Mason 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 3,901 55.04% 3,186 44.96%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 836 11.80% 932 13.15%
Management, business, & financial operations: 507 7.15% 287 4.05%
Management, except farm managers 160 2.26% 175 2.47%
Farmers & farm managers 269 3.80% 11 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 78 1.10% 101 1.43%
Business operations specialists 40 0.56% 21 0.30%
Financial specialists 38 0.54% 80 1.13%
Professional & related occupations: 329 4.64% 645 9.10%
Computer & mathematical 34 0.48% 21 0.30%
Architecture & engineering: 68 0.96% 2 0.03%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 34 0.48% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 34 0.48% 2 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 20 0.28% 10 0.14%
Community & social services 33 0.47% 76 1.07%
Legal 41 0.58% 20 0.28%
Education, training, & library 66 0.93% 263 3.71%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 7 0.10% 41 0.58%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 60 0.85% 212 2.99%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 25 0.35% 77 1.09%
Health technologists & technicians 35 0.49% 135 1.90%
Service occupations: 381 5.38% 865 12.21%
Healthcare support 22 0.31% 268 3.78%
Protective services: 128 1.81% 31 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 98 1.38% 12 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 30 0.42% 19 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 113 1.59% 285 4.02%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 88 1.24% 117 1.65%
Personal care & service 30 0.42% 164 2.31%
Sales & office occupations: 523 7.38% 1,138 16.06%
Sales & related occupations 346 4.88% 315 4.44%
Office & administrative support 177 2.50% 823 11.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 182 2.57% 19 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 707 9.98% 17 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 416 5.87% 9 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 13 0.18% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 386 5.45% 9 0.13%
Extraction 17 0.24% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 291 4.11% 8 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,272 17.95% 215 3.03%
Production 761 10.74% 132 1.86%
Transportation & material moving: 511 7.21% 83 1.17%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.03% 2 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 285 4.02% 26 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 35 0.49% 7 0.10%
Material moving 184 2.60% 48 0.68%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,901 55.04% 3,186 44.96%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 487 6.87% 43 0.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 467 6.59% 41 0.58%
Mining 20 0.28% 2 0.03%
Construction 387 5.46% 58 0.82%
Manufacturing 970 13.69% 171 2.41%
Wholesale trade 155 2.19% 29 0.41%
Retail trade 406 5.73% 486 6.86%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 359 5.07% 49 0.69%
Transportation & warehousing 291 4.11% 49 0.69%
Utilities 68 0.96% 0 0.00%
Information 21 0.30% 75 1.06%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 82 1.16% 273 3.85%
Finance & insurance 60 0.85% 257 3.63%
Real estate & rental & leasing 22 0.31% 16 0.23%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 170 2.40% 175 2.47%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 94 1.33% 102 1.44%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 76 1.07% 73 1.03%
Educational, health & social services: 167 2.36% 1,104 15.58%
Educational services 83 1.17% 338 4.77%
Health care & social assistance 84 1.19% 766 10.81%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 172 2.43% 250 3.53%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 36 0.51% 18 0.25%
Accommodation & food services 136 1.92% 232 3.27%
Other services (except public administration) 219 3.09% 193 2.72%
Public administration 306 4.32% 280 3.95%

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

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