Sumter County

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 2,258 48.83% 2,366 51.17%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 464 10.03% 576 12.46%
Management, business, & financial operations: 252 5.45% 99 2.14%
Management, except farm managers 174 3.76% 68 1.47%
Farmers & farm managers 56 1.21% 2 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 22 0.48% 29 0.63%
Business operations specialists 16 0.35% 11 0.24%
Financial specialists 6 0.13% 18 0.39%
Professional & related occupations: 212 4.58% 477 10.32%
Computer & mathematical 8 0.17% 11 0.24%
Architecture & engineering: 11 0.24% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 11 0.24% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 33 0.71% 2 0.04%
Community & social services 12 0.26% 52 1.12%
Legal 4 0.09% 3 0.06%
Education, training, & library 85 1.84% 303 6.55%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 30 0.65% 0 0.00%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 29 0.63% 106 2.29%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 26 0.56% 65 1.41%
Health technologists & technicians 3 0.06% 41 0.89%
Service occupations: 232 5.02% 571 12.35%
Healthcare support 21 0.45% 92 1.99%
Protective services: 64 1.38% 12 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 46 0.99% 12 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 18 0.39% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 33 0.71% 239 5.17%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 106 2.29% 116 2.51%
Personal care & service 8 0.17% 112 2.42%
Sales & office occupations: 301 6.51% 847 18.32%
Sales & related occupations 169 3.65% 382 8.26%
Office & administrative support 132 2.85% 465 10.06%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 102 2.21% 4 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 357 7.72% 7 0.15%
Construction & extraction: 206 4.46% 2 0.04%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 20 0.43% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 186 4.02% 2 0.04%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 151 3.27% 5 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 802 17.34% 361 7.81%
Production 500 10.81% 307 6.64%
Transportation & material moving: 302 6.53% 54 1.17%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.11% 4 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 171 3.70% 19 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 8 0.17% 0 0.00%
Material moving 118 2.55% 31 0.67%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,258 48.83% 2,366 51.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 215 4.65% 14 0.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 209 4.52% 14 0.30%
Mining 6 0.13% 0 0.00%
Construction 208 4.50% 9 0.19%
Manufacturing 635 13.73% 374 8.09%
Wholesale trade 80 1.73% 43 0.93%
Retail trade 246 5.32% 348 7.53%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 202 4.37% 68 1.47%
Transportation & warehousing 188 4.07% 57 1.23%
Utilities 14 0.30% 11 0.24%
Information 43 0.93% 31 0.67%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 53 1.15% 99 2.14%
Finance & insurance 25 0.54% 85 1.84%
Real estate & rental & leasing 28 0.61% 14 0.30%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 121 2.62% 52 1.12%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 30 0.65% 33 0.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 91 1.97% 19 0.41%
Educational, health & social services: 268 5.80% 841 18.19%
Educational services 206 4.46% 447 9.67%
Health care & social assistance 62 1.34% 394 8.52%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 59 1.28% 245 5.30%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 7 0.15% 0 0.00%
Accommodation & food services 52 1.12% 245 5.30%
Other services (except public administration) 47 1.02% 103 2.23%
Public administration 81 1.75% 139 3.01%

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

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