The data represented below shows the Industry, Occupations , and Classification of the number of employed civilian persons 16 years of age or older within Cowley County between the years 2019 and 2022.
| Industry | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Estimated Employed Total | 15,488 | 15,562 | 15,158 | 15,273 | 15,226 |
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| Agriculture | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
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| Construction | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
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| Manufacturing | 20.9 | 20.2 | 19.1 | 18.3 | 17.1 |
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| Wholesale Trade | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
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| Retail Trade | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
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| Transportation and Warehousing | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.3 |
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| Information | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
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| Finance and Insurance | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
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| Professional, Scientific Management, Administrative, and Waste Management | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
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| Educational Services, Health Care, and Social Assistance | 27.3 | 28.4 | 27.6 | 29.4 | 27.8 |
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| Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, and Food Services | 8.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 |
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| Other Services, except Public Administration | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
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| Public Administration | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
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| Occupation | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Estimated Employed Total | 15,488 | 15,562 | 15,158 | 15,273 | 15,226 |
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| Management, business, science, and arts | 29.7 | 32.6 | 32.2 | 32.5 | 34.4 |
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| Services Occupations | 20.5 | 18.1 | 19.2 | 19.6 | 19.0 |
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| Sales and office occupations | 17.9 | 17.2 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 16.0 |
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| Natural resources, constructions, and maintenance | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 11.4 |
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| Productions, transportation, and material moving | 20.7 | 20.5 | 19.0 | 19.4 | 19.1 |
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| Class of Worker | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Estimated Employed Total | 15,488 | 15,562 | 15,158 | 15,273 | 15,226 |
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| Private Wage and Salary Workers | 74.3 | 73.1 | 71.9 | 71.6 | 72.8 |
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| Government Workers | 19.0 | 18.7 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 19.1 |
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| Self-Employed, not incorporated | 6.5 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.1 |
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| Unpaid Family Workers | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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U.S. Census Bureau. "Selected Economic Characteristics." American Community Survey, ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles, Table DP03, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP03?t=Industry&g=050XX00US20035. Accessed on March 13, 2025.
