Labor force participation rates by age and sex

Table ID: WRK-3
Unit of measure: Percentage of population 16 years and older
Vintage: 2000

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County ID	Area Name	All ages, male	All ages, female	Under 35, male	Under 35, female	35 to 54, male	35 to 54, female	55 to 64, male	55 to 64, female	65 and older, male	65 and older, female
19000	Iowa	74	63	81	77	91	83	72	59	21	11
19001	Adair County	74	59	87	79	90	86	79	64	32	14
19003	Adams County	75	59	84	76	93	87	77	70	33	12
19005	Allamakee County	73	59	80	77	93	83	74	59	27	12
19007	Appanoose County	65	51	77	72	86	74	64	46	16	7
19009	Audubon County	71	56	79	80	91	84	78	73	32	11
19011	Benton County	75	63	85	78	92	85	73	62	19	10
19013	Black Hawk County	71	62	78	77	88	81	61	54	16	9
19015	Boone County	75	62	83	81	91	86	73	56	24	8
19017	Bremer County	76	63	84	79	94	88	74	62	22	7
19019	Buchanan County	73	59	82	71	91	81	62	56	21	10
19021	Buena Vista County	71	59	74	68	89	83	76	66	24	12
19023	Butler County	70	57	83	75	91	83	74	58	15	10
19025	Calhoun County	62	54	63	74	81	85	75	58	20	7
19027	Carroll County	75	62	86	81	92	87	78	63	23	16
19029	Cass County	74	59	84	78	94	84	75	61	27	17
19031	Cedar County	76	65	87	81	93	87	74	64	21	12
19033	Cerro Gordo County	73	63	83	83	91	86	74	61	20	9
19035	Cherokee County	72	60	83	80	95	88	65	64	20	11
19037	Chickasaw County	72	60	84	78	92	84	66	60	20	7
19039	Clarke County	73	65	85	85	86	84	79	65	22	17
19041	Clay County	78	62	86	79	95	88	84	66	24	9
19043	Clayton County	72	62	82	78	93	88	68	58	24	14
19045	Clinton County	72	60	82	78	90	81	68	54	16	7
19047	Crawford County	73	58	79	68	91	83	80	56	23	14
19049	Dallas County	80	69	85	81	94	84	74	66	25	11
19051	Davis County	75	51	84	69	95	74	64	48	27	6
19053	Decatur County	70	59	71	76	91	80	75	58	27	13
19055	Delaware County	77	64	80	80	94	87	83	50	25	12
19057	Des Moines County	74	60	86	79	90	81	77	54	17	10
19059	Dickinson County	73	59	87	77	93	85	77	56	21	13
19061	Dubuque County	75	64	85	81	91	83	71	62	18	12
19063	Emmet County	72	60	81	74	92	89	77	63	17	12
19065	Fayette County	71	56	80	75	91	84	70	53	20	8
19067	Floyd County	68	58	77	78	91	82	68	58	13	9
19069	Franklin County	76	56	82	71	94	84	83	64	32	9
19071	Fremont County	72	57	80	75	89	81	74	59	27	14
19073	Greene County	69	53	81	72	93	81	69	60	16	6
19075	Grundy County	74	59	84	77	94	87	76	56	19	12
19077	Guthrie County	73	58	84	75	92	84	75	59	23	15
19079	Hamilton County	74	63	84	86	95	86	75	58	21	9
19081	Hancock County	73	60	79	78	92	84	79	64	23	9
19083	Hardin County	70	57	74	77	93	85	80	53	19	12
19085	Harrison County	73	57	82	70	92	82	73	59	21	11
19087	Henry County	68	62	70	77	83	84	77	59	19	9
19089	Howard County	72	57	87	78	91	82	67	58	24	11
19091	Humboldt County	74	53	85	73	95	83	81	40	23	7
19093	Ida County	72	56	80	74	91	84	78	64	28	12
19095	Iowa County	76	66	82	80	94	89	76	66	27	18
19097	Jackson County	74	63	85	78	91	87	73	62	24	14
19099	Jasper County	70	62	75	79	85	85	74	57	20	11
19101	Jefferson County	77	61	80	72	89	78	79	59	28	13
