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Change in Workers by Occupation, 2018-22

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 53%, and those in Service jobs by 29%. The number of people employed by the Production, Transportation and Material Moving sector declined by 5%, and those in Sales and Office jobs by 3%.

Over the same period, the number of City of Lancaster residents in occupations related to Management, Business, Science and Arts has increased by 81%, and those in Service jobs by 17%. The number of residents in Production, Transportation and Material Moving have increased by 3%, while 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, 2018-22

	Management, Business, Science and Arts	Natural Resources, Construction and Maintenance	Production, Transportation and Material Moving	Sales and Office	Service
Pennsylvania	42%	-5%	-3%	-17%	25%
Lancaster County	58%	7%	-4%	-5%	28%
Lancaster City	92%	-13%*	-4%	-11%	19%
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough	165%*	19%**	42%**	39%*	249%*
Akron borough	2%*	70%*	-20%*	-29%*	32%*
Christiana borough	10%*	-39%***	-30%**	-35%**	-16%**
Columbia borough	62%	-17%*	-14%	10%*	-9%*
Denver township	39%*	-15%**	-28%*	19%*	16%*
East Petersburg borough	36%*	11%***	-27%**	3%*	-3%***
Elizabethtown borough	11%	23%*	-0%*	-10%	1%*
Ephrata borough	26%	-15%*	-20%*	-3%*	9%*
Lititz borough	67%	-34%**	3%*	-35%*	-22%**
Manheim borough	36%*	-5%**	-22%**	-20%**	17%**
Marietta borough	32%*	-1%*	-54%*	-9%*	11%*
Millersville borough	22%*	-7%**	71%*	-41%*	18%*
Mount Joy borough	85%	-45%**	0%*	-20%*	38%*
Mountville borough	77%*	18%***	-6%**	-40%**	21%**
New Holland borough	-10%*	19%**	0%*	-23%*	69%**
Quarryville borough	142%	1%**	39%*	-6%*	44%*
Strasburg borough	4%*	-11%***	-60%**	38%*	29%**
Terre Hill borough	-43%**	-42%***	-44%***	-8%**	7%**
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township	-9%*	48%*	3%**	-43%*	35%**
Brecknock township	77%	30%*	-27%*	10%*	100%**
Caernarvon township	26%*	-13%*	3%*	-19%*	-9%**
Clay township	110%*	-11%**	31%*	-33%*	17%**
Colerain township	51%	-24%*	-4%**	6%*	47%*
Conestoga township	53%*	101%***	-35%**	4%**	-36%**
Conoy township	33%*	16%***	4%*	-2%*	49%**
Drumore township	57%*	14%*	0%*	-31%**	16%**
Earl township	39%*	13%*	-33%*	16%*	49%*
East Cocalico township	36%	14%*	-25%*	5%	47%*
East Donegal township	195%	-31%**	-17%*	17%*	179%*
East Drumore township	58%*	-23%**	10%*	-49%**	53%**
East Earl township	68%*	-27%**	-1%*	62%**	82%**
East Hempfield township	59%	4%*	-29%*	2%	-14%*
East Lampeter township	82%	11%*	-8%*	-10%	54%*
Eden township	-4%*	53%*	1%*	-42%*	-14%**
Elizabeth township	16%*	31%*	3%*	-20%*	-7%**
Ephrata township	145%*	15%***	-21%*	-2%	97%*
Fulton township	16%*	-7%*	25%*	-42%**	54%***
Lancaster township	47%	56%**	40%*	7%*	30%*
Leacock township	52%*	11%*	48%*	5%*	3%**
Little Britain township	38%*	-10%**	45%**	57%***	4%***
Manheim township	48%	45%*	18%	-1%	75%
Manor township	43%	8%*	24%	47%	57%
Martic township	55%	15%*	-15%*	-35%*	-8%*
Mount Joy township	81%	-5%**	24%*	16%*	31%*
Paradise township	52%*	40%*	2%*	17%*	23%*
Penn township	138%	82%***	-38%*	-8%*	76%*
Pequea township	139%*	9%**	-14%**	-3%*	87%*
Providence township	73%*	-15%**	9%*	-24%*	-38%**
Rapho township	97%	24%*	-8%*	35%*	48%*
Sadsbury township	12%*	27%*	13%*	9%*	10%*
Salisbury township	44%	40%*	4%	13%	0%*
Strasburg township	1%**	-35%***	-8%**	7%**	1%***
Upper Leacock township	38%	21%*	-30%*	-24%*	2%*
Warwick township	52%	18%*	-9%*	-16%	24%*
West Cocalico township	51%*	29%*	-6%*	-46%*	10%**
West Donegal township	51%	-45%***	61%*	-4%*	5%**
West Earl township	14%	37%*	19%*	1%*	26%*
West Hempfield township	61%	-3%*	-14%*	-30%	15%*
West Lampeter township	72%	-2%*	-11%*	-2%*	74%*
Berks County	37%	6%	12%	-8%	39%
Chester County	55%	4%	-7%	-6%	44%
Cumberland County	58%	7%	17%	-15%	35%
Dauphin County	35%	-5%	19%	-13%	42%
Lebanon County	55%	-10%	-9%	4%	19%
York County	52%	6%	-5%	-7%	44%

