Occupations in the Big Spring Township, Shelby County, Illinois (Township)

Occupations#1

Percentage of the civilian employed population aged 16 and older.
Scope: population of Shelby County and the Big Spring Township
Big Spring Township
Shelby County
0%5%10%CountConstruction1ProductionAdministrativeFood ServiceSales and RelatedFacilitiesRepair2Business3Personal CareManagementMaterial MovingHealthcare4Healthcare SupportEntertainment5TransportationComputers & MathEngineering6ScienceSocial ServiceLegalEducation7Health TechniciansFire FightingLaw EnforcementFarming814.583333%4.844660%14.583333%14.6%4913.095238%11.922330%13.095238%13.1%4410.416667%11.563107%10.416667%10.4%359.226190%5.262136%9.226190%9.2%317.738095%7.252427%7.738095%7.7%265.952381%4.708738%5.952381%6.0%205.357143%6.669903%5.357143%5.4%185.059524%1.631068%5.059524%5.1%175.059524%4.436893%5.059524%5.1%174.761905%9.650485%4.761905%4.8%164.761905%6.184466%4.761905%4.8%164.166667%2.631068%4.166667%4.2%143.869048%3.398058%3.869048%3.9%133.273810%0.524272%3.273810%3.3%112.678571%5.466019%2.678571%2.7%90.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.563107%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%1.223301%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.135922%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%1.592233%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.067961%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%5.242718%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%3.165049%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.281553%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.825243%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.757282%0
Count number of people employed in given occupation
1Construction and extraction 2Installation, maintenance, and repair 3Business and finance 4Health diagnosing and treating practitioners 5Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media 6Engineering and architecture 7Education, training, and library 8Farming, fishing, and forestry

Relative Occupations#2

Percentage more or less common in the Big Spring Township than in Shelby County, among the civilian employed population aged 16 and older.
Scope: population of Shelby County and the Big Spring Township
Less Common
More Common
0%200%400%%ref.Entertainment1Business2Construction3Food ServiceHealthcare4FacilitiesPersonal CareHealthcare SupportProductionSales and RelatedAdministrativeRepair5Material MovingManagementTransportationComputers & MathEngineering6ScienceSocial ServiceLegalEducation7Health TechniciansFire FightingLaw EnforcementFarming8524.448854%524.448854%524.4%3.274%3.27%0.524%0.52%210.196995%210.196995%210.2%5.060%5.06%1.631%1.63%201.018704%201.018704%201.0%14.583%14.6%4.845%4.84%75.331664%75.331664%75.3%9.226%9.23%5.262%5.26%58.364084%58.364084%58.4%4.167%4.17%2.631%2.63%26.411389%26.411389%26.4%5.952%5.95%4.709%4.71%14.033031%14.033031%14.0%5.060%5.06%4.437%4.44%13.860544%13.860544%13.9%3.869%3.87%3.398%3.40%9.837909%9.837909%9.8%13.095%13.1%11.922%11.9%6.696628%6.696628%6.7%7.738%7.74%7.252%7.25%-9.914638%-9.914638%9.9%10.417%10.4%11.563%11.6%-19.681847%-19.681847%19.7%5.357%5.36%6.670%6.67%-23.002168%-23.002168%23.0%4.762%4.76%6.184%6.18%-50.656319%-50.656319%50.7%4.762%4.76%9.650%9.65%-50.995940%-50.995940%51.0%2.679%2.68%5.466%5.47%-100.000000%-100.000000%100.0%0.000%0%0.563%0.56%-100.000000%-100.000000%100.0%0.000%0%1.223%1.22%-100.000000%-100.000000%100.0%0.000%0%0.136%0.14%-100.000000%-100.000000%100.0%0.000%0%1.592%1.59%-100.000000%-100.000000%100.0%0.000%0%0.068%0.07%-100.000000%-100.000000%100.0%0.000%0%5.243%5.24%-100.000000%-100.000000%100.0%0.000%0%3.165%3.17%-100.000000%-100.000000%100.0%0.000%0%0.282%0.28%-100.000000%-100.000000%100.0%0.000%0%0.825%0.83%-100.000000%-100.000000%100.0%0.000%0%0.757%0.76%
% percentage of occupation in the Big Spring Township
ref. percentage of occupation in Shelby County
1Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media 2Business and finance 3Construction and extraction 4Health diagnosing and treating practitioners 5Installation, maintenance, and repair 6Engineering and architecture 7Education, training, and library 8Farming, fishing, and forestry

