Blount 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 13,059 57.53% 9,642 42.47%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,218 9.77% 3,148 13.87%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,136 5.00% 1,003 4.42%
Management, except farm managers 793 3.49% 597 2.63%
Farmers & farm managers 184 0.81% 42 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 159 0.70% 364 1.60%
Business operations specialists 110 0.48% 151 0.67%
Financial specialists 49 0.22% 213 0.94%
Professional & related occupations: 1,082 4.77% 2,145 9.45%
Computer & mathematical 155 0.68% 48 0.21%
Architecture & engineering: 282 1.24% 44 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 155 0.68% 24 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 127 0.56% 20 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 52 0.23% 23 0.10%
Community & social services 108 0.48% 86 0.38%
Legal 63 0.28% 119 0.52%
Education, training, & library 230 1.01% 821 3.62%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 38 0.17% 130 0.57%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 154 0.68% 874 3.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 87 0.38% 540 2.38%
Health technologists & technicians 67 0.30% 334 1.47%
Service occupations: 960 4.23% 1,712 7.54%
Healthcare support 22 0.10% 377 1.66%
Protective services: 305 1.34% 63 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 211 0.93% 22 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 94 0.41% 41 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 164 0.72% 575 2.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 419 1.85% 256 1.13%
Personal care & service 50 0.22% 441 1.94%
Sales & office occupations: 1,883 8.29% 3,485 15.35%
Sales & related occupations 1,146 5.05% 1,041 4.59%
Office & administrative support 737 3.25% 2,444 10.77%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 171 0.75% 64 0.28%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,041 17.80% 75 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 2,247 9.90% 46 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 309 1.36% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,870 8.24% 46 0.20%
Extraction 68 0.30% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,794 7.90% 29 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,786 16.68% 1,158 5.10%
Production 2,010 8.85% 978 4.31%
Transportation & material moving: 1,776 7.82% 180 0.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 20 0.09% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 15 0.07% 2 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 969 4.27% 141 0.62%
Rail, water & other transportation 72 0.32% 3 0.01%
Material moving 700 3.08% 34 0.15%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 13,059 57.53% 9,642 42.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 583 2.57% 114 0.50%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 380 1.67% 114 0.50%
Mining 203 0.89% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,540 11.19% 207 0.91%
Manufacturing 3,041 13.40% 1,391 6.13%
Wholesale trade 967 4.26% 200 0.88%
Retail trade 1,319 5.81% 1,316 5.80%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,280 5.64% 361 1.59%
Transportation & warehousing 1,080 4.76% 261 1.15%
Utilities 200 0.88% 100 0.44%
Information 188 0.83% 147 0.65%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 436 1.92% 830 3.66%
Finance & insurance 246 1.08% 676 2.98%
Real estate & rental & leasing 190 0.84% 154 0.68%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 579 2.55% 524 2.31%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 283 1.25% 317 1.40%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 11 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 296 1.30% 196 0.86%
Educational, health & social services: 732 3.22% 3,224 14.20%
Educational services 448 1.97% 1,233 5.43%
Health care & social assistance 284 1.25% 1,991 8.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 322 1.42% 484 2.13%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 103 0.45% 45 0.20%
Accommodation & food services 219 0.96% 439 1.93%
Other services (except public administration) 629 2.77% 490 2.16%
Public administration 443 1.95% 354 1.56%

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

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