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Change in Workers by Occupation, 2019-23

What does this measure?

The number of employed people 16 years or older by occupation group expressed as a change from 2000.

Why is this important?

Workers are drawn to different occupations as the structure of the local economy evolves. These changes indicate which career paths and skills are being developing in the county.

How does our county compare?

Since 2000, the number of Lancaster County residents in occupations related to Management, Business, Science and Arts has increased by 61%, and those in Service jobs by 29%. The number of people employed by the Production, Transportation and Material Moving sector declined by 7%, and those in Sales and Office jobs by 5%.

Over the same period, the number of City of Lancaster residents in occupations related to Management, Business, Science and Arts has increased by 88%, and those in Service jobs by 18%. Meanwhile, the number of residents in Production, Transportation and Material Moving have decreased by 8%, and those in Sales and Office jobs have decreased by 7%.

Notes about the data

The multiyear figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The bureau combined 5 years of responses to the survey to provide estimates for smaller geographic areas and increase the precision of its estimates. However, because the information came from a survey, the samples responding to the survey were not always large enough to produce reliable results, especially in small geographic areas. CGR has noted on data tables the estimates with relatively large margins of error. Estimates with three asterisks have the largest margins, plus or minus 50% or more of the estimate. Two asterisks mean plus or minus 35%-50%, and one asterisk means plus or minus 20%-35%. For all estimates, the confidence level is 90%, meaning there is 90% probability the true value (if the whole population were surveyed) would be within the margin of error (or confidence interval). The survey provides data on characteristics of the population that used to be collected only during the decennial census. Data for this indicator are released annually in December.

Change in Workers by Occupation, 2019-23

	Management, Business, Science and Arts	Natural Resources, Construction and Maintenance	Production, Transportation and Material Moving	Sales and Office	Service
Pennsylvania	46%	-7%	-4%	-19%	22%
Lancaster County	61%	4%	-7%	-5%	29%
Lancaster City	88%	-12%*	-8%	-7%	18%
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough	173%*	13%**	24%**	39%*	218%*
Akron borough	1%*	25%*	-14%*	-15%*	25%*
Christiana borough	-2%*	-35%**	-41%**	-37%**	-25%**
Columbia borough	96%	-18%**	-29%*	6%*	-4%
Denver township	57%*	-5%**	-11%*	8%*	2%**
East Petersburg borough	10%*	-15%***	-27%***	19%*	36%**
Elizabethtown borough	14%	-3%*	-8%*	-1%	15%*
Ephrata borough	29%	-14%*	-18%	0%*	12%*
Lititz borough	57%	-22%**	7%*	-34%*	-21%**
Manheim borough	54%*	5%**	-11%**	-19%**	1%**
Marietta borough	32%*	-3%*	-61%**	-16%*	35%*
Millersville borough	42%	-11%**	27%*	-46%*	39%
Mount Joy borough	89%	-32%*	-8%*	-14%*	49%*
Mountville borough	82%*	39%***	-13%**	-41%**	-2%***
New Holland borough	-10%*	-23%**	-12%*	-22%*	68%**
Quarryville borough	154%	-19%**	39%*	4%*	113%*
Strasburg borough	30%*	26%***	-57%***	17%**	8%**
Terre Hill borough	-38%**	-46%***	-56%***	-22%***	18%**
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township	-10%*	39%*	4%*	-46%**	51%**
Brecknock township	68%	32%*	-32%*	4%*	103%**
Caernarvon township	35%*	11%*	-4%**	-29%*	20%*
Clay township	144%*	-7%*	14%*	-42%*	5%***
Colerain township	33%	-20%*	19%*	25%*	48%*
Conestoga township	45%*	92%***	-24%**	-10%**	-25%**
Conoy township	17%*	36%***	0%*	11%*	52%**
Drumore township	61%*	13%*	12%*	-34%**	-10%**
Earl township	38%*	6%**	-25%*	17%*	21%**
East Cocalico township	32%	6%*	-23%*	8%	43%*
East Donegal township	184%	-45%**	-17%*	0%*	192%*
East Drumore township	61%*	-15%*	-4%*	-51%**	78%**
East Earl township	66%*	-26%**	4%*	64%**	87%**
East Hempfield township	64%	7%*	-44%*	2%	-0%*
East Lampeter township	93%	0%**	-11%*	-5%	64%
Eden township	12%*	30%*	10%*	-47%*	-9%*
Elizabeth township	18%*	3%**	8%*	-49%**	-20%**
Ephrata township	162%	3%***	-25%*	0%*	57%*
Fulton township	26%*	-9%*	10%**	-43%**	57%***
Lancaster township	56%	62%**	8%	9%*	34%*
Leacock township	73%*	15%*	25%**	3%*	-3%**
Little Britain township	29%**	8%**	24%**	100%**	-6%***
Manheim township	53%	33%*	11%	-2%	37%
Manor township	44%	29%*	18%	50%	79%*
Martic township	65%	-15%*	-14%*	-34%*	-14%**
Mount Joy township	70%	-8%**	38%*	24%*	32%*
Paradise township	58%*	38%**	17%*	5%*	-8%**
Penn township	157%	80%***	-45%*	-4%*	56%*
Pequea township	156%*	28%***	29%**	-15%*	50%**
Providence township	45%*	-29%**	17%*	-36%**	-34%**
Rapho township	98%	16%*	-5%*	24%*	54%*
Sadsbury township	18%*	21%*	19%*	20%*	8%*
Salisbury township	54%	42%	17%	8%*	5%*
Strasburg township	-7%**	-39%***	-20%***	7%**	15%***
Upper Leacock township	46%	12%*	-30%*	-21%*	8%*
Warwick township	59%	3%*	-11%*	-22%	43%*
West Cocalico township	69%	16%*	4%*	-47%*	20%**
West Donegal township	65%	-41%***	53%*	-30%*	-5%**
West Earl township	17%	7%*	14%*	11%*	37%*
West Hempfield township	48%	-9%*	-4%*	-24%	32%*
West Lampeter township	81%	16%*	-27%*	5%	57%*
Berks County	39%	4%	13%	-10%	38%
Chester County	61%	-3%	-4%	-8%	40%
Cumberland County	65%	12%	22%	-22%	33%
Dauphin County	39%	-10%	15%	-16%	42%
Lebanon County	60%	-7%	-11%	6%	10%
York County	55%	3%	-3%	-8%	45%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.