Sex Ratio by Occupation#3

Sex ratio by occupation among the civilian employed population aged 16 and older.
Scope: population of Shelby County and the Big Spring Township
Female Male
Shelby County
Big Spring Township
2x1x0x1x2xFMAll OccupationsBusiness1-1.000000x-1.000000x-1.000000x1.074074x1.136043x1.074074x1.07x162174-2.400000x-1.000000x-2.400000x2.40x1.000000x1.126582x1.000000x125
F number of females employed in given occupation
M number of males employed in given occupation
1Business and finance

Part Timers by Occupation#4

Part time and seasonal workers as a percentage of total workforce within an occupation.
Scope: population of Shelby County and the Big Spring Township
Big Spring Township
Shelby County
0%50%100%PartFullFood ServiceTransportationMaterial MovingAdministrativeConstruction1Entertainment2Sales and RelatedAll OccupationsProductionManagementBusiness3Healthcare4Healthcare SupportFacilitiesPersonal CareRepair5100.000000%71.771218%100.000000%100.0%310100.000000%22.380107%100.000000%100.0%90100.000000%31.083203%100.000000%100.0%16082.857143%33.081444%82.857143%82.9%29646.938776%31.262525%46.938776%46.9%232645.454545%29.629630%45.454545%45.5%5642.307692%33.333333%42.307692%42.3%111539.583333%29.825243%39.583333%39.6%13320320.454545%14.902280%20.454545%20.5%9350.000000%0.000000%0.0%19.718310%0160.000000%0.000000%0.0%19.642857%0170.000000%0.000000%0.0%20.664207%0140.000000%0.000000%0.0%42.000000%0130.000000%0.000000%0.0%48.453608%0200.000000%0.000000%0.0%40.262582%0170.000000%0.000000%0.0%6.550218%018
Part number of part time workers employed in given occupation
Full number of full time workers employed in given occupation
1Construction and extraction 2Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media 3Business and finance 4Health diagnosing and treating practitioners 5Installation, maintenance, and repair 6Engineering and architecture 7Education, training, and library 8Farming, fishing, and forestry

Median Income by Occupation#5

For the full-time year-round civilian employed population aged 16 and older.
Scope: population of Shelby County and the Big Spring Township
Big Spring Township
Shelby County
$0k$10k$20k$30k$40k%CountAll Occupations$44,250.000000$40,012.000000$44,250.000000$44.3k100.000%100%336
% percent of the workforce employed in given occupation
Count number of people employed in given occupation
1Business and finance 2Engineering and architecture 3Education, training, and library 4Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media 5Health diagnosing and treating practitioners 6Farming, fishing, and forestry 7Construction and extraction 8Installation, maintenance, and repair

Occupations by County Subdivision in Illinois

There are 1,710 county subdivisions in Illinois. This section compares the Big Spring Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in Illinois and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Big Spring Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 54,812.

