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ACS 2010-2014 data

Occupation

	Iowa	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,562,492	-	143,435,233
Male¹	814,679	52.14%, see rank	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	250,463	30.74%, see rank	33.12%
Service Occupations²	92,088	11.30%, see rank	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	134,838	16.55%, see rank	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	14,910	1.83%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	73,411	9.01%, see rank	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	196,749	24.15%, see rank	17.94%
Female¹	747,813	47.86%, see rank	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	286,239	38.28%, see rank	40.04%
Service Occupations²	166,110	22.21%, see rank	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	234,674	31.38%, see rank	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,922	0.39%, see rank	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	2,046	0.27%, see rank	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	53,801	7.19%, see rank	5.65%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Iowa	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,562,492	100%	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	62,344	3.99%, see rank	1.96%
Construction	95,899	6.14%, see rank	6.17%
Manufacturing	233,193	14.92%, see rank	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	45,376	2.90%, see rank	2.75%
Retail Trade	182,416	11.67%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	71,807	4.60%, see rank	4.93%
Information	28,625	1.83%, see rank	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	118,166	7.56%, see rank	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	110,830	7.09%, see rank	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	379,192	24.27%, see rank	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	116,274	7.44%, see rank	9.49%
Public Administration	50,820	3.25%, see rank	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	67,550	4.32%, see rank	4.96%

ACS 2008-2012 data

Occupation

	Iowa	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,557,331	-	141,996,548
Male¹	809,597	51.99%, see rank	52.32%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	247,113	30.52%, see rank	32.75%
Service Occupations²	92,305	11.40%, see rank	14.76%
Sales and Office Occupations²	133,043	16.43%, see rank	17.65%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	14,740	1.82%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	75,118	9.28%, see rank	9.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	195,509	24.15%, see rank	17.87%
Female¹	747,734	48.01%, see rank	47.68%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	277,273	37.08%, see rank	39.35%
Service Occupations²	166,451	22.26%, see rank	21.19%
Sales and Office Occupations²	241,874	32.35%, see rank	32.82%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,735	0.37%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	2,164	0.29%, see rank	0.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	55,405	7.41%, see rank	5.77%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Iowa	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,557,331	100%	141,996,548
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	62,188	3.99%, see rank	1.90%
Construction	95,581	6.14%, see rank	6.49%
Manufacturing	229,557	14.74%, see rank	10.62%
Wholesale Trade	46,372	2.98%, see rank	2.83%
Retail Trade	181,666	11.67%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	73,661	4.73%, see rank	5.00%
Information	30,862	1.98%, see rank	2.21%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	119,357	7.66%, see rank	6.74%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	106,174	6.82%, see rank	10.66%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	372,756	23.94%, see rank	22.90%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	118,557	7.61%, see rank	9.18%
Public Administration	51,853	3.33%, see rank	4.94%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	68,747	4.41%, see rank	4.95%

ACS 2006-2010 data

Occupation

	Iowa	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,553,594	-	141,833,331
Male¹	811,951	52.26%, see rank	52.63%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	245,425	30.23%, see rank	32.27%
Service Occupations²	92,465	11.39%, see rank	14.06%
Sales and Office Occupations²	133,088	16.39%, see rank	17.76%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	14,124	1.74%, see rank	1.08%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	78,015	9.61%, see rank	10.60%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	198,304	24.42%, see rank	18.08%
Female¹	741,643	47.74%, see rank	47.37%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	269,414	36.33%, see rank	38.62%
Service Occupations²	160,314	21.62%, see rank	20.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	246,824	33.28%, see rank	33.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,817	0.38%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	2,263	0.31%, see rank	0.34%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	58,015	7.82%, see rank	6.07%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Iowa	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,553,594	100%	141,833,331
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	62,943	4.05%, see rank	1.86%
Construction	98,644	6.35%, see rank	7.13%
Manufacturing	232,877	14.99%, see rank	10.99%
Wholesale Trade	50,706	3.26%, see rank	3.06%
Retail Trade	179,217	11.54%, see rank	11.49%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	75,119	4.84%, see rank	5.07%
Information	33,549	2.16%, see rank	2.38%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	119,194	7.67%, see rank	7.00%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	102,220	6.58%, see rank	10.42%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	365,550	23.53%, see rank	22.05%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	115,963	7.46%, see rank	8.86%
Public Administration	50,363	3.24%, see rank	4.84%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	67,249	4.33%, see rank	4.86%

ACS 2005-2009 data

Occupation

	Iowa	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,545,698	-	141,303,145
Male¹	809,090	52.34%, see rank	53.11%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	243,629	30.11%, see rank	31.81%
Service Occupations²	90,120	11.14%, see rank	13.79%
Sales and Office Occupations²	133,986	16.56%, see rank	17.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	13,363	1.65%, see rank	1.06%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	130,229	16.10%, see rank	17.24%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	197,763	24.44%, see rank	18.26%
Female¹	736,608	47.66%, see rank	46.89%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	263,372	35.75%, see rank	38.12%
Service Occupations²	156,737	21.28%, see rank	20.39%
Sales and Office Occupations²	249,775	33.91%, see rank	34.43%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	3,024	0.41%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	4,546	0.62%, see rank	0.68%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	59,154	8.03%, see rank	6.09%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Iowa	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,545,698	100%	141,303,145
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	61,725	3.99%, see rank	1.82%
Construction	98,447	6.37%, see rank	7.45%
Manufacturing	236,718	15.31%, see rank	11.24%
Wholesale Trade	52,129	3.37%, see rank	3.20%
Retail Trade	181,074	11.71%, see rank	11.52%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	75,473	4.88%, see rank	5.08%
Information	33,559	2.17%, see rank	2.44%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	117,705	7.62%, see rank	7.10%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	99,658	6.45%, see rank	10.29%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	359,787	23.28%, see rank	21.51%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	113,661	7.35%, see rank	8.77%
Public Administration	49,897	3.23%, see rank	4.74%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	65,865	4.26%, see rank	4.84%

US Census 2000 data

Occupation

	Iowa	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,489,816	-	129,721,512
Male¹	780,662	52.40%, see rank	53.26%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	231,478	29.65%, see rank	31.42%
Service Occupations²	76,466	9.80%, see rank	12.08%
Sales and Office Occupations²	130,057	16.66%, see rank	17.86%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	12,688	1.63%, see rank	1.09%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	128,120	16.41%, see rank	17.08%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	201,853	25.86%, see rank	20.47%
Female¹	709,154	47.60%, see rank	46.74%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	234,958	33.13%, see rank	36.18%
Service Occupations²	143,371	20.22%, see rank	18.03%
Sales and Office Occupations²	255,737	36.06%, see rank	36.75%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	3,189	0.45%, see rank	0.33%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	4,410	0.62%, see rank	0.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	67,489	9.52%, see rank	7.96%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Iowa	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,489,816	100%	129,721,512
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	65,903	4.42%, see rank	1.87%
Construction	91,824	6.16%, see rank	6.78%
Manufacturing	253,444	17.01%, see rank	14.10%
Wholesale Trade	53,267	3.58%, see rank	3.60%
Retail Trade	179,381	12.04%, see rank	11.73%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	73,170	4.91%, see rank	5.20%
Information	41,970	2.82%, see rank	3.08%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	100,395	6.74%, see rank	6.89%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	90,157	6.05%, see rank	9.30%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	324,142	21.76%, see rank	19.92%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	98,819	6.63%, see rank	7.87%
Public Administration	51,058	3.43%, see rank	4.79%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	66,286	4.45%, see rank	4.87%

* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.