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Farm jobs are generally not included in the employment statistics gathered (nor for military occupations) for historical reasons. There was a push in the 80s th
by jnordwick 11y ago
Farm jobs are generally not included in the employment statistics gathered (nor for military occupations) for historical reasons. There was a push in the 80s the change that.
- protomyth 11y agoUhm, agriculture is listed as "Number of jobs in NAICS sector 11 (Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting)"[1] which is coded CNS01 in the csv tables[2]. 1) http://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/lodes/LODES7/LODESTechDoc7.0.pdf http://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/lodes/LODES7/LODESTechDoc7.0... 2) http://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/#lodes http://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/#lodes
- jnordwick 11y agoThose still aren't farm jobs. From the LODES description of what it doesn't count: "Business owners, self-employed persons, some temporary workers, family farmers, military personnel, and others are typically outside of this frame, are not covered, and thus not counted in LODES." http://www.datafinder.org/metadata/CensusWorkplaceAreaCharacteristics.html http://www.datafinder.org/metadata/CensusWorkplaceAreaCharac...