Management Occupations by County Subdivision#6

Percentage of the civilian employed population aged 16 and older.
Scope: population of the Big Spring Township, selected other county subdivisions in Illinois, and entities that contain the Big Spring Township
0%5%10%15%20%Count#New Trier TownshipNew TrierVernon TownshipVernonNorthfield TownshipNorthfieldWheatland TownshipWheatlandNaperville TownshipNapervillePalatine TownshipPalatineWayne TownshipWayneYork TownshipLisle TownshipLisleEvanston TownshipEvanstonMilton TownshipMiltonWarren TownshipWarrenAlgonquin TownshipAlgonquinDowners Grove TownshipDowners GrvFrankfort TownshipFrankfortWheeling TownshipWheelingLyons TownshipLyonsOrland TownshipOrland959500Tract 959500Schaumburg TownshipSchaumburgPalos TownshipPalosBloomingdale TownshipBloomingdaleAvon TownshipDundee TownshipDundeeMaine TownshipMaineElk Grove TownshipElk GrvNiles TownshipNilesIllinoisUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesMidwestChicagoShelby CountyShelbyHanover TownshipHanoverEast North CentralCapital TownshipCapitalPlainfield TownshipPlainfieldChampaign City TownshipChampaign CityDu Page TownshipDu PageRich TownshipAddison TownshipAddisonElgin TownshipElginBremen TownshipBremenLockport TownshipLockportBloomington City TownshipBloomington CityProviso TownshipProvisoWorth TownshipWorthPeoria City TownshipPeoria CityLeyden TownshipLeydenBloom TownshipBloomRockford TownshipRockfordBerwyn TownshipBerwynThornton TownshipThorntonAurora TownshipAuroraBig Spring TownshipBig SpgJoliet TownshipJolietWaukegan TownshipWaukeganCicero TownshipCicero20.200597%20.200597%20.2%4,874118.750882%18.750882%18.8%6,647217.114469%17.114469%17.1%6,580316.200076%16.200076%16.2%6,782415.194691%15.194691%15.2%8,265514.280314%14.280314%14.3%8,688613.956452%13.956452%14.0%5,147713.861418%13.861418%13.9%8,620813.857442%13.857442%13.9%8,801913.613989%13.613989%13.6%5,0061013.607101%13.607101%13.6%8,2011113.595791%13.595791%13.6%4,6001213.573940%13.573940%13.6%6,5631313.532672%13.532672%13.5%10,06110.1k1412.822575%12.822575%12.8%3,8261512.498298%12.498298%12.5%10,09810.1k1612.294722%12.294722%12.3%6,4311711.801363%11.801363%11.8%6,0601811.272727%11.272727%11.3%18611.215342%11.215342%11.2%8,0821910.760173%10.760173%10.8%2,7052010.703868%10.703868%10.7%6,4952110.688428%10.688428%10.7%3,4842210.577972%10.577972%10.6%3,4922310.230974%10.230974%10.2%6,9412410.156104%10.156104%10.2%4,8992510.116692%10.116692%10.1%5,0112610.097176%10.097176%10.1%619,373619k10.035605%10.035605%10.0%14,852,82814.9M9.823005%9.823005%9.8%3,193,2973.19M9.686446%9.686446%9.7%125,034125k279.650485%9.650485%9.7%9949.562710%9.562710%9.6%4,975289.526275%9.526275%9.5%2,096,2572.10M9.490124%9.490124%9.5%5,165299.301499%9.301499%9.3%3,927309.259851%9.259851%9.3%4,056319.220204%9.220204%9.2%4,162328.919169%8.919169%8.9%3,083338.872960%8.872960%8.9%4,023348.434728%8.434728%8.4%4,298358.309314%8.309314%8.3%4,209368.106237%8.106237%8.1%2,225378.038233%8.038233%8.0%3,305387.864640%7.864640%7.9%5,687397.841240%7.841240%7.8%5,512407.438288%7.438288%7.4%3,399417.094703%7.094703%7.1%3,315427.077319%7.077319%7.1%2,638436.845992%6.845992%6.8%5,108446.484258%6.484258%6.5%1,730456.213626%6.213626%6.2%4,260465.277745%5.277745%5.3%3,618474.761905%4.761905%4.8%164.745895%4.745895%4.7%1,821483.953776%3.953776%4.0%1,632492.978783%2.978783%3.0%1,06750

Occupations by County Subdivision in the Midwest

There are 19,478 county subdivisions in the Midwest. This section compares the Big Spring Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Midwest and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Big Spring Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 112,821.

