Calhoun 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 26,049 54.43% 21,807 45.57%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,683 11.88% 6,508 13.60%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,707 5.66% 1,879 3.93%
Management, except farm managers 1,934 4.04% 1,266 2.65%
Farmers & farm managers 70 0.15% 26 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 703 1.47% 587 1.23%
Business operations specialists 349 0.73% 237 0.50%
Financial specialists 354 0.74% 350 0.73%
Professional & related occupations: 2,976 6.22% 4,629 9.67%
Computer & mathematical 205 0.43% 152 0.32%
Architecture & engineering: 676 1.41% 84 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 498 1.04% 31 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 178 0.37% 53 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 133 0.28% 90 0.19%
Community & social services 283 0.59% 450 0.94%
Legal 142 0.30% 121 0.25%
Education, training, & library 604 1.26% 1,818 3.80%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 306 0.64% 298 0.62%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 627 1.31% 1,616 3.38%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 434 0.91% 1,013 2.12%
Health technologists & technicians 193 0.40% 603 1.26%
Service occupations: 3,142 6.57% 3,844 8.03%
Healthcare support 91 0.19% 777 1.62%
Protective services: 1,071 2.24% 148 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 669 1.40% 61 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 402 0.84% 87 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 737 1.54% 1,477 3.09%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,075 2.25% 543 1.13%
Personal care & service 168 0.35% 899 1.88%
Sales & office occupations: 3,988 8.33% 7,993 16.70%
Sales & related occupations 2,138 4.47% 3,141 6.56%
Office & administrative support 1,850 3.87% 4,852 10.14%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 177 0.37% 47 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,113 10.68% 236 0.49%
Construction & extraction: 2,562 5.35% 94 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 336 0.70% 9 0.02%
Construction trades 2,210 4.62% 75 0.16%
Extraction 16 0.03% 10 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,551 5.33% 142 0.30%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,946 16.60% 3,179 6.64%
Production 4,603 9.62% 2,346 4.90%
Transportation & material moving: 3,343 6.99% 833 1.74%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 66 0.14% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 25 0.05% 7 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,702 3.56% 253 0.53%
Rail, water & other transportation 52 0.11% 47 0.10%
Material moving 1,498 3.13% 526 1.10%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 26,049 54.43% 21,807 45.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 335 0.70% 81 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 323 0.67% 73 0.15%
Mining 12 0.03% 8 0.02%
Construction 2,901 6.06% 282 0.59%
Manufacturing 6,989 14.60% 3,389 7.08%
Wholesale trade 1,253 2.62% 461 0.96%
Retail trade 2,681 5.60% 3,460 7.23%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,780 3.72% 492 1.03%
Transportation & warehousing 1,475 3.08% 344 0.72%
Utilities 305 0.64% 148 0.31%
Information 498 1.04% 642 1.34%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 590 1.23% 910 1.90%
Finance & insurance 321 0.67% 716 1.50%
Real estate & rental & leasing 269 0.56% 194 0.41%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,855 3.88% 1,073 2.24%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 678 1.42% 657 1.37%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,170 2.44% 416 0.87%
Educational, health & social services: 2,134 4.46% 6,650 13.90%
Educational services 1,206 2.52% 2,858 5.97%
Health care & social assistance 928 1.94% 3,792 7.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,208 2.52% 2,009 4.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 261 0.55% 182 0.38%
Accommodation & food services 947 1.98% 1,827 3.82%
Other services (except public administration) 1,172 2.45% 1,180 2.47%
Public administration 2,653 5.54% 1,178 2.46%

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

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