Carroll 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 21,879 53.99% 18,648 46.01%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,910 12.12% 5,850 14.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,510 6.19% 1,626 4.01%
Management, except farm managers 2,073 5.12% 1,046 2.58%
Farmers & farm managers 113 0.28% 20 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 324 0.80% 560 1.38%
Business operations specialists 187 0.46% 206 0.51%
Financial specialists 137 0.34% 354 0.87%
Professional & related occupations: 2,400 5.92% 4,224 10.42%
Computer & mathematical 377 0.93% 180 0.44%
Architecture & engineering: 571 1.41% 70 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 331 0.82% 44 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 240 0.59% 26 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 99 0.24% 52 0.13%
Community & social services 240 0.59% 319 0.79%
Legal 93 0.23% 205 0.51%
Education, training, & library 490 1.21% 2,045 5.05%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 240 0.59% 181 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 290 0.72% 1,172 2.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 245 0.60% 615 1.52%
Health technologists & technicians 45 0.11% 557 1.37%
Service occupations: 2,359 5.82% 3,336 8.23%
Healthcare support 69 0.17% 528 1.30%
Protective services: 697 1.72% 121 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 544 1.34% 56 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 153 0.38% 65 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 671 1.66% 1,261 3.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 666 1.64% 617 1.52%
Personal care & service 256 0.63% 809 2.00%
Sales & office occupations: 3,273 8.08% 6,969 17.20%
Sales & related occupations 2,057 5.08% 2,445 6.03%
Office & administrative support 1,216 3.00% 4,524 11.16%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 59 0.15% 57 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,522 13.63% 175 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 3,358 8.29% 112 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 585 1.44% 5 0.01%
Construction trades 2,743 6.77% 107 0.26%
Extraction 30 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,164 5.34% 63 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,756 14.20% 2,261 5.58%
Production 3,022 7.46% 1,791 4.42%
Transportation & material moving: 2,734 6.75% 470 1.16%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 34 0.08% 7 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 46 0.11% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,496 3.69% 130 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 88 0.22% 13 0.03%
Material moving 1,070 2.64% 320 0.79%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,879 53.99% 18,648 46.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 243 0.60% 74 0.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 192 0.47% 61 0.15%
Mining 51 0.13% 13 0.03%
Construction 4,100 10.12% 436 1.08%
Manufacturing 5,060 12.49% 2,748 6.78%
Wholesale trade 1,017 2.51% 400 0.99%
Retail trade 2,531 6.25% 2,907 7.17%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,154 5.31% 420 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 1,514 3.74% 377 0.93%
Utilities 640 1.58% 43 0.11%
Information 340 0.84% 385 0.95%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 564 1.39% 1,328 3.28%
Finance & insurance 355 0.88% 943 2.33%
Real estate & rental & leasing 209 0.52% 385 0.95%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,259 3.11% 1,054 2.60%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 603 1.49% 577 1.42%
Management of companies & enterprises 8 0.02% 17 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 648 1.60% 460 1.14%
Educational, health & social services: 1,564 3.86% 5,754 14.20%
Educational services 1,026 2.53% 2,940 7.25%
Health care & social assistance 538 1.33% 2,814 6.94%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,236 3.05% 1,613 3.98%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 266 0.66% 278 0.69%
Accommodation & food services 970 2.39% 1,335 3.29%
Other services (except public administration) 1,059 2.61% 840 2.07%
Public administration 752 1.86% 689 1.70%

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

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