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Polk County Historical Employment Status Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

	Polk County	Iowa	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	343,863, see rank	2,434,242	248,775,628
Male¹	166,734, 48.49%, see rank	49.16%	48.69%
Male, In Labor Force:²	129,511, 77.68%, see rank	72.48%	69.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	417, 0.25%, see rank	0.13%	0.73%
Male, Civilian²	129,094, 77.43%, see rank	72.35%	68.54%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	120,862, 93.62%, see rank	94.10%	90.49%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	8,232, 6.38%, see rank	5.90%	9.51%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	37,223, 22.32%, see rank	27.52%	30.72%
Female¹	177,129, 51.51%, see rank	50.84%	51.31%
Female, In Labor Force:²	120,709, 68.15%, see rank	63.54%	58.79%
Female, In Armed Forces²	74, 0.04%, see rank	0.02%	0.11%
Female, Civilian²	120,635, 68.11%, see rank	63.52%	58.69%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	113,998, 94.50%, see rank	95.12%	91.18%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	6,637, 5.50%, see rank	4.88%	8.82%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	56,420, 31.85%, see rank	36.46%	41.21%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

ACS 2008-2012 data

	Polk County	Iowa	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	332,916, see rank	2,405,664	243,810,053
Male¹	161,093, 48.39%, see rank	49.03%	48.65%
Male, In Labor Force:²	126,307, 78.41%, see rank	73.24%	70.20%
Male, In Armed Forces²	421, 0.26%, see rank	0.17%	0.82%
Male, Civilian²	125,886, 78.14%, see rank	73.07%	69.38%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	117,576, 93.40%, see rank	93.93%	90.27%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	8,310, 6.60%, see rank	6.07%	9.73%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	34,786, 21.59%, see rank	26.76%	29.80%
Female¹	171,823, 51.61%, see rank	50.97%	51.35%
Female, In Labor Force:²	118,877, 69.19%, see rank	64.23%	59.43%
Female, In Armed Forces²	93, 0.05%, see rank	0.03%	0.13%
Female, Civilian²	118,784, 69.13%, see rank	64.20%	59.30%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	112,790, 94.95%, see rank	95.00%	91.21%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	5,994, 5.05%, see rank	5.00%	8.79%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	52,946, 30.81%, see rank	35.77%	40.57%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

ACS 2006-2010 data

	Polk County	Iowa	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	323,339, see rank	2,377,835	238,733,844
Male¹	156,166, 48.30%, see rank	48.91%	48.60%
Male, In Labor Force:²	123,955, 79.37%, see rank	74.12%	70.92%
Male, In Armed Forces²	451, 0.29%, see rank	0.17%	0.83%
Male, Civilian²	123,504, 79.09%, see rank	73.95%	70.09%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	116,479, 94.31%, see rank	94.41%	91.78%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	7,025, 5.69%, see rank	5.59%	8.22%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	32,211, 20.63%, see rank	25.88%	29.08%
Female¹	167,173, 51.70%, see rank	51.09%	51.40%
Female, In Labor Force:²	115,296, 68.97%, see rank	64.25%	59.40%
Female, In Armed Forces²	54, 0.03%, see rank	0.04%	0.13%
Female, Civilian²	115,242, 68.94%, see rank	64.21%	59.26%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	109,418, 94.95%, see rank	95.08%	92.41%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	5,824, 5.05%, see rank	4.92%	7.59%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	51,877, 31.03%, see rank	35.75%	40.60%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

ACS 2005-2009 data

	Polk County	Iowa	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	320,953, see rank	2,353,947	235,871,704
Male¹	154,221, 48.05%, see rank	48.82%	48.74%
Male, In Labor Force:²	122,957, 79.73%, see rank	74.44%	71.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	429, 0.28%, see rank	0.18%	0.84%
Male, Civilian²	122,528, 79.45%, see rank	74.26%	70.44%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	116,228, 94.86%, see rank	94.82%	92.66%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	6,300, 5.14%, see rank	5.18%	7.34%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	31,264, 20.27%, see rank	25.56%	28.72%
Female¹	166,732, 51.95%, see rank	51.18%	51.26%
Female, In Labor Force:²	114,367, 68.59%, see rank	64.13%	59.10%
Female, In Armed Forces²	32, 0.02%, see rank	0.03%	0.14%
Female, Civilian²	114,335, 68.57%, see rank	64.10%	58.96%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	109,348, 95.64%, see rank	95.37%	92.95%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	4,987, 4.36%, see rank	4.63%	7.05%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	52,365, 31.41%, see rank	35.87%	40.90%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

US Census 2000 data

	Polk County	Iowa	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	288,558, see rank	2,281,274	217,168,077
Male¹	137,497, 47.65%, see rank	48.41%	48.34%
Male, In Labor Force:²	108,534, 78.94%, see rank	74.17%	70.75%
Male, In Armed Forces²	265, 0.19%, see rank	0.15%	0.94%
Male, Civilian²	108,269, 78.74%, see rank	74.03%	69.81%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	102,512, 94.68%, see rank	95.49%	94.28%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	5,757, 5.32%, see rank	4.51%	5.72%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	28,963, 21.06%, see rank	25.83%	29.25%
Female¹	151,061, 52.35%, see rank	51.59%	51.66%
Female, In Labor Force:²	102,427, 67.81%, see rank	62.66%	57.54%
Female, In Armed Forces²	43, 0.03%, see rank	0.02%	0.15%
Female, Civilian²	102,384, 67.78%, see rank	62.64%	57.39%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	98,150, 95.86%, see rank	96.20%	94.17%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	4,234, 4.14%, see rank	3.80%	5.83%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	48,634, 32.19%, see rank	37.34%	42.46%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

* 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.