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trative or managerial, 360 professional, 91 technicians, 305 in sales, 451 in administrative support, 34 household, 49 in protective services, 208 in other services, 394 in farming, forestry and fishing, 851 in precision craft and repair, 217 operators, assemblers or inspectors, 158 transportation and material movers and 144 laborers and helpers.
A smaller percentage of Rappahannock’s work force is women than in the other counties in the planning district. Rappahannock’s labor force is 59 percent male and 41 percent female. The percentages for the other four counties are 55 percent male and 45 percent female.
These jobs and other sources of income lead to a fairly high per capita income for Rappahannock residents but an average income per family.
Rappahannock’s per capita income of $17,260 in 1989 is lower than Fauquier’s at $19,195, but higher than Culpeper’s at $14,122, Madison’s at $11,145, and Orange’s at $13,545.
On the other hand Rappahannock has a fairly high rate of poverty; 10.8 percent of Rappahannock’s people are below the poverty level and 8.5 percent of the families are. Only Madison County has a higher poverty rate: 13.4 percent of the people and five percent of the families.
The poverty rates for Culpeper are 8.7 percent of people and 6.6 percent of families, for Fauquier 4.2 percent of the people and 2.5 percent of the families, and for Orange 7.3 percent of the people and five percent of the families.
On measures of family income Rappahannock is in the middle with an average of $36,399 in 1989. Culpeper at $36,605 and Fauquier at $48,806 are higher, and Madison at $30,433 and Orange at $35,121 are lower.
— By SHARON KILPATRICK
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