Winneshiek 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 6,157 52.34% 5,607 47.66%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,037 17.32% 1,887 16.04%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,247 10.60% 536 4.56%
Management, except farm managers 421 3.58% 247 2.10%
Farmers & farm managers 720 6.12% 105 0.89%
Business & financial operations: 106 0.90% 184 1.56%
Business operations specialists 36 0.31% 71 0.60%
Financial specialists 70 0.60% 113 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 790 6.72% 1,351 11.48%
Computer & mathematical 66 0.56% 32 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 69 0.59% 23 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 40 0.34% 7 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 29 0.25% 16 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 92 0.78% 11 0.09%
Community & social services 41 0.35% 158 1.34%
Legal 22 0.19% 9 0.08%
Education, training, & library 335 2.85% 687 5.84%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 87 0.74% 85 0.72%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 78 0.66% 346 2.94%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 61 0.52% 247 2.10%
Health technologists & technicians 17 0.14% 99 0.84%
Service occupations: 533 4.53% 1,277 10.86%
Healthcare support 17 0.14% 237 2.01%
Protective services: 71 0.60% 38 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 52 0.44% 20 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 19 0.16% 18 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 209 1.78% 607 5.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 191 1.62% 162 1.38%
Personal care & service 45 0.38% 233 1.98%
Sales & office occupations: 936 7.96% 1,724 14.65%
Sales & related occupations 543 4.62% 629 5.35%
Office & administrative support 393 3.34% 1,095 9.31%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 248 2.11% 65 0.55%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 969 8.24% 36 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 561 4.77% 19 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 60 0.51% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 479 4.07% 19 0.16%
Extraction 22 0.19% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 408 3.47% 17 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,434 12.19% 618 5.25%
Production 812 6.90% 536 4.56%
Transportation & material moving: 622 5.29% 82 0.70%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 17 0.14% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 374 3.18% 20 0.17%
Rail, water & other transportation 5 0.04% 3 0.03%
Material moving 226 1.92% 59 0.50%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,157 52.34% 5,607 47.66%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,023 8.70% 201 1.71%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 984 8.36% 201 1.71%
Mining 39 0.33% 0 0.00%
Construction 606 5.15% 36 0.31%
Manufacturing 1,249 10.62% 693 5.89%
Wholesale trade 334 2.84% 73 0.62%
Retail trade 594 5.05% 733 6.23%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 275 2.34% 55 0.47%
Transportation & warehousing 230 1.96% 50 0.43%
Utilities 45 0.38% 5 0.04%
Information 75 0.64% 86 0.73%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 168 1.43% 247 2.10%
Finance & insurance 110 0.94% 208 1.77%
Real estate & rental & leasing 58 0.49% 39 0.33%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 173 1.47% 234 1.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 95 0.81% 137 1.16%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 78 0.66% 97 0.82%
Educational, health & social services: 1,038 8.82% 2,447 20.80%
Educational services 894 7.60% 1,458 12.39%
Health care & social assistance 144 1.22% 989 8.41%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 260 2.21% 486 4.13%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 53 0.45% 67 0.57%
Accommodation & food services 207 1.76% 419 3.56%
Other services (except public administration) 213 1.81% 151 1.28%
Public administration 149 1.27% 165 1.40%

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

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