Management Occupations by County Subdivision#31

Percentage of the civilian employed population aged 16 and older.
Scope: population of the Big Spring Township, selected other county subdivisions in the Midwest, and entities that contain the Big Spring Township
0%5%10%Count#Overland ParkPalatine TownshipPalatineYork TownshipLisle TownshipLisleMilton TownshipMiltonDowners Grove TownshipDowners GrvWheeling TownshipWheelingOlatheWashington TownshipWashington959500Tract 959500Schaumburg TownshipSchaumburgMinneapolisBloomingdale TownshipBloomingdaleMaine TownshipMaineLawrence TownshipLawrenceAnn ArborMadisonIllinoisUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesKaw TownshipMidwestChicagoShelby CountyShelbyEast North CentralCapital TownshipCapitalCedar RapidsOmahaLincolnColumbusFargoWichitaSt. PaulSt. LouisSterling HeightsSterling HtsCincinnatiSioux FallsProviso TownshipProvisoWorth TownshipWorthNorth TownshipNTopekaGrand RapidsSpringfield TownshipSpringfieldCenter TownshipCtrAkronRockford TownshipRockfordMilwaukeeDaytonToledoClevelandThornton TownshipThorntonWayne TownshipWayneBlue TownshipWarrenKansas CityAurora TownshipAuroraDetroitBig Spring TownshipBig Spg14.855423%14.855423%14.9%14,75514.8k114.280314%14.280314%14.3%8,688213.861418%13.861418%13.9%8,620313.857442%13.857442%13.9%8,801413.607101%13.607101%13.6%8,201513.532672%13.532672%13.5%10,06110.1k612.498298%12.498298%12.5%10,09810.1k712.497347%12.497347%12.5%8,834811.822686%11.822686%11.8%8,852911.272727%11.272727%11.3%18611.215342%11.215342%11.2%8,0821011.090883%11.090883%11.1%25,34325.3k1110.703868%10.703868%10.7%6,4951210.230974%10.230974%10.2%6,9411310.178765%10.178765%10.2%6,1951410.163555%10.163555%10.2%6,0651510.142086%10.142086%10.1%14,53314.5k1610.097176%10.097176%10.1%619,373619k10.035605%10.035605%10.0%14,852,82814.9M9.830735%9.830735%9.8%8,828179.823005%9.823005%9.8%3,193,2973.19M9.686446%9.686446%9.7%125,034125k189.650485%9.650485%9.7%9949.526275%9.526275%9.5%2,096,2572.10M9.490124%9.490124%9.5%5,165199.453745%9.453745%9.5%6,573209.255914%9.255914%9.3%20,95421.0k218.952573%8.952573%9.0%13,25513.3k228.938711%8.938711%8.9%37,82837.8k238.848749%8.848749%8.8%6,006248.828501%8.828501%8.8%16,19216.2k258.615624%8.615624%8.6%12,87212.9k268.539382%8.539382%8.5%12,73712.7k278.523147%8.523147%8.5%5,422288.480632%8.480632%8.5%11,70211.7k298.151678%8.151678%8.2%6,432307.864640%7.864640%7.9%5,687317.841240%7.841240%7.8%5,512327.755132%7.755132%7.8%5,213337.657261%7.657261%7.7%4,521347.353898%7.353898%7.4%6,892357.129728%7.129728%7.1%5,663367.037418%7.037418%7.0%4,305376.884817%6.884817%6.9%6,110386.845992%6.845992%6.8%5,108396.680024%6.680024%6.7%17,83717.8k406.420093%6.420093%6.4%3,548416.340644%6.340644%6.3%7,664426.287799%6.287799%6.3%9,409436.213626%6.213626%6.2%4,260446.095911%6.095911%6.1%3,830456.010562%6.010562%6.0%4,211465.821231%5.821231%5.8%3,395475.284388%5.284388%5.3%3,524485.277745%5.277745%5.3%3,618494.999593%4.999593%5.0%11,05911.1k504.761905%4.761905%4.8%16

Occupations by County Subdivision in the United States

There are 35,600 county subdivisions in the United States. This section compares the Big Spring Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Big Spring Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 547,300.

