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Most common industries (%)

Most common industries for males (%)

Most common industries for females (%)

Most Common Industries

Industry

All

Males

Females

Professional, scientific, and technical services12.3% (667)14.3% (432)9.8% (235)
Educational services10.1% (546)3.2% (96)18.7% (450)
Computer and electronic products9.7% (526)13.4% (404)5.1% (122)
Health care9.1% (491)3.2% (96)16.4% (395)
Finance and insurance4.4% (238)4.5% (136)4.2% (102)
Construction3.9% (210)6.5% (196)0.6% (14)
Real estate and rental and leasing3.1% (168)2.9% (87)3.4% (81)
Accommodation and food services2.7% (146)1.9% (57)3.7% (89)
Radio, TV, and computer stores2.6% (139)3.6% (110)1.2% (29)
Machinery2.2% (118)3.7% (111)0.3% (7)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation1.9% (104)1.2% (35)2.9% (69)
Metal and metal products1.9% (104)2.9% (89)0.6% (15)
Administrative and support and waste management services1.7% (94)2.1% (63)1.3% (31)
Miscellaneous manufacturing1.6% (89)2.4% (73)0.7% (16)
Chemicals1.6% (88)2.1% (63)1.0% (25)
Personal and laundry services1.6% (85)0.9% (26)2.5% (59)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores1.6% (85)1.3% (38)2.0% (47)
Social assistance1.5% (82)0.0% (0)3.4% (82)
Public administration1.5% (79)1.2% (37)1.7% (42)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries1.4% (78)1.4% (43)1.5% (35)
Transportation equipment1.3% (69)2.3% (69)0.0% (0)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers1.2% (65)1.9% (58)0.3% (7)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations1.1% (62)1.3% (38)1.0% (24)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers1.1% (59)1.6% (49)0.4% (10)
Repair and maintenance1.1% (57)1.5% (45)0.5% (12)
Broadcasting and telecommunications1.0% (56)1.4% (41)0.6% (15)
Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores1.0% (55)0.7% (20)1.5% (35)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers0.9% (48)1.0% (31)0.7% (17)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components0.9% (48)1.1% (34)0.6% (14)
Food and beverage stores0.8% (46)1.2% (37)0.4% (9)
Printing and related support activities0.8% (45)0.7% (21)1.0% (24)
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses0.7% (39)0.8% (25)0.6% (14)
Truck transportation0.7% (37)1.0% (31)0.2% (6)
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers0.6% (35)0.9% (26)0.4% (9)
Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores0.6% (34)0.4% (13)0.9% (21)
Data processing, libraries, and other information services0.6% (33)0.2% (5)1.2% (28)
Other direct selling establishments0.6% (33)0.7% (21)0.5% (12)
Utilities0.6% (30)0.7% (20)0.4% (10)
Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers0.5% (28)0.7% (21)0.3% (7)
Office supplies and stationery stores0.5% (26)0.6% (18)0.3% (8)
Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores0.4% (24)0.0% (0)1.0% (24)
Book stores and news dealers0.4% (23)0.2% (7)0.7% (16)
Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers0.4% (22)0.6% (18)0.2% (4)
Wood products0.4% (21)0.5% (14)0.3% (7)
Department and other general merchandise stores0.4% (21)0.2% (7)0.6% (14)
Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers0.4% (20)0.7% (20)0.0% (0)
Air transportation0.4% (20)0.5% (14)0.2% (6)
Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers0.4% (20)0.7% (20)0.0% (0)
Textile mills and textile products0.4% (20)0.3% (10)0.4% (10)
Health and personal care, except drug, stores0.4% (19)0.0% (0)0.8% (19)
Paper0.3% (17)0.4% (11)0.2% (6)
Food0.3% (15)0.2% (7)0.3% (8)
Music stores0.2% (13)0.0% (0)0.5% (13)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting0.2% (13)0.2% (6)0.3% (7)
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers0.2% (12)0.4% (12)0.0% (0)
Beverage and tobacco products0.2% (11)0.4% (11)0.0% (0)
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers0.2% (11)0.0% (0)0.5% (11)
Plastics and rubber products0.2% (11)0.2% (6)0.2% (5)
Pharmacies and drug stores0.2% (9)0.1% (4)0.2% (5)
Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers0.1% (7)0.2% (7)0.0% (0)
Nonmetallic mineral products0.1% (7)0.2% (7)0.0% (0)
Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores0.1% (6)0.0% (0)0.2% (6)
Furniture and related product manufacturing0.1% (6)0.2% (6)0.0% (0)
Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers0.1% (6)0.2% (6)0.0% (0)
U. S. Postal service0.1% (5)0.2% (5)0.0% (0)
Paper and paper products merchant wholesalers0.1% (5)0.2% (5)0.0% (0)

