Bureau 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 9,274 53.31% 8,121 46.69%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,142 12.31% 2,422 13.92%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,283 7.38% 584 3.36%
Management, except farm managers 606 3.48% 388 2.23%
Farmers & farm managers 450 2.59% 32 0.18%
Business & financial operations: 227 1.30% 164 0.94%
Business operations specialists 71 0.41% 65 0.37%
Financial specialists 156 0.90% 99 0.57%
Professional & related occupations: 859 4.94% 1,838 10.57%
Computer & mathematical 74 0.43% 21 0.12%
Architecture & engineering: 192 1.10% 24 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 129 0.74% 10 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 63 0.36% 14 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 72 0.41% 32 0.18%
Community & social services 108 0.62% 143 0.82%
Legal 27 0.16% 40 0.23%
Education, training, & library 208 1.20% 730 4.20%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 59 0.34% 132 0.76%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 119 0.68% 716 4.12%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 97 0.56% 513 2.95%
Health technologists & technicians 22 0.13% 203 1.17%
Service occupations: 958 5.51% 1,785 10.26%
Healthcare support 23 0.13% 386 2.22%
Protective services: 223 1.28% 31 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 176 1.01% 22 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 47 0.27% 9 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 333 1.91% 742 4.27%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 326 1.87% 225 1.29%
Personal care & service 53 0.30% 401 2.31%
Sales & office occupations: 1,225 7.04% 2,716 15.61%
Sales & related occupations 801 4.60% 897 5.16%
Office & administrative support 424 2.44% 1,819 10.46%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 220 1.26% 85 0.49%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,604 9.22% 66 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 869 5.00% 37 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 118 0.68% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 745 4.28% 37 0.21%
Extraction 6 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 735 4.23% 29 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,125 17.96% 1,047 6.02%
Production 1,691 9.72% 742 4.27%
Transportation & material moving: 1,434 8.24% 305 1.75%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 32 0.18% 14 0.08%
Aircraft & traffic control 17 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 771 4.43% 71 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 62 0.36% 3 0.02%
Material moving 552 3.17% 217 1.25%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,274 53.31% 8,121 46.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 859 4.94% 184 1.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 788 4.53% 173 0.99%
Mining 71 0.41% 11 0.06%
Construction 990 5.69% 110 0.63%
Manufacturing 2,389 13.73% 1,122 6.45%
Wholesale trade 537 3.09% 293 1.68%
Retail trade 1,045 6.01% 1,183 6.80%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 888 5.10% 210 1.21%
Transportation & warehousing 758 4.36% 187 1.08%
Utilities 130 0.75% 23 0.13%
Information 155 0.89% 165 0.95%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 318 1.83% 527 3.03%
Finance & insurance 265 1.52% 452 2.60%
Real estate & rental & leasing 53 0.30% 75 0.43%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 365 2.10% 321 1.85%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 165 0.95% 180 1.03%
Management of companies & enterprises 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 196 1.13% 141 0.81%
Educational, health & social services: 584 3.36% 2,717 15.62%
Educational services 334 1.92% 964 5.54%
Health care & social assistance 250 1.44% 1,753 10.08%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 459 2.64% 732 4.21%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 89 0.51% 46 0.26%
Accommodation & food services 370 2.13% 686 3.94%
Other services (except public administration) 424 2.44% 377 2.17%
Public administration 261 1.50% 180 1.03%

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

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