Management Occupations by County Subdivision#56

Percentage of the civilian employed population aged 16 and older.
Scope: population of the Big Spring Township, selected other county subdivisions in the United States, and entities that contain the Big Spring Township
0%5%10%15%Count#ManhattanWashingtonSeattle EastPlanoSan FranciscoAtlantaNortheast TarrantNE TarrantNorthwest HarrisNW HarrisSan JoseSeattleDenverAustinTownship 1:Charlotte1, Charlotte959500Tract 959500San DiegoBostonSalt Lake CitySalt Lk CityOceanside-EscondidoOceanside-Escond…IllinoisUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesTampaNortheast DallasNE DallasMidwestSan Fernando ValleySan Fernando VlyTown of HempsteadHempsteadChicagoShelby CountyShelbyLos AngelesTulsaOntarioEast North CentralAnaheim-Santa Ana-Garden GroveAnaheim-Santa An…PhoenixLong Beach-LakewoodLong Bch-LakewoodMiamiBrooklynAlbuquerqueColumbusSacramentoOrlandoEast San Gabriel ValleyE San Gabriel VlyHoustonFort WorthTucsonBaltimoreQueensFresnoSouthwest DallasSW DallasPhiladelphiaLas VegasEl PasoMilwaukeeSan Antonio CentralSan Antonio CntrlBronxSan BernardinoDetroitBig Spring TownshipBig Spg16.529703%16.529703%16.5%147,580148k116.121186%16.121186%16.1%56,13856.1k215.623293%15.623293%15.6%47,46747.5k315.500861%15.500861%15.5%44,83544.8k414.223023%14.223023%14.2%69,48869.5k513.662246%13.662246%13.7%38,89338.9k613.543186%13.543186%13.5%40,10340.1k712.957054%12.957054%13.0%47,46747.5k812.910751%12.910751%12.9%113,179113k912.801437%12.801437%12.8%74,54274.5k1012.512177%12.512177%12.5%45,08245.1k1111.961508%11.961508%12.0%56,55756.6k1211.663665%11.663665%11.7%48,44248.4k1311.272727%11.272727%11.3%18610.848509%10.848509%10.8%121,208121k1410.835836%10.835836%10.8%38,39738.4k1510.525230%10.525230%10.5%52,53752.5k1610.133175%10.133175%10.1%30,64130.6k1710.097176%10.097176%10.1%619,373619k10.035605%10.035605%10.0%14,852,82814.9M10.028996%10.028996%10.0%32,16632.2k1810.007978%10.007978%10.0%77,27077.3k199.823005%9.823005%9.8%3,193,2973.19M9.795739%9.795739%9.8%88,35688.4k209.718042%9.718042%9.7%37,03437.0k219.686446%9.686446%9.7%125,034125k229.650485%9.650485%9.7%9949.638628%9.638628%9.6%120,847121k239.593634%9.593634%9.6%27,52527.5k249.541810%9.541810%9.5%28,47428.5k259.526275%9.526275%9.5%2,096,2572.10M9.322089%9.322089%9.3%75,84275.8k269.253836%9.253836%9.3%135,932136k279.157509%9.157509%9.2%25,00025.0k289.095453%9.095453%9.1%40,03440.0k299.054172%9.054172%9.1%107,970108k308.957758%8.957758%9.0%26,64126.6k318.938711%8.938711%8.9%37,82837.8k328.891262%8.891262%8.9%43,38143.4k338.790113%8.790113%8.8%25,48525.5k348.784352%8.784352%8.8%38,22338.2k358.760640%8.760640%8.8%139,658140k368.691664%8.691664%8.7%33,63533.6k378.648273%8.648273%8.6%33,07833.1k388.534917%8.534917%8.5%23,46323.5k397.882772%7.882772%7.9%88,33388.3k407.734261%7.734261%7.7%21,61221.6k417.610727%7.610727%7.6%34,04434.0k427.552407%7.552407%7.6%49,46249.5k437.324046%7.324046%7.3%63,32763.3k447.318891%7.318891%7.3%16,39616.4k456.680024%6.680024%6.7%17,83717.8k466.157572%6.157572%6.2%17,49217.5k475.787761%5.787761%5.8%33,33633.3k485.217072%5.217072%5.2%17,47517.5k494.999593%4.999593%5.0%11,05911.1k504.761905%4.761905%4.8%16

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An occupation describes the kind of work a person does on the job. On this page, all employed persons are categorized into one of the following occupations (bolded terms are used in the charts and maps on this page):

  • Management, business, science, and arts occupations:
    • Management, business, and financial occupations:
      • Management: Management occupations
      • Business: Business and financial operations occupations
    • Computer, engineering, and science occupations:
      • Computers & Math: Computer and mathematical occupations
      • Engineering: Architecture and engineering occupations
      • Science: Life, physical, and social science occupations
    • Education, legal, community service, arts, and media occupations:
      • Social Service: Community and social service occupations
      • Legal: Legal occupations
      • Education: Education, training, and library occupations
      • Entertainment: Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
    • Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
      • Healthcare: Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations
      • Health Technicians: Health technologists and technicians
  • Service occupations:
    • Healthcare Support: Healthcare support occupations
    • Protective service occupations:
      • Fire Fighting: Fire fighting and prevention, and other protective service workers including supervisors
      • Law Enforcement: Law enforcement workers including supervisors
    • Food Service: Food preparation and serving related occupations
    • Facilities: Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
    • Personal Care: Personal care and service occupations
  • Sales and office occupations:
    • Sales and Related: Sales and related occupations
    • Administrative: Office and administrative support occupations
  • Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations:
    • Farming: Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
    • Construction: Construction and extraction occupations
    • Repair: Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
  • Production, transportation, and material moving occupations:
    • Production: Production occupations
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State:
Illinois
County:
Shelby
ZIP Codes:
61957, 62447, 62462, 62463, 62465
Unified School Districts:
Neoga 3, Stewardson-Strasburg 5A, Teutopolis 50
Congressional District:
IL-15
State Senate District:
IL-51
State House District:
IL-102
Neighboring Townships:
Ash Grove, Neoga, Prairie, Sigel, Spring Point
Nearby Townships:
Banner, Clarksburg, Douglas, Holland, Mattoon, Paradise, Richland, Shelbyville, Teutopolis, Whitley