Most common occupations (%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Most common occupations

Occupation

All

Males

Females

Computer specialists7.3% (395)10.9% (328)2.8% (67)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers6.7% (365)8.0% (242)5.1% (123)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors6.5% (355)6.5% (195)6.7% (160)
Engineers4.5% (244)6.3% (191)2.2% (53)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers4.2% (230)1.6% (47)7.6% (183)
Top executives4.1% (224)6.6% (199)1.0% (25)
Business operations specialists3.8% (204)4.1% (125)3.3% (79)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing3.4% (183)5.4% (162)0.9% (21)
Retail sales workers except cashiers3.2% (174)2.5% (74)4.2% (100)
Registered nurses3.0% (162)0.0% (0)6.7% (162)
Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers2.9% (159)2.7% (81)3.2% (78)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors2.4% (130)1.0% (31)4.1% (99)
Other production occupations including supervisors2.3% (122)3.4% (103)0.8% (19)
Operations specialties managers except financial managers2.1% (113)3.6% (110)0.1% (3)
Lawyers1.7% (94)2.7% (81)0.5% (13)
Other healthcare support occupations1.7% (94)0.2% (5)3.7% (89)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers1.4% (78)1.9% (57)0.9% (21)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors1.4% (74)2.3% (69)0.2% (5)
Customer service representatives1.3% (73)0.6% (17)2.3% (56)
Secretaries and administrative assistants1.3% (72)0.2% (6)2.7% (66)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations1.3% (71)0.2% (5)2.7% (66)
Physicians and surgeons1.3% (68)1.9% (58)0.4% (10)
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists1.2% (67)0.3% (8)2.5% (59)
Special education teachers1.2% (66)0.0% (0)2.7% (66)
Media and communication equipment workers1.2% (66)1.5% (45)0.9% (21)
Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers1.2% (65)0.7% (21)1.8% (44)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives1.2% (64)0.0% (0)2.7% (64)
Health technologists and technicians1.1% (62)0.0% (0)2.6% (62)
Accountants and auditors1.1% (59)1.3% (39)0.8% (20)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors1.1% (58)0.9% (26)1.3% (32)
Other financial specialists1.1% (57)1.7% (52)0.2% (5)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks1.0% (56)0.0% (0)2.3% (56)
Metal workers and plastic workers1.0% (55)1.5% (45)0.4% (10)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks1.0% (53)0.4% (11)1.7% (42)
Carpenters0.9% (50)1.5% (44)0.2% (6)
Art and design workers0.9% (50)0.7% (20)1.2% (30)
Cashiers0.8% (46)0.5% (15)1.3% (31)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations0.8% (45)1.4% (42)0.1% (3)
Child care workers0.8% (45)0.0% (0)1.9% (45)
Financial managers0.8% (44)1.1% (34)0.4% (10)
Secondary school teachers0.8% (41)0.3% (9)1.3% (32)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers0.7% (37)1.2% (37)0.0% (0)
Social scientists and related workers0.7% (36)0.7% (22)0.6% (14)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides0.6% (34)0.0% (0)1.4% (34)
Personal appearance workers0.6% (33)0.4% (11)0.9% (22)
Waiters and waitresses0.6% (32)0.2% (5)1.1% (27)
Assemblers and fabricators0.6% (32)0.3% (9)1.0% (23)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers0.6% (31)1.0% (31)0.0% (0)
Air transportation workers0.6% (30)1.0% (30)0.0% (0)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers0.5% (29)1.0% (29)0.0% (0)
Therapists0.5% (26)0.0% (0)1.1% (26)
Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations0.4% (24)0.5% (16)0.3% (8)
Cooks and food preparation workers0.4% (24)0.6% (18)0.2% (6)
Life and physical scientists0.4% (24)0.6% (17)0.3% (7)
Painters and paperhangers0.4% (23)0.8% (23)0.0% (0)
Postsecondary teachers0.4% (23)0.5% (14)0.4% (9)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers0.4% (23)0.8% (23)0.0% (0)
Laborers and material movers, hand0.4% (23)0.6% (17)0.2% (6)
Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers0.4% (20)0.0% (0)0.8% (20)
Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians0.3% (18)0.6% (18)0.0% (0)
Woodworkers0.3% (18)0.6% (18)0.0% (0)
Religious workers0.3% (15)0.0% (0)0.6% (15)
Food processing workers0.3% (15)0.2% (7)0.3% (8)
Other construction workers and helpers0.3% (14)0.5% (14)0.0% (0)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses0.2% (12)0.0% (0)0.5% (12)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers0.2% (12)0.4% (12)0.0% (0)
Life, physical, and social science technicians0.1% (8)0.3% (8)0.0% (0)
Farmers and farm managers0.1% (7)0.0% (0)0.3% (7)
Printing workers0.1% (7)0.2% (7)0.0% (0)
Plant and system operators0.1% (7)0.2% (7)0.0% (0)
Legal support workers0.1% (7)0.0% (0)0.3% (7)
Other protective service workers including supervisors0.1% (6)0.2% (6)0.0% (0)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers0.1% (6)0.2% (6)0.0% (0)
Construction laborers0.1% (6)0.2% (6)0.0% (0)
Electricians0.1% (6)0.2% (6)0.0% (0)
Transportation, tourism, and lodging attendants0.1% (6)0.0% (0)0.2% (6)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors0.1% (4)0.1% (4)0.0% (0)

