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Civilian Labor Force
	Civilian Labor Force	Employment	Unemployed	Unemployment Rate
2004	5,360	5,230	130	2.40%
2003	5,070	4,900	170	3.40%
2002	5,360	5,180	180	3.30%
2001	5,270	5,060	210	3.90%
2000	5,100	5,000	100	2.00%
1999	5,380	5,250	130	2.40%
Data Source: Iowa Workforce Development

Employment By Industry
	2000	2001	1999	2006 (Projection)
Agriculture & Mining	506 / 7.80%	62 / 1.56%	95 / 2.22%	0 / 0.00%
Construction	234 / 3.61%	85 / 2.14%	19 / 0.44%	0 / 0.00%
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	181 / 2.79%	216 / 5.43%	175 / 4.10%	0 / 0.00%
Government	129 / 1.99%	175 / 4.40%	92 / 2.15%	0 / 0.00%
Manufacturing	790 / 12.17%	311 / 7.81%	315 / 7.38%	0 / 0.00%
Retail Trade	422 / 6.50%	627 / 15.75%	773 / 18.10%	0 / 0.00%
Service	3,743 / 57.67%	1,946 / 48.89%	2,028 / 47.48%	0 / 0.00%
Transportation & Public Utilities	319 / 4.92%	414 / 10.40%	669 / 15.66%	0 / 0.00%
Wholesale Trade	166 / 2.56%	144 / 3.62%	105 / 2.46%	0 / 0.00%
Total	6,490 / 100.01%	3,980 / 100.00%	4,271 / 99.99%	0 / 0.00%
Data Source: US Census and Applied Geogrphic Solutions

Employment By Occupation
	2000	2001	1999	2006 (Projection)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance	490 / 9.98%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%
Executive and Managerial	0 / 0.00%	381 / 9.57%	411 / 9.22%	0 / 0.00%
Farming, fishing, and forestry	99 / 2.02%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%
Laborers	0 / 0.00%	124 / 3.12%	148 / 3.32%	0 / 0.00%
Management, professional, and related	1,554 / 31.64%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%
Production and Materials Handlers	0 / 0.00%	720 / 18.09%	858 / 19.24%	0 / 0.00%
Production, transportation, and material moving	932 / 18.97%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%
Professional	0 / 0.00%	874 / 21.96%	952 / 21.35%	0 / 0.00%
Sales and Clerical	0 / 0.00%	1,096 / 27.54%	1,181 / 26.48%	0 / 0.00%
Sales and office	1,023 / 20.83%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%
Service	814 / 16.57%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%
Services, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing	0 / 0.00%	785 / 19.72%	910 / 20.40%	0 / 0.00%
Total	4,912 / 100.01%	3,980 / 100.00%	4,460 / 100.01%	0 / 0.00%
Data Source: US Census and Applied Geogrphic Solutions

Employed Residents Working Outside County of Residence
Year: 200	Count: 1,152	Percent: 0.24%
Data Source: US Census

Commute Times
Time Interval	2000
Under 15 Minutes	2,618 / 58.7%
15 - 29 Minutes	2,676 / 25.7%
Over 30 Minutes	696 / 15.6%
Mean Commute Time (Minutes)	15.0
Data Source: US Census

Participation Rates
	2000
Civilian Labor Force - Male	2,608 / 69.70%
Civilian Labor Force - Female	2,410 / 59.50%
Civilian Non-Institutional Population 16 and Over - Male	3,741 / 48.02%
Civilian Non-Institutional Population 16 and Over - Female	4,049 / 51.98%
Data Source: U.S. Census Data

Education - Enrollment and Graduates
2004	Enrollment	Graduates
High School - Public	622	165
High School - Private	0	0
High School Students Enrolling in College	142
Data Source: Iowa Department of Education; High School Students Enrolling in College is for public high schools only.

Employment and Average Salary by Major Industry
	Number of Employees (2000)	Average Annual Salary (2000)
Natural Resources & Mining	213	$ 27,144
Construction	60	$ 18,512
Manufacturing	409	$ 26,728
Wholesale Trade	254	$ 28,860
Retail Trade	423	$ 15,444
Transportation & Utilities	85	$ 28,392
Information	106	$ 20,020
F.I.R.E.	131	$ 30,472
Professional & Business Services	114	$ 23,036
Education & Health Services	514	$ 19,292
Leisure & Hospitality	264	$ 6,292
Other Services	43	$ 23,920
Government	1,056	$ 27,144
Overall Average	282	$ 22,712
Data Source: Iowa Workforce Development

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