Pottawattamie 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 23,112 51.75% 21,546 48.25%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,149 11.53% 6,702 15.01%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,890 6.47% 2,377 5.32%
Management, except farm managers 1,491 3.34% 1,165 2.61%
Farmers & farm managers 757 1.70% 45 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 642 1.44% 1,167 2.61%
Business operations specialists 319 0.71% 554 1.24%
Financial specialists 323 0.72% 613 1.37%
Professional & related occupations: 2,259 5.06% 4,325 9.68%
Computer & mathematical 420 0.94% 336 0.75%
Architecture & engineering: 408 0.91% 54 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 251 0.56% 21 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 157 0.35% 33 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 77 0.17% 84 0.19%
Community & social services 246 0.55% 337 0.75%
Legal 172 0.39% 138 0.31%
Education, training, & library 424 0.95% 1,518 3.40%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 168 0.38% 323 0.72%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 344 0.77% 1,535 3.44%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 247 0.55% 1,034 2.32%
Health technologists & technicians 97 0.22% 501 1.12%
Service occupations: 2,826 6.33% 4,128 9.24%
Healthcare support 121 0.27% 807 1.81%
Protective services: 749 1.68% 97 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 503 1.13% 21 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 246 0.55% 76 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 732 1.64% 1,519 3.40%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 998 2.23% 497 1.11%
Personal care & service 226 0.51% 1,208 2.71%
Sales & office occupations: 4,370 9.79% 9,006 20.17%
Sales & related occupations 2,167 4.85% 2,605 5.83%
Office & administrative support 2,203 4.93% 6,401 14.33%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 152 0.34% 23 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,467 10.00% 116 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 2,442 5.47% 35 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 305 0.68% 2 0.00%
Construction trades 2,114 4.73% 33 0.07%
Extraction 23 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,025 4.53% 81 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,148 13.77% 1,571 3.52%
Production 2,809 6.29% 1,001 2.24%
Transportation & material moving: 3,339 7.48% 570 1.28%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 79 0.18% 30 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 33 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,720 3.85% 176 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 298 0.67% 41 0.09%
Material moving 1,209 2.71% 323 0.72%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 23,112 51.75% 21,546 48.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 993 2.22% 102 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 955 2.14% 102 0.23%
Mining 38 0.09% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,837 6.35% 228 0.51%
Manufacturing 3,647 8.17% 1,435 3.21%
Wholesale trade 1,378 3.09% 520 1.16%
Retail trade 2,810 6.29% 2,934 6.57%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,042 6.81% 707 1.58%
Transportation & warehousing 2,671 5.98% 538 1.20%
Utilities 371 0.83% 169 0.38%
Information 547 1.22% 609 1.36%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,375 3.08% 2,987 6.69%
Finance & insurance 1,029 2.30% 2,753 6.16%
Real estate & rental & leasing 346 0.77% 234 0.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,234 2.76% 1,369 3.07%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 619 1.39% 763 1.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 3 0.01% 21 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 612 1.37% 585 1.31%
Educational, health & social services: 1,780 3.99% 6,818 15.27%
Educational services 924 2.07% 2,464 5.52%
Health care & social assistance 856 1.92% 4,354 9.75%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,398 3.13% 2,276 5.10%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 573 1.28% 856 1.92%
Accommodation & food services 825 1.85% 1,420 3.18%
Other services (except public administration) 1,255 2.81% 883 1.98%
Public administration 816 1.83% 678 1.52%

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

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