Buena Vista 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 5,308 54.01% 4,520 45.99%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,420 14.45% 1,314 13.37%
Management, business, & financial operations: 968 9.85% 359 3.65%
Management, except farm managers 316 3.22% 219 2.23%
Farmers & farm managers 505 5.14% 40 0.41%
Business & financial operations: 147 1.50% 100 1.02%
Business operations specialists 67 0.68% 35 0.36%
Financial specialists 80 0.81% 65 0.66%
Professional & related occupations: 452 4.60% 955 9.72%
Computer & mathematical 33 0.34% 22 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 44 0.45% 4 0.04%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 27 0.27% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 17 0.17% 4 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 19 0.19% 48 0.49%
Community & social services 50 0.51% 102 1.04%
Legal 22 0.22% 9 0.09%
Education, training, & library 140 1.42% 472 4.80%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 76 0.77% 81 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 68 0.69% 217 2.21%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 51 0.52% 131 1.33%
Health technologists & technicians 17 0.17% 86 0.88%
Service occupations: 410 4.17% 1,002 10.20%
Healthcare support 4 0.04% 191 1.94%
Protective services: 52 0.53% 21 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 36 0.37% 5 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 16 0.16% 16 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 115 1.17% 418 4.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 207 2.11% 156 1.59%
Personal care & service 32 0.33% 216 2.20%
Sales & office occupations: 856 8.71% 1,519 15.46%
Sales & related occupations 512 5.21% 437 4.45%
Office & administrative support 344 3.50% 1,082 11.01%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 197 2.00% 45 0.46%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 722 7.35% 18 0.18%
Construction & extraction: 339 3.45% 18 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 30 0.31% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 306 3.11% 18 0.18%
Extraction 3 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 383 3.90% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,703 17.33% 622 6.33%
Production 1,073 10.92% 490 4.99%
Transportation & material moving: 630 6.41% 132 1.34%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 10 0.10% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 322 3.28% 18 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 5 0.05% 0 0.00%
Material moving 291 2.96% 114 1.16%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,308 54.01% 4,520 45.99%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 707 7.19% 99 1.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 685 6.97% 99 1.01%
Mining 22 0.22% 0 0.00%
Construction 374 3.81% 51 0.52%
Manufacturing 1,579 16.07% 596 6.06%
Wholesale trade 300 3.05% 92 0.94%
Retail trade 568 5.78% 577 5.87%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 328 3.34% 81 0.82%
Transportation & warehousing 301 3.06% 81 0.82%
Utilities 27 0.27% 0 0.00%
Information 87 0.89% 75 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 142 1.44% 250 2.54%
Finance & insurance 115 1.17% 244 2.48%
Real estate & rental & leasing 27 0.27% 6 0.06%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 206 2.10% 200 2.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 84 0.85% 95 0.97%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 122 1.24% 105 1.07%
Educational, health & social services: 509 5.18% 1,675 17.04%
Educational services 361 3.67% 832 8.47%
Health care & social assistance 148 1.51% 843 8.58%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 189 1.92% 416 4.23%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 52 0.53% 54 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 137 1.39% 362 3.68%
Other services (except public administration) 208 2.12% 225 2.29%
Public administration 111 1.13% 183 1.86%

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

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