19103	Johnson County	77	70	75	74	91	84	77	63	26	13
19105	Jones County	64	63	59	78	80	87	76	65	24	11
19107	Keokuk County	71	56	79	74	93	82	71	52	24	13
19109	Kossuth County	71	57	80	80	91	84	75	52	22	10
19111	Lee County	67	56	75	72	83	80	66	55	17	6
19113	Linn County	78	67	87	81	93	84	72	58	18	12
19115	Louisa County	73	59	84	72	89	80	67	47	17	12
19117	Lucas County	72	55	87	72	88	82	72	53	23	7
19119	Lyon County	76	61	85	81	95	83	85	59	24	16
19121	Madison County	77	62	87	74	91	82	81	64	23	14
19123	Mahaska County	72	58	81	72	88	77	74	62	21	10
19125	Marion County	73	62	83	74	89	87	66	58	26	11
19127	Marshall County	72	59	83	74	90	81	69	62	16	8
19129	Mills County	76	65	84	78	86	78	78	64	27	15
19131	Mitchell County	70	58	84	77	92	86	75	70	18	9
19133	Monona County	68	54	82	76	87	83	72	63	23	11
19135	Monroe County	67	54	77	74	88	82	70	44	18	7
19137	Montgomery County	69	57	82	76	88	82	74	63	17	10
19139	Muscatine County	76	61	82	74	93	79	68	51	21	9
19141	O'Brien County	73	56	85	72	91	86	79	68	21	9
19143	Osceola County	74	57	86	75	93	83	80	63	18	9
19145	Page County	63	58	64	77	78	82	73	62	24	14
19147	Palo Alto County	68	57	72	79	94	85	73	60	20	9
19149	Plymouth County	76	61	85	74	94	85	74	60	26	10
19151	Pocahontas County	68	53	77	70	92	81	72	56	18	9
19153	Polk County	79	68	85	80	92	83	73	61	22	13
19155	Pottawattamie County	74	64	81	78	90	81	69	60	22	13
19157	Poweshiek County	76	61	85	79	92	84	78	63	26	10
19159	Ringgold County	64	51	76	73	91	81	69	48	17	11
19161	Sac County	71	56	81	73	93	89	77	67	23	8
19163	Scott County	75	64	80	77	90	79	71	55	16	11
19165	Shelby County	75	59	86	76	96	84	76	73	26	11
19167	Sioux County	78	65	82	81	95	84	85	65	28	15
19169	Story County	74	66	72	71	94	86	75	63	24	11
19171	Tama County	72	57	80	71	92	84	76	55	22	11
19173	Taylor County	68	55	79	76	93	83	63	55	22	12
19175	Union County	73	59	84	71	91	86	72	69	21	10
19177	Van Buren County	70	58	78	77	89	81	66	60	29	10
19179	Wapello County	69	56	83	75	87	77	59	49	16	8
19181	Warren County	79	69	86	78	94	88	74	65	22	11
19183	Washington County	78	63	87	78	93	86	82	73	29	12
19185	Wayne County	66	54	82	75	89	79	68	62	21	11
19187	Webster County	65	59	66	76	88	82	65	58	19	9
19189	Winnebago County	73	61	78	77	95	87	76	61	22	11
19191	Winneshiek County	77	67	83	80	96	90	78	65	25	11
19193	Woodbury County	75	63	81	77	89	81	75	61	22	10
19195	Worth County	74	62	87	82	93	92	70	65	21	8
19197	Wright County	73	56	85	75	92	85	82	59	19	10

Release Date: August 2002
Source: 2000 Census, U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: The labor force participation rate measures the number of labor force members as a percentage of the non-institutionalized population aged 16 years and older. Labor force members include employed persons, members of the armed forces, and unemployed persons who are actively seeking work. Alternative measures of the labor force may exclude members of the armed forces.

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Labor force participation rates by age and sex