Cook 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 3,701 55.02% 3,026 44.98%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 710 10.55% 837 12.44%
Management, business, & financial operations: 440 6.54% 240 3.57%
Management, except farm managers 242 3.60% 151 2.24%
Farmers & farm managers 128 1.90% 5 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 70 1.04% 84 1.25%
Business operations specialists 19 0.28% 30 0.45%
Financial specialists 51 0.76% 54 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 270 4.01% 597 8.87%
Computer & mathematical 11 0.16% 10 0.15%
Architecture & engineering: 48 0.71% 14 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3 0.04% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 45 0.67% 14 0.21%
Life, physical, & social science 14 0.21% 5 0.07%
Community & social services 79 1.17% 50 0.74%
Legal 19 0.28% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 38 0.56% 280 4.16%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 12 0.18% 13 0.19%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 49 0.73% 225 3.34%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 30 0.45% 128 1.90%
Health technologists & technicians 19 0.28% 97 1.44%
Service occupations: 340 5.05% 566 8.41%
Healthcare support 9 0.13% 120 1.78%
Protective services: 67 1.00% 3 0.04%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 50 0.74% 2 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 17 0.25% 1 0.01%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 71 1.06% 229 3.40%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 172 2.56% 95 1.41%
Personal care & service 21 0.31% 119 1.77%
Sales & office occupations: 542 8.06% 1,032 15.34%
Sales & related occupations 286 4.25% 424 6.30%
Office & administrative support 256 3.81% 608 9.04%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 115 1.71% 17 0.25%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 754 11.21% 34 0.51%
Construction & extraction: 476 7.08% 32 0.48%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 54 0.80% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 418 6.21% 32 0.48%
Extraction 4 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 278 4.13% 2 0.03%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,240 18.43% 540 8.03%
Production 748 11.12% 393 5.84%
Transportation & material moving: 492 7.31% 147 2.19%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3 0.04% 1 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 265 3.94% 64 0.95%
Rail, water & other transportation 8 0.12% 2 0.03%
Material moving 216 3.21% 80 1.19%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,701 55.02% 3,026 44.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 290 4.31% 23 0.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 287 4.27% 23 0.34%
Mining 3 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 454 6.75% 46 0.68%
Manufacturing 1,201 17.85% 584 8.68%
Wholesale trade 150 2.23% 56 0.83%
Retail trade 388 5.77% 491 7.30%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 265 3.94% 71 1.06%
Transportation & warehousing 209 3.11% 64 0.95%
Utilities 56 0.83% 7 0.10%
Information 55 0.82% 25 0.37%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 78 1.16% 121 1.80%
Finance & insurance 48 0.71% 92 1.37%
Real estate & rental & leasing 30 0.45% 29 0.43%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 119 1.77% 109 1.62%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 45 0.67% 50 0.74%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 74 1.10% 59 0.88%
Educational, health & social services: 257 3.82% 932 13.85%
Educational services 102 1.52% 420 6.24%
Health care & social assistance 155 2.30% 512 7.61%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 130 1.93% 326 4.85%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 19 0.28% 0 0.00%
Accommodation & food services 111 1.65% 326 4.85%
Other services (except public administration) 140 2.08% 124 1.84%
Public administration 174 2.59% 118 1.75%

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

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