111 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 117 0.82% 609 4.26%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 81 0.57% 314 2.20%
Health technologists & technicians 36 0.25% 295 2.06%
Service occupations: 678 4.74% 1,803 12.61%
Healthcare support 36 0.25% 499 3.49%
Protective services: 128 0.90% 18 0.13%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 112 0.78% 10 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 16 0.11% 8 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 202 1.41% 608 4.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 229 1.60% 272 1.90%
Personal care & service 83 0.58% 406 2.84%
Sales & office occupations: 1,127 7.88% 2,302 16.10%
Sales & related occupations 770 5.38% 716 5.01%
Office & administrative support 357 2.50% 1,586 11.09%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 300 2.10% 47 0.33%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,554 10.87% 31 0.22%
Construction & extraction: 855 5.98% 14 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 113 0.79% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 732 5.12% 14 0.10%
Extraction 10 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 699 4.89% 17 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,702 11.90% 420 2.94%
Production 748 5.23% 270 1.89%
Transportation & material moving: 954 6.67% 150 1.05%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.16% 6 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 525 3.67% 36 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 58 0.41% 11 0.08%
Material moving 342 2.39% 97 0.68%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,332 51.27% 6,969 48.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 995 6.96% 133 0.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 976 6.82% 125 0.87%
Mining 19 0.13% 8 0.06%
Construction 931 6.51% 61 0.43%
Manufacturing 1,081 7.56% 290 2.03%
Wholesale trade 304 2.13% 94 0.66%
Retail trade 834 5.83% 896 6.27%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 621 4.34% 169 1.18%
Transportation & warehousing 559 3.91% 142 0.99%
Utilities 62 0.43% 27 0.19%
Information 130 0.91% 163 1.14%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 188 1.31% 332 2.32%
Finance & insurance 143 1.00% 249 1.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 45 0.31% 83 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 239 1.67% 336 2.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 102 0.71% 218 1.52%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 137 0.96% 118 0.83%
Educational, health & social services: 917 6.41% 3,120 21.82%
Educational services 606 4.24% 1,163 8.13%
Health care & social assistance 311 2.17% 1,957 13.68%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 369 2.58% 599 4.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 69 0.48% 78 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 300 2.10% 521 3.64%
Other services (except public administration) 451 3.15% 450 3.15%
Public administration 272 1.90% 326 2.28%

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

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