Jackson 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 10,760 55.06% 8,782 44.94%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,289 11.71% 2,116 10.83%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,338 6.85% 780 3.99%
Management, except farm managers 916 4.69% 426 2.18%
Farmers & farm managers 168 0.86% 40 0.20%
Business & financial operations: 254 1.30% 314 1.61%
Business operations specialists 135 0.69% 130 0.67%
Financial specialists 119 0.61% 184 0.94%
Professional & related occupations: 951 4.87% 1,336 6.84%
Computer & mathematical 129 0.66% 65 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 214 1.10% 12 0.06%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 128 0.65% 4 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 86 0.44% 8 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 112 0.57% 42 0.21%
Community & social services 78 0.40% 52 0.27%
Legal 40 0.20% 36 0.18%
Education, training, & library 152 0.78% 643 3.29%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 86 0.44% 81 0.41%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 140 0.72% 405 2.07%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 106 0.54% 164 0.84%
Health technologists & technicians 34 0.17% 241 1.23%
Service occupations: 999 5.11% 1,749 8.95%
Healthcare support 17 0.09% 316 1.62%
Protective services: 260 1.33% 71 0.36%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 222 1.14% 46 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 38 0.19% 25 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 190 0.97% 710 3.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 503 2.57% 344 1.76%
Personal care & service 29 0.15% 308 1.58%
Sales & office occupations: 1,517 7.76% 3,395 17.37%
Sales & related occupations 974 4.98% 1,219 6.24%
Office & administrative support 543 2.78% 2,176 11.13%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 125 0.64% 85 0.43%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,728 13.96% 121 0.62%
Construction & extraction: 1,684 8.62% 60 0.31%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 335 1.71% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,341 6.86% 60 0.31%
Extraction 8 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,044 5.34% 61 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,102 15.87% 1,316 6.73%
Production 1,949 9.97% 1,010 5.17%
Transportation & material moving: 1,153 5.90% 306 1.57%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 10 0.05% 4 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 11 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 694 3.55% 143 0.73%
Rail, water & other transportation 33 0.17% 16 0.08%
Material moving 405 2.07% 143 0.73%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 10,760 55.06% 8,782 44.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 419 2.14% 143 0.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 359 1.84% 143 0.73%
Mining 60 0.31% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,982 10.14% 183 0.94%
Manufacturing 2,715 13.89% 1,439 7.36%
Wholesale trade 555 2.84% 320 1.64%
Retail trade 1,087 5.56% 1,307 6.69%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 780 3.99% 264 1.35%
Transportation & warehousing 557 2.85% 212 1.08%
Utilities 223 1.14% 52 0.27%
Information 217 1.11% 161 0.82%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 355 1.82% 516 2.64%
Finance & insurance 213 1.09% 358 1.83%
Real estate & rental & leasing 142 0.73% 158 0.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 588 3.01% 528 2.70%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 228 1.17% 301 1.54%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 360 1.84% 227 1.16%
Educational, health & social services: 636 3.25% 2,171 11.11%
Educational services 460 2.35% 1,106 5.66%
Health care & social assistance 176 0.90% 1,065 5.45%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 419 2.14% 995 5.09%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 98 0.50% 84 0.43%
Accommodation & food services 321 1.64% 911 4.66%
Other services (except public administration) 523 2.68% 461 2.36%
Public administration 484 2.48% 294 1.50%

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

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