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Legislators' Occupations for Midwest Region States- Table 2 - 2007 (percentages)

 

Occupation

Missouri

Nebraska

North Dakota

Ohio

South Dakota

Wisconsin

Attorney

11.5%

18.4%

5.7%

22.1%

11.5%

9.2%

Full-Time Legislator

0.0%

6.1%

1.4%

39.7%

0.0%

54.6%

Business Owner

9.6%

6.1%

8.5%

8.4%

9.6%

14.6%

Agriculture

15.0%

18.4%

26.2%

4.6%

24.0%

8.5%

Retired

11.9%

16.3%

17.7%

6.9%

17.3%

0.0%

Business: Executive/Manager

8.7%

4.1%

9.2%

1.5%

8.7%

0.0%

Educator: K-12

2.9%

2.0%

5.7%

0.0%

2.9%

0.8%

Business: Non-manager

1.9%

4.1%

3.6%

0.8%

1.9%

0.8%

Consultant/Professional/Nonprofit

4.8%

14.3%

3.6%

6.1%

4.8%

4.6%

Real Estate

4.8%

2.0%

3.6%

2.3%

4.8%

0.0%

Insurance

2.9%

0.0%

1.4%

0.8%

2.9%

0.8%

Communications/Arts

2.9%

4.1%

2.8%

0.8%

2.9%

0.8%

Medical

3.9%

2.0%

2.8%

1.5%

3.9%

1.5%

Government Employee: Local

0.0%

0.0%

0.7%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Educator: College

0.0%

2.0%

4.3%

0.0%

0.0%

2.3%

Homemaker

2.9%

0.0%

0.7%

0.8%

2.9%

0.0%

Engineer/Scientist/Architect

0.0%

0.0%

0.7%

2.3%

0.0%

1.5%

Accountant

1.0%

0.0%

0.0%

1.5%

1.0%

0.0%

Government Employee: State

1.0%

0.0%

0.7%

0.0%

0.96%

0.0%

Clergy

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Labor Union

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Student

0.0%

0.0%

0.7%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Information Not Available

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Insufficient Information

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

 

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