Unemployment by year (%)

Unemployment in 2009:
Amherst:

4.4%
New Hampshire:

5.6%
Unemployment in 2008:
Amherst:

3.1%
New Hampshire:

3.9%
Unemployment in 2007:
Amherst:

3.0%
New Hampshire:

3.5%
Unemployment in 2006:
Amherst:

3.1%
New Hampshire:

3.5%
Unemployment in 2005:
Amherst:

3.1%
New Hampshire:

3.6%
Unemployment in 2004:
Amherst:

3.5%
New Hampshire:

3.9%
Unemployment in 2003:
Amherst:

4.2%
New Hampshire:

4.5%
Unemployment in 2002:
Amherst:

4.5%
New Hampshire:

4.5%
Unemployment in 2001:
Amherst:

3.2%
New Hampshire:

3.4%
Unemployment in 2000:
Amherst:

2.4%
New Hampshire:

2.7%
Unemployment by race in 2000:

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.1%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 18.4%

Time Leaving Home To Go To Work (%)

Time Leaving Home To Go To Work:
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
Amherst:

1.7% (94)
New Hampshire:

3.3% (20,948)
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.:
Amherst:

2.3% (126)
New Hampshire:

3.1% (19,529)
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
Amherst:

4.5% (241)
New Hampshire:

4.8% (30,560)
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
Amherst:

5.1% (275)
New Hampshire:

8.7% (55,574)
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
Amherst:

10.1% (543)
New Hampshire:

11.3% (72,142)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
Amherst:

17.0% (914)
New Hampshire:

14.7% (93,945)
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
Amherst:

17.2% (922)
New Hampshire:

14.7% (93,766)
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
Amherst:

13.9% (748)
New Hampshire:

10.7% (68,355)
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
Amherst:

5.2% (281)
New Hampshire:

4.9% (31,547)
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
Amherst:

3.9% (208)
New Hampshire:

4.4% (28,251)
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.:
Amherst:

2.3% (121)
New Hampshire:

1.9% (12,237)
11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.:
Amherst:

0.3% (14)
New Hampshire:

0.9% (5,974)
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
Amherst:

4.4% (238)
New Hampshire:

6.8% (43,620)
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
Amherst:

3.5% (187)
New Hampshire:

5.8% (36,810)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 77.2%
Number of people working at home: 460 (8.6% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work (%)

Working at home - Amherst

Working at home - New Hampshire

Travel time to work:
Less than 5 minutes:
Amherst:

2.6% (141)
New Hampshire:

3.9% (24,932)
5 to 9 minutes:
Amherst:

7.3% (390)
New Hampshire:

11.7% (74,466)
10 to 14 minutes:
Amherst:

11.3% (606)
New Hampshire:

15.2% (97,185)
15 to 19 minutes:
Amherst:

10.6% (571)
New Hampshire:

14.3% (91,417)
20 to 24 minutes:
Amherst:

15.3% (824)
New Hampshire:

13.1% (83,562)
25 to 29 minutes:
Amherst:

6.0% (321)
New Hampshire:

5.7% (36,290)
30 to 34 minutes:
Amherst:

13.3% (717)
New Hampshire:

10.9% (69,722)
35 to 39 minutes:
Amherst:

4.1% (218)
New Hampshire:

2.7% (17,218)
40 to 44 minutes:
Amherst:

3.8% (205)
New Hampshire:

3.2% (20,648)
45 to 59 minutes:
Amherst:

5.5% (297)
New Hampshire:

6.9% (44,234)
60 to 89 minutes:
Amherst:

8.4% (450)
New Hampshire:

5.7% (36,458)
90 or more minutes:
Amherst:

3.2% (172)
New Hampshire:

2.7% (17,126)

Travel time to work (in minutes) by means of transportation (%)

Travel time to work by means of transportation:
Less than 30 minutes - public transportation:
Amherst:

26.9% (7)
New Hampshire:

