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 4,598 54.87% 3,782 45.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 946 11.29% 1,170 13.96%
Management, business, & financial operations: 583 6.96% 424 5.06%
Management, except farm managers 280 3.34% 225 2.68%
Farmers & farm managers 236 2.82% 120 1.43%
Business & financial operations: 67 0.80% 79 0.94%
Business operations specialists 40 0.48% 9 0.11%
Financial specialists 27 0.32% 70 0.84%
Professional & related occupations: 363 4.33% 746 8.90%
Computer & mathematical 24 0.29% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 30 0.36% 3 0.04%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 18 0.21% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 12 0.14% 3 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 21 0.25% 5 0.06%
Community & social services 61 0.73% 75 0.89%
Legal 31 0.37% 5 0.06%
Education, training, & library 97 1.16% 430 5.13%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 29 0.35% 19 0.23%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 70 0.84% 209 2.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 41 0.49% 92 1.10%
Health technologists & technicians 29 0.35% 117 1.40%
Service occupations: 342 4.08% 667 7.96%
Healthcare support 15 0.18% 163 1.95%
Protective services: 51 0.61% 20 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 39 0.47% 15 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 12 0.14% 5 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 78 0.93% 269 3.21%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 191 2.28% 99 1.18%
Personal care & service 7 0.08% 116 1.38%
Sales & office occupations: 619 7.39% 1,279 15.26%
Sales & related occupations 345 4.12% 426 5.08%
Office & administrative support 274 3.27% 853 10.18%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 271 3.23% 47 0.56%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 980 11.69% 28 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 616 7.35% 18 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 78 0.93% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 517 6.17% 18 0.21%
Extraction 21 0.25% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 364 4.34% 10 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,440 17.18% 591 7.05%
Production 810 9.67% 499 5.95%
Transportation & material moving: 630 7.52% 92 1.10%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 11 0.13% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 415 4.95% 26 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 11 0.13% 2 0.02%
Material moving 189 2.26% 64 0.76%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,598 54.87% 3,782 45.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 666 7.95% 193 2.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 603 7.20% 193 2.30%
Mining 63 0.75% 0 0.00%
Construction 613 7.32% 35 0.42%
Manufacturing 1,155 13.78% 642 7.66%
Wholesale trade 153 1.83% 43 0.51%
Retail trade 469 5.60% 457 5.45%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 552 6.59% 89 1.06%
Transportation & warehousing 522 6.23% 75 0.89%
Utilities 30 0.36% 14 0.17%
Information 42 0.50% 39 0.47%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 118 1.41% 199 2.37%
Finance & insurance 52 0.62% 140 1.67%
Real estate & rental & leasing 66 0.79% 59 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 120 1.43% 124 1.48%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 52 0.62% 90 1.07%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 68 0.81% 34 0.41%
Educational, health & social services: 323 3.85% 1,252 14.94%
Educational services 218 2.60% 517 6.17%
Health care & social assistance 105 1.25% 735 8.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 104 1.24% 324 3.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 21 0.25% 32 0.38%
Accommodation & food services 83 0.99% 292 3.48%
Other services (except public administration) 195 2.33% 181 2.16%
Public administration 88 1.05% 204 2.43%

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

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