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Little Rock Employment, Occupation and Industry

Little Rock Employment by Job Type Total Civilian Population Graph

2010 Employment by Job Type for Civilian Population (Age 16+) Little Rock, AR Arkansas United States
White Collar 70,534 84.78% 745,128 66.65% 92,009,214 74.72%
Blue Collar 12,665 15.22% 372,811 33.35% 31,125,749 25.28%
 
Management, Business, and Financial Operations 16,976 17.94% 180,011 13.86% 23,044,053 16.09%
Professional and Related 27,157 28.70% 236,274 18.19% 31,190,648 21.78%
Sales and Office 26,401 27.90% 328,843 25.32% 37,774,513 26.38%
Service 11,341 11.99% 167,992 12.93% 19,324,452 13.50%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry 73 0.08% 12,873 0.99% 727,249 0.51%
Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance 5,054 5.34% 130,650 10.06% 12,677,154 8.85%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving 7,611 8.04% 242,161 18.64% 18,448,595 12.88%

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White Collar Employment: perform tasks that are considered less physically laborious

Blue Collar Employment: perform tasks that are manual, technical labor or are in technical maintenance "trades"

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Little Rock Employment by Industry for Total Civilian Population Graph

2010 Employment by Industry for Civilian Population (Age 16+) Little Rock, AR Arkansas United States
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining 309 0.33% 37,665 2.90% 2,134,305 1.49%
Construction 3,943 4.17% 96,124 7.40% 9,982,202 6.97%
Manufacturing 5,773 6.10% 214,067 16.48% 17,078,738 11.93%
Wholesale Trade 2,785 2.94% 36,435 2.81% 4,371,371 3.05%
Retail Trade 8,719 9.22% 149,636 11.52% 14,346,753 10.02%
Transportation and Warehousing, and Utilities 4,637 4.90% 84,536 6.51% 7,992,800 5.58%
Information 4,990 5.27% 28,253 2.18% 4,210,964 2.94%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 7,763 8.21% 64,230 4.95% 9,894,999 6.91%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, etc. 9,839 10.40% 80,663 6.21% 14,935,847 10.43%
Educational, Health and Social Services 26,886 28.42% 290,500 22.37% 31,705,830 22.14%
Arts, Entertainment, Accommodation and Food Services, etc. 6,683 7.06% 89,242 6.87% 12,115,678 8.46%
Other Services 5,730 6.06% 70,481 5.43% 7,373,033 5.15%
Public Administration 6,556 6.93% 56,972 4.39% 7,044,144 4.92%

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Employment by Industry: This data represents 2010 employment by industry for the total civilian population.

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Little Rock Employment Statistics for all Potential Employees Graph

2010 Employment Statistics for Potential Employees (Age 16+) Little Rock, AR Arkansas United States
Employment Potential 150,209 2,248,326 237,450,726
Civilian Total 94,613 1,298,804 143,186,664
Employed Civilian Males 47,807 31.83% 695,651 30.94% 76,490,548 32.21%
Employed Civilian Females 46,806 31.16% 603,153 26.83% 66,696,116 28.09%
Armed Forces Male 230 0.15% 5,919 0.26% 1,041,883 0.44%
Armed Forces Female 44 0.03% 1,045 0.05% 194,250 0.08%
Unemployed Males 4,747 3.16% 76,175 3.39% 8,607,960 3.63%
Unemployed Females 4,307 2.87% 56,153 2.50% 5,967,224 2.51%
Not in the Labor Force Male 18,490 12.31% 336,682 14.97% 32,071,333 13.51%
Not in the Labor Force Female 27,778 18.49% 473,548 21.06% 46,381,412 19.53%

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Workforce Statistics: The Workforce breakdown is derived from data, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

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Little Rock Population Growth Statistics Graph

2010 Employment by Type of Employer Total Civilian Population (Age 16+) Little Rock, AR Arkansas United States
Private for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 63,264 66.87% 953,141 73.39% 105,622,009 73.77%
Private Not-for-Profit Wage and Salary Workers 9,220 9.74% 78,417 6.04% 10,090,727 7.05%
Local Government Workers 4,105 4.34% 57,475 4.43% 8,961,757 6.26%
State Government Workers 11,308 11.95% 94,111 7.25% 6,692,635 4.67%
Federal Government Workers 2,693 2.85% 27,140 2.09% 3,541,754 2.47%
Self-Employed Workers in Own Not Incorporated Business 3,941 4.17% 86,235 6.64% 8,072,936 5.64%
Unpaid Family Workers 82 0.09% 2,285 0.18% 204,846 0.14%

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Civilian Employers (Population Age 16+): This data represents 2010 employment by type of employers for the total civilian population, over age 16.

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