Wabash 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 3,409 54.41% 2,856 45.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 699 11.16% 736 11.75%
Management, business, & financial operations: 364 5.81% 171 2.73%
Management, except farm managers 148 2.36% 95 1.52%
Farmers & farm managers 174 2.78% 14 0.22%
Business & financial operations: 42 0.67% 62 0.99%
Business operations specialists 16 0.26% 23 0.37%
Financial specialists 26 0.42% 39 0.62%
Professional & related occupations: 335 5.35% 565 9.02%
Computer & mathematical 36 0.57% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 62 0.99% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 55 0.88% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 7 0.11% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 31 0.49% 10 0.16%
Community & social services 74 1.18% 71 1.13%
Legal 18 0.29% 17 0.27%
Education, training, & library 63 1.01% 241 3.85%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 26 0.42% 11 0.18%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 25 0.40% 215 3.43%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 16 0.26% 140 2.23%
Health technologists & technicians 9 0.14% 75 1.20%
Service occupations: 378 6.03% 779 12.43%
Healthcare support 37 0.59% 155 2.47%
Protective services: 93 1.48% 41 0.65%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 50 0.80% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 43 0.69% 41 0.65%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 108 1.72% 284 4.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 99 1.58% 151 2.41%
Personal care & service 41 0.65% 148 2.36%
Sales & office occupations: 427 6.82% 965 15.40%
Sales & related occupations 229 3.66% 304 4.85%
Office & administrative support 198 3.16% 661 10.55%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 41 0.65% 4 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 765 12.21% 21 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 431 6.88% 15 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 63 1.01% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 326 5.20% 15 0.24%
Extraction 42 0.67% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 334 5.33% 6 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,099 17.54% 351 5.60%
Production 600 9.58% 287 4.58%
Transportation & material moving: 499 7.96% 64 1.02%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.03% 1 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 243 3.88% 45 0.72%
Rail, water & other transportation 18 0.29% 1 0.02%
Material moving 236 3.77% 17 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,409 54.41% 2,856 45.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 404 6.45% 37 0.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 261 4.17% 23 0.37%
Mining 143 2.28% 14 0.22%
Construction 374 5.97% 26 0.42%
Manufacturing 859 13.71% 359 5.73%
Wholesale trade 159 2.54% 42 0.67%
Retail trade 390 6.23% 353 5.63%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 337 5.38% 96 1.53%
Transportation & warehousing 204 3.26% 48 0.77%
Utilities 133 2.12% 48 0.77%
Information 65 1.04% 28 0.45%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 52 0.83% 189 3.02%
Finance & insurance 52 0.83% 168 2.68%
Real estate & rental & leasing 0 0.00% 21 0.34%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 147 2.35% 122 1.95%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 83 1.32% 80 1.28%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 64 1.02% 42 0.67%
Educational, health & social services: 184 2.94% 901 14.38%
Educational services 109 1.74% 345 5.51%
Health care & social assistance 75 1.20% 556 8.87%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 152 2.43% 327 5.22%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 36 0.57% 29 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 116 1.85% 298 4.76%
Other services (except public administration) 189 3.02% 199 3.18%
Public administration 97 1.55% 177 2.83%

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

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