Pine Bluff, AR

INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 16,806 50.62% 16,392 49.38%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,606 10.86% 5,425 16.34%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,712 5.16% 1,527 4.60%
Management, except farm managers 1,081 3.26% 896 2.70%
Farmers & farm managers 174 0.52% 27 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 457 1.38% 604 1.82%
Business operations specialists 329 0.99% 244 0.73%
Financial specialists 128 0.39% 360 1.08%
Professional & related occupations: 1,894 5.71% 3,898 11.74%
Computer & mathematical 90 0.27% 117 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 389 1.17% 54 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 229 0.69% 30 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 160 0.48% 24 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 157 0.47% 102 0.31%
Community & social services 226 0.68% 288 0.87%
Legal 111 0.33% 124 0.37%
Education, training, & library 425 1.28% 1,537 4.63%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 134 0.40% 178 0.54%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 362 1.09% 1,498 4.51%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 265 0.80% 839 2.53%
Health technologists & technicians 97 0.29% 659 1.99%
Service occupations: 2,220 6.69% 2,970 8.95%
Healthcare support 62 0.19% 672 2.02%
Protective services: 978 2.95% 379 1.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 684 2.06% 258 0.78%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 294 0.89% 121 0.36%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 488 1.47% 832 2.51%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 565 1.70% 479 1.44%
Personal care & service 127 0.38% 608 1.83%
Sales & office occupations: 2,545 7.67% 5,868 17.68%
Sales & related occupations 1,447 4.36% 1,930 5.81%
Office & administrative support 1,098 3.31% 3,938 11.86%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 220 0.66% 21 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,927 8.82% 165 0.50%
Construction & extraction: 1,650 4.97% 77 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 287 0.86% 23 0.07%
Construction trades 1,337 4.03% 54 0.16%
Extraction 26 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,277 3.85% 88 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,288 15.93% 1,943 5.85%
Production 3,114 9.38% 1,437 4.33%
Transportation & material moving: 2,174 6.55% 506 1.52%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 88 0.27% 9 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 884 2.66% 142 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 336 1.01% 15 0.05%
Material moving 861 2.59% 340 1.02%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 16,806 50.62% 16,392 49.38%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 476 1.43% 81 0.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 462 1.39% 74 0.22%
Mining 14 0.04% 7 0.02%
Construction 1,656 4.99% 273 0.82%
Manufacturing 4,619 13.91% 2,182 6.57%
Wholesale trade 657 1.98% 452 1.36%
Retail trade 1,698 5.11% 2,184 6.58%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,712 5.16% 312 0.94%
Transportation & warehousing 1,425 4.29% 248 0.75%
Utilities 287 0.86% 64 0.19%
Information 210 0.63% 283 0.85%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 467 1.41% 1,030 3.10%
Finance & insurance 360 1.08% 857 2.58%
Real estate & rental & leasing 107 0.32% 173 0.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 809 2.44% 800 2.41%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 355 1.07% 421 1.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 454 1.37% 379 1.14%
Educational, health & social services: 1,533 4.62% 5,609 16.90%
Educational services 811 2.44% 2,251 6.78%
Health care & social assistance 722 2.17% 3,358 10.12%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 676 2.04% 1,050 3.16%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 145 0.44% 125 0.38%
Accommodation & food services 531 1.60% 925 2.79%
Other services (except public administration) 845 2.55% 613 1.85%
Public administration 1,448 4.36% 1,523 4.59%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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