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Labor Force Information for Lucas County, Iowa |
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| Resident Labor Force |
4,410 |
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| Resident Unemployed |
190 |
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| Percent Unemployed |
4.4% |
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| Type of Employment | ||||||
| Non-ag wage and salary worker |
3,530 |
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| Goods Producing |
450 |
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| Manufacturing |
280 |
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| Construction and Mining |
170 |
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| Service Producing | 3,080 | |||||
| Transportation, Communication, and Public Utilities | 70 | |||||
| Wholesale and Retail Trade | 1,590 | |||||
| Wholesale Trade | 100 | |||||
| Retail Trade | 1,490 | |||||
| Finance, Insurance, Real Estate | 240 | |||||
| Services |
430 |
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| Government |
740 |
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| Source:
Iowa Workforce Development Labor Force Summary for 2002 |
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Employment The labor force in any area
consists of all persons aged 16 or older who either are currently
employed or actively seeking work. The number employed is simply
the number of labor force participants who currently have jobs.
Labor force participants who are not employed and, to a lesser extent,
non-participants in the labor force form a pool of available
labor. The size of this pool and its skill level are often
important factors in economic development efforts. |
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Labor force and employment rates |
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1990 |
1999 |
2000 |
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| Total labor force: | ||||
| Lucas County |
4,260 |
4,040 | 3,940 | |
| State | 1,448,000 | 1,572,800 | 1,563,100 | |
| Employment rate (%): | ||||
| Lucas County | 93.9 | 96.8 | 97.2 | |
| State | 95.7 | 97.5 | 97.4 | |
Occupation Among the 4,384 employed
persons age 16 or older in Lucas County in 2000, the largest segment was
employed in sales and office occupations. |
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Occupations of employed persons 16 years of age or older |
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Lucas County |
State |
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| Total employed Percentage in: | 4,384 | 1,489,816 | ||
| Management, professional or related occupations |
22.2 |
31.3 | ||
| Service occupations | 16.6 | 14.8 | ||
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Sales and office occupations |
25.2 |
25.9 | ||
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
2.3 |
1.1 | ||
| Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations |
10.7 |
8.9 | ||
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Production, transportation, and material moving occupations |
23.0 |
18.1 |
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Employment Earnings The earnings in the
following represent earnings by place of work. This is an
enumeration of jobs located within the county, whether or not those jobs
are filled by county residents. As a result, county residents who
commute out of Lucas County to work are not counted, but non-county
residents who commute into Lucas County to work are included. |
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Earnings of employed persons 16 years of age or older, by place of work |
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Total Earnings ($000) |
Share of Total (%) |
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Lucas County |
Lucas County |
State |
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| Industry |
1990 |
1999 |
2000 |
1990 |
2000 |
1990 |
2000 |
| All Industries | 81,279 | 104,770 | 110,946 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Farm | 2,554 | 2,542 | 4,237 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 4.2 |
| Manufacturing | 6,416 | 8,478 | 8,902 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 22.6 | 19.8 |
| Retail | 36,530 | 38,306 | 40,100 | 44.9 | 36.1 | 9.6 | 9.2 |
| Finance* | 2,881 | 5,410 | 5,712 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 7.9 |
| Services | 8,169 | *** | *** | 10.1 | *** | 19.6 | 22.9 |
| Government | 14,476 | 21,121 | 21,995 | 17.8 | 19.8 | 16.8 | 15.9 |
| Other ** | 10,253 | *** | *** | 12.6 | *** | 19.2 | 20.1 |
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*Finance, insurance and real estate **Agricultural services, mining, construction, transportation, public utilities, and wholesale trade ***Data suppressed to protect confideniality of reports from individual businesses. |
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