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, 2018-22

	Management, Business, Science and Arts	Natural Resources, Construction and Maintenance	Production, Transportation and Material Moving	Sales and Office	Service
Pennsylvania	2,615,956	499,034	897,055	1,266,218	1,043,748
Lancaster County	104,416	28,110	49,727	55,605	41,941
Lancaster City	10,104	1,602*	6,466	5,416	5,677
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough	492*	102**	241**	255*	199*
Akron borough	553*	321*	424*	413*	420*
Christiana borough	150*	47***	88**	90**	48**
Columbia borough	1,191	404*	1,424	1,240*	786*
Denver township	673*	171**	366*	436*	311*
East Petersburg borough	1,120*	243***	392**	795*	259***
Elizabethtown borough	2,158	565*	974*	1,391	1,215*
Ephrata borough	2,016	749*	1,596*	1,646*	1,107*
Lititz borough	2,426	192**	906*	884*	468**
Manheim borough	791*	275**	497**	496**	433**
Marietta borough	413*	214*	178*	327*	248*
Millersville borough	1,414*	212**	920*	791*	828*
Mount Joy borough	1,754	242**	1,032*	780*	704*
Mountville borough	626*	186***	216**	253**	250**
New Holland borough	620*	397**	687*	542*	568**
Quarryville borough	413	130**	261*	294*	207*
Strasburg borough	499*	84***	130**	579*	238**
Terre Hill borough	73**	66***	107***	143**	103**
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township	276*	321*	374**	169*	197**
Brecknock township	1,160	595*	677*	900*	735**
Caernarvon township	698*	321*	425*	355*	274**
Clay township	1,146*	438**	795*	458*	448**
Colerain township	566	276*	234**	348*	317*
Conestoga township	885*	477***	278**	410**	228**
Conoy township	504*	263***	474*	413*	346**
Drumore township	341*	226*	280*	170**	149**
Earl township	815*	512*	537*	533*	505*
East Cocalico township	1,717	697*	1,055*	1,286	730*
East Donegal township	2,269	330**	595*	987*	796*
East Drumore township	514*	235**	299*	204**	402**
East Earl township	1,071*	376**	614*	888**	653**
East Hempfield township	7,163	724*	1,403*	3,041	1,191*
East Lampeter township	3,860	763*	1,291*	1,673	1,265*
Eden township	171*	282*	225*	126*	98**
Elizabeth township	744*	357*	422*	367*	249**
Ephrata township	2,067*	728***	865*	989	938*
Fulton township	280*	243*	358*	165**	286***
Lancaster township	4,090	626**	1,997*	1,655*	1,226*
Leacock township	651*	546*	796*	458*	275**
Little Britain township	496*	306**	516**	440***	257***
Manheim township	10,744	1,170*	2,406	4,340	3,352
Manor township	4,116	845*	2,326	3,188	1,866
Martic township	966	440*	520*	426*	301*
Mount Joy township	2,584	570**	945*	1,005*	881*
Paradise township	628*	560*	528*	633*	412*
Penn township	2,383	708***	653*	861*	988*
Pequea township	1,433*	324**	413**	516*	691*
Providence township	692*	467**	958*	756*	363**
Rapho township	2,202	993*	1,075*	1,335*	900*
Sadsbury township	412*	334*	298*	355*	212*
Salisbury township	1,407	1,141*	1,076	1,187	624*
Strasburg township	573**	237***	340**	491**	247***
Upper Leacock township	1,613	550*	672*	687*	509*
Warwick township	4,223	957*	1,515*	1,868	1,156*
West Cocalico township	1,004*	861*	746*	571*	408**
West Donegal township	1,712	203***	686*	745*	431**
West Earl township	1,132	581*	875*	839*	643*
West Hempfield township	3,902	807*	1,503*	1,537	1,071*
West Lampeter township	3,720	518*	777*	1,472*	1,252*
Berks County	72,569	19,032	43,049	43,270	33,502
Chester County	155,124	18,246	20,126	54,905	34,547
Cumberland County	58,487	8,910	18,119	27,063	19,198
Dauphin County	57,934	9,352	20,873	30,791	24,444
Lebanon County	23,539	6,223	12,547	14,855	11,351
York County	84,303	21,256	42,267	47,509	35,313

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