Audubon 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 1,713 53.30% 1,501 46.70%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 593 18.45% 518 16.12%
Management, business, & financial operations: 456 14.19% 129 4.01%
Management, except farm managers 95 2.96% 48 1.49%
Farmers & farm managers 325 10.11% 35 1.09%
Business & financial operations: 36 1.12% 46 1.43%
Business operations specialists 28 0.87% 8 0.25%
Financial specialists 8 0.25% 38 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 137 4.26% 389 12.10%
Computer & mathematical 17 0.53% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 5 0.16% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5 0.16% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 24 0.75% 11 0.34%
Community & social services 14 0.44% 27 0.84%
Legal 7 0.22% 2 0.06%
Education, training, & library 44 1.37% 141 4.39%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3 0.09% 45 1.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 23 0.72% 163 5.07%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 23 0.72% 104 3.24%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 59 1.84%
Service occupations: 118 3.67% 432 13.44%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 156 4.85%
Protective services: 9 0.28% 9 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 9 0.28% 5 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 0 0.00% 4 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 29 0.90% 123 3.83%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 69 2.15% 58 1.80%
Personal care & service 11 0.34% 86 2.68%
Sales & office occupations: 182 5.66% 447 13.91%
Sales & related occupations 131 4.08% 145 4.51%
Office & administrative support 51 1.59% 302 9.40%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 62 1.93% 2 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 299 9.30% 1 0.03%
Construction & extraction: 192 5.97% 1 0.03%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 25 0.78% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 167 5.20% 1 0.03%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 107 3.33% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 459 14.28% 101 3.14%
Production 181 5.63% 76 2.36%
Transportation & material moving: 278 8.65% 25 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 195 6.07% 5 0.16%
Rail, water & other transportation 3 0.09% 4 0.12%
Material moving 80 2.49% 16 0.50%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,713 53.30% 1,501 46.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 448 13.94% 56 1.74%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 445 13.85% 56 1.74%
Mining 3 0.09% 0 0.00%
Construction 259 8.06% 25 0.78%
Manufacturing 180 5.60% 105 3.27%
Wholesale trade 104 3.24% 24 0.75%
Retail trade 179 5.57% 198 6.16%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 151 4.70% 26 0.81%
Transportation & warehousing 140 4.36% 26 0.81%
Utilities 11 0.34% 0 0.00%
Information 10 0.31% 45 1.40%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 32 1.00% 62 1.93%
Finance & insurance 26 0.81% 61 1.90%
Real estate & rental & leasing 6 0.19% 1 0.03%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 73 2.27% 53 1.65%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 39 1.21% 21 0.65%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 34 1.06% 32 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 118 3.67% 632 19.66%
Educational services 73 2.27% 190 5.91%
Health care & social assistance 45 1.40% 442 13.75%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 47 1.46% 103 3.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5 0.16% 4 0.12%
Accommodation & food services 42 1.31% 99 3.08%
Other services (except public administration) 84 2.61% 111 3.45%
Public administration 28 0.87% 61 1.90%

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

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