Workers by Occupation, 2019-23

	Management, Business, Science and Arts	Natural Resources, Construction and Maintenance	Production, Transportation and Material Moving	Sales and Office	Service
Pennsylvania	2,680,488	491,920	888,954	1,227,803	1,026,587
Lancaster County	106,780	27,274	48,153	55,761	42,105
Lancaster City	9,897	1,627*	6,170	5,672	5,630
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough	508*	97**	211**	254*	181*
Akron borough	544*	236*	459*	489*	399*
Christiana borough	133*	50**	74**	87**	43**
Columbia borough	1,435	399**	1,171*	1,192*	830
Denver township	759*	192**	449*	397*	274**
East Petersburg borough	912*	186***	394***	925*	365**
Elizabethtown borough	2,226	444*	901*	1,542	1,377*
Ephrata borough	2,073	759*	1,638	1,707*	1,139*
Lititz borough	2,294	230**	945*	902*	473**
Manheim borough	892*	303**	562**	501**	372**
Marietta borough	413*	209*	149**	301*	300*
Millersville borough	1,645	203**	687*	732*	975
Mount Joy borough	1,790	298*	945*	840*	761*
Mountville borough	645*	218***	200**	247**	202***
New Holland borough	618*	256**	605*	547*	565**
Quarryville borough	434	105**	262*	323*	306*
Strasburg borough	626*	118***	139***	489**	199**
Terre Hill borough	80**	62***	83***	121***	113**
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township	272*	301*	379*	160**	220**
Brecknock township	1,101	605*	630*	851*	748**
Caernarvon township	747*	409*	395**	309*	362*
Clay township	1,335*	460*	691*	394*	403***
Colerain township	499	290*	289*	408*	319*
Conestoga township	836*	454***	322**	354**	267**
Conoy township	444*	308***	457*	468*	352**
Drumore township	350*	224*	313*	162**	115**
Earl township	808*	481**	602*	540*	408**
East Cocalico township	1,668	648*	1,087*	1,312	712*
East Donegal township	2,182	265**	592*	847*	831*
East Drumore township	525*	262*	263*	197**	469**
East Earl township	1,054*	383**	648*	896**	673**
East Hempfield township	7,408	750*	1,110*	3,049	1,384*
East Lampeter township	4,102	685**	1,251*	1,768	1,348
Eden township	199*	240*	245*	114*	104*
Elizabeth township	753*	281**	443*	236**	214**
Ephrata township	2,209	653***	821*	1,014*	747*
Fulton township	304*	238*	317**	161**	292***
Lancaster township	4,337	650**	1,540	1,688*	1,262*
Leacock township	742*	566*	676**	452*	259**
Little Britain township	464**	365**	441**	560**	232***
Manheim township	11,101	1,074*	2,269	4,296	2,624
Manor township	4,146	1,008*	2,213	3,248	2,120*
Martic township	1,024	327*	530*	438*	283**
Mount Joy township	2,424	548**	1,050*	1,075*	886*
Paradise township	654*	552**	605*	564*	310**
Penn township	2,574	700***	581*	904*	876*
Pequea township	1,531*	380***	616**	449*	554**
Providence township	582*	389**	1,025*	642**	384**
Rapho township	2,214	929*	1,113*	1,221*	934*
Sadsbury township	434*	320*	312*	391*	207*
Salisbury township	1,510	1,153	1,205	1,142*	652*
Strasburg township	530**	225***	297***	493**	280***
Upper Leacock township	1,706	507*	670*	721*	541*
Warwick township	4,435	834*	1,480*	1,719	1,327*
West Cocalico township	1,120	773*	823*	559*	447**
West Donegal township	1,879	219***	653*	542*	388**
West Earl township	1,156	455*	840*	922*	700*
West Hempfield township	3,594	761*	1,679*	1,663	1,236*
West Lampeter township	3,903	610*	636*	1,577	1,131*
Berks County	73,900	18,761	43,375	42,239	33,243
Chester County	160,559	16,907	20,668	53,394	33,745
Cumberland County	60,955	9,328	18,908	24,869	18,836
Dauphin County	59,402	8,880	20,191	29,703	24,457
Lebanon County	24,306	6,404	12,369	15,116	10,516
York County	86,206	20,756	43,280	46,906	35,564

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