44.1% (2,047)
Less than 30 minutes - other means:
Amherst:

58.2% (2,846)
New Hampshire:

66.7% (405,805)
30 to 44 minutes - other means:
Amherst:

23.3% (1,140)
New Hampshire:

17.6% (107,018)
45 to 59 minutes - other means:
Amherst:

6.1% (297)
New Hampshire:

7.2% (43,949)
60 or more minutes - public transportation:
Amherst:

73.1% (19)
New Hampshire:

37.5% (1,743)
60 or more minutes - other means:
Amherst:

12.3% (603)
New Hampshire:

8.5% (51,841)

Means of transportation to work - Amherst

Means of transportation to work - New Hampshire

Means of transportation to work:
Drove car alone:
Amherst:

82.5% (4,434)
New Hampshire:

81.8% (522,043)
Carpooled:
Amherst:

7.1% (379)
New Hampshire:

9.8% (62,763)
Subway or elevated:
Amherst:

0.1% (7)
New Hampshire:

0.0% (155)
Railroad:
Amherst:

0.2% (12)
New Hampshire:

0.1% (571)
Taxicab:
Amherst:

0.1% (7)
New Hampshire:

0.1% (765)
Motorcycle:
Amherst:

0.1% (5)
New Hampshire:

0.1% (388)
Walked:
Amherst:

0.3% (16)
New Hampshire:

2.9% (18,545)
Other means:
Amherst:

1.0% (52)
New Hampshire:

0.6% (3,656)

Private vehicle occupancy (%)

Private vehicle occupancy:
Drove alone:
Amherst:

92.1% (4,434)
New Hampshire:

89.3% (522,043)
In 2 person carpool:
Amherst:

7.1% (340)
New Hampshire:

9.0% (52,861)
In 3 person carpool:
Amherst:

0.2% (12)
New Hampshire:

1.2% (7,103)
In 4 person carpool:
Amherst:

0.1% (7)
New Hampshire:

0.3% (1,588)
In 5-6 person carpool:
Amherst:

0.4% (20)
New Hampshire:

0.1% (679)

Class of Workers (%)

Class of Workers (%) - Males

Class of Workers (%) - Females

Class of Workers:
Employee of private company:
Amherst:

67.0% (3,630)
New Hampshire:

68.4% (445,255)
    Employee of private company - Males:
    Amherst:

    71.6% (2,161)
    New Hampshire:

    71.5% (246,493)
    Employee of private company - Females:
    Amherst:

    61.2% (1,469)
    New Hampshire:

    64.9% (198,762)
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Amherst:

5.7% (308)
New Hampshire:

2.9% (18,595)
    Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
    Amherst:

    7.6% (228)
    New Hampshire:

    4.0% (13,714)
    Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
    Amherst:

    3.3% (80)
    New Hampshire:

    1.6% (4,881)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Amherst:

6.9% (373)
New Hampshire:

8.1% (52,725)
    Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
    Amherst:

    3.9% (118)
    New Hampshire:

    4.7% (16,096)
    Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
    Amherst:

    10.6% (255)
    New Hampshire:

    12.0% (36,629)
Local government workers:
Amherst:

7.7% (415)
New Hampshire:

7.2% (46,607)
    Local government workers - Males:
    Amherst:

    2.8% (86)
    New Hampshire:

    4.8% (16,494)
    Local government workers - Females:
    Amherst:

    13.7% (329)
    New Hampshire:

    9.8% (30,113)
State government workers:
Amherst:

1.4% (75)
New Hampshire:

3.3% (21,558)
    State government workers - Males:
    Amherst:

    0.5% (15)
    New Hampshire:

    3.0% (10,226)
    State government workers - Females:
    Amherst:

    2.5% (60)
    New Hampshire:

    3.7% (11,332)
Federal government workers:
Amherst:

1.5% (81)
New Hampshire:

2.3% (15,106)
    Federal government workers - Males:
    Amherst:

    2.3% (68)
    New Hampshire:

    2.6% (8,801)
    Federal government workers - Females:
    Amherst:

    0.5% (13)
    New Hampshire:

    2.1% (6,305)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Amherst:

9.6% (521)
New Hampshire:

7.6% (49,520)
    Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
    Amherst:

    11.0% (332)
    New Hampshire:

    9.3% (32,158)
    Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
    Amherst:

    7.9% (189)
    New Hampshire:

    5.7% (17,362)
Unpaid family workers:
Amherst:

0.3% (17)
New Hampshire:

0.2% (1,505)
    Unpaid family workers - Males:
    Amherst:

    0.3% (10)
    New Hampshire:

    0.2% (602)
    Unpaid family workers - Females:
    Amherst:

    0.3% (7)
    New Hampshire:

    0.3% (903)

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