Houston 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 25,227 51.85% 23,426 48.15%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,299 15.00% 8,128 16.71%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,294 6.77% 2,728 5.61%
Management, except farm managers 2,323 4.77% 1,504 3.09%
Farmers & farm managers 80 0.16% 20 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 891 1.83% 1,204 2.47%
Business operations specialists 609 1.25% 647 1.33%
Financial specialists 282 0.58% 557 1.14%
Professional & related occupations: 4,005 8.23% 5,400 11.10%
Computer & mathematical 979 2.01% 418 0.86%
Architecture & engineering: 1,187 2.44% 216 0.44%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 814 1.67% 140 0.29%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 373 0.77% 76 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 144 0.30% 82 0.17%
Community & social services 239 0.49% 398 0.82%
Legal 98 0.20% 178 0.37%
Education, training, & library 579 1.19% 2,281 4.69%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 282 0.58% 261 0.54%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 497 1.02% 1,566 3.22%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 373 0.77% 966 1.99%
Health technologists & technicians 124 0.25% 600 1.23%
Service occupations: 2,717 5.58% 4,752 9.77%
Healthcare support 58 0.12% 716 1.47%
Protective services: 974 2.00% 215 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 753 1.55% 111 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 221 0.45% 104 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 719 1.48% 1,848 3.80%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 813 1.67% 629 1.29%
Personal care & service 153 0.31% 1,344 2.76%
Sales & office occupations: 4,324 8.89% 8,456 17.38%
Sales & related occupations 2,231 4.59% 2,889 5.94%
Office & administrative support 2,093 4.30% 5,567 11.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 85 0.17% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,238 12.82% 501 1.03%
Construction & extraction: 2,638 5.42% 184 0.38%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 270 0.55% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,357 4.84% 184 0.38%
Extraction 11 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,600 7.40% 317 0.65%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,564 9.38% 1,589 3.27%
Production 2,319 4.77% 1,208 2.48%
Transportation & material moving: 2,245 4.61% 381 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 92 0.19% 27 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 127 0.26% 13 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 1,081 2.22% 139 0.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 88 0.18% 18 0.04%
Material moving 857 1.76% 184 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 25,227 51.85% 23,426 48.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 240 0.49% 53 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 205 0.42% 46 0.09%
Mining 35 0.07% 7 0.01%
Construction 2,520 5.18% 328 0.67%
Manufacturing 3,953 8.12% 1,550 3.19%
Wholesale trade 774 1.59% 370 0.76%
Retail trade 2,846 5.85% 3,045 6.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,690 3.47% 347 0.71%
Transportation & warehousing 1,495 3.07% 265 0.54%
Utilities 195 0.40% 82 0.17%
Information 330 0.68% 320 0.66%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 929 1.91% 1,714 3.52%
Finance & insurance 616 1.27% 1,385 2.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 313 0.64% 329 0.68%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,023 4.16% 1,466 3.01%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,171 2.41% 961 1.98%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 852 1.75% 505 1.04%
Educational, health & social services: 1,624 3.34% 7,004 14.40%
Educational services 830 1.71% 3,058 6.29%
Health care & social assistance 794 1.63% 3,946 8.11%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,259 2.59% 2,665 5.48%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 243 0.50% 313 0.64%
Accommodation & food services 1,016 2.09% 2,352 4.83%
Other services (except public administration) 1,062 2.18% 1,318 2.71%
Public administration 5,977 12.28% 3,246 6.67%

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

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