Jasper 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 2,930 55.72% 2,328 44.28%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 479 9.11% 541 10.29%
Management, business, & financial operations: 242 4.60% 182 3.46%
Management, except farm managers 166 3.16% 94 1.79%
Farmers & farm managers 59 1.12% 19 0.36%
Business & financial operations: 17 0.32% 69 1.31%
Business operations specialists 14 0.27% 22 0.42%
Financial specialists 3 0.06% 47 0.89%
Professional & related occupations: 237 4.51% 359 6.83%
Computer & mathematical 20 0.38% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 47 0.89% 5 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6 0.11% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 41 0.78% 5 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 47 0.89% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 37 0.70% 30 0.57%
Legal 0 0.00% 6 0.11%
Education, training, & library 35 0.67% 158 3.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 20 0.38% 32 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 31 0.59% 128 2.43%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 14 0.27% 51 0.97%
Health technologists & technicians 17 0.32% 77 1.46%
Service occupations: 251 4.77% 456 8.67%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 113 2.15%
Protective services: 105 2.00% 36 0.68%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 88 1.67% 23 0.44%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 17 0.32% 13 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 49 0.93% 126 2.40%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 91 1.73% 103 1.96%
Personal care & service 6 0.11% 78 1.48%
Sales & office occupations: 390 7.42% 799 15.20%
Sales & related occupations 206 3.92% 276 5.25%
Office & administrative support 184 3.50% 523 9.95%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 51 0.97% 17 0.32%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 897 17.06% 24 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 557 10.59% 10 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 65 1.24% 2 0.04%
Construction trades 484 9.21% 8 0.15%
Extraction 8 0.15% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 340 6.47% 14 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 862 16.39% 491 9.34%
Production 505 9.60% 335 6.37%
Transportation & material moving: 357 6.79% 156 2.97%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 22 0.42% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 151 2.87% 61 1.16%
Rail, water & other transportation 18 0.34% 0 0.00%
Material moving 166 3.16% 95 1.81%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,930 55.72% 2,328 44.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 154 2.93% 36 0.68%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 121 2.30% 31 0.59%
Mining 33 0.63% 5 0.10%
Construction 619 11.77% 51 0.97%
Manufacturing 802 15.25% 499 9.49%
Wholesale trade 103 1.96% 48 0.91%
Retail trade 276 5.25% 349 6.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 207 3.94% 45 0.86%
Transportation & warehousing 143 2.72% 34 0.65%
Utilities 64 1.22% 11 0.21%
Information 22 0.42% 40 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 43 0.82% 139 2.64%
Finance & insurance 26 0.49% 112 2.13%
Real estate & rental & leasing 17 0.32% 27 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 123 2.34% 105 2.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 58 1.10% 47 0.89%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 65 1.24% 58 1.10%
Educational, health & social services: 174 3.31% 652 12.40%
Educational services 117 2.23% 282 5.36%
Health care & social assistance 57 1.08% 370 7.04%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 83 1.58% 162 3.08%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 10 0.19% 11 0.21%
Accommodation & food services 73 1.39% 151 2.87%
Other services (except public administration) 170 3.23% 96 1.83%
Public administration 154 2.93% 106 2.02%

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

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