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Meta Data Name: Jobs by Industries
Last Modified: October 22, 2020
Author: Moksha Menghaney

Data Location:

EC01 at 4 spatial scales. Files can be found here.

  • EC01_T
  • EC01_Z
  • EC01_C
  • EC01_S

Data Source(s) Description:

Variables were obtained from the 2014 - 2018 American Community Survey (ACS), table S2403, at State, County, Tract and ZIP Code Tabulation Area level. Raw data and more details can be found at https://data.census.gov.

Description of Data Source Tables:

S2403 : Industry by sex for the civilian employed population 16 years and over

Description of Data Processing:

All variables were included from S2403 (2018):

  • High risk of injury jobs - S2403_C01_003, S2403_C01_004, S2403_C01_005, S2403_C01_006, and S2403_C01_011
  • Education jobs - S2403_C01_021
  • Health care jobs - S2403_C01_022
  • Retail jobs - S2403_C01_008

  • Percentage of population employed in High Risk of Injury Jobs was calculated as : Sum of the workers employed in (
    - Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting,
    - Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction,
    - Construction,
    - Manufacturing,
    - Utilities) / (Total Civilian employed population 16 years and over)

  • Percentage of population employed in Educations Jobs was calculated as :
    Sum of the workers employed in Educational services / (Total Civilian employed population 16 years and over)

  • Percentage of population employed in HealthCare Jobs was calculated as :
    Sum of the workers employed in Health care and social assistance/ (Total Civilian employed population 16 years and over)

  • Percentage of population employed in Retail Jobs was calculated as :
    Sum of the workers employed in Retail trade / (Total Civilian employed population 16 years and over)

Key Variable and Definitions:

Variable Variable ID in .csv Description
Total Count of Workers totWrkE Estimated count of working population
% High Risk of Injury Jobs hghRskP Percentage of population employed in following industries: agriculture, rorestry, fishing and hunting, mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction, construction, manufacturing, utilities
% Education Jobs eduP Percentage of population employed in educational services industry
% Health Care Jobs hltCrP Percentage of population employed in health care and social assistance industries
% Retail Jobs retailP Percentage of population employed in retail trade industry

Data Limitations:

Please note this dataset uses industry as a classifier and does not include any information about the specific occupation in that industry. This could lead to an overestimation of High Risk to Injury workers category.

Comments/Notes:

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