Winnebago 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 71,103 52.69% 63,849 47.31%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 19,750 14.63% 20,276 15.02%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,386 6.96% 6,194 4.59%
Management, except farm managers 6,781 5.02% 3,509 2.60%
Farmers & farm managers 271 0.20% 33 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 2,334 1.73% 2,652 1.97%
Business operations specialists 1,363 1.01% 1,284 0.95%
Financial specialists 971 0.72% 1,368 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 10,364 7.68% 14,082 10.43%
Computer & mathematical 1,078 0.80% 451 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 3,695 2.74% 422 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,815 2.09% 229 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 880 0.65% 193 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 315 0.23% 218 0.16%
Community & social services 853 0.63% 1,392 1.03%
Legal 512 0.38% 397 0.29%
Education, training, & library 1,582 1.17% 4,862 3.60%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,055 0.78% 1,085 0.80%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,274 0.94% 5,255 3.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,022 0.76% 3,334 2.47%
Health technologists & technicians 252 0.19% 1,921 1.42%
Service occupations: 6,644 4.92% 10,761 7.97%
Healthcare support 195 0.14% 2,399 1.78%
Protective services: 1,390 1.03% 278 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 938 0.70% 86 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 452 0.33% 192 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,314 1.71% 3,547 2.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,187 1.62% 1,378 1.02%
Personal care & service 558 0.41% 3,159 2.34%
Sales & office occupations: 11,956 8.86% 24,053 17.82%
Sales & related occupations 7,517 5.57% 7,687 5.70%
Office & administrative support 4,439 3.29% 16,366 12.13%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 207 0.15% 70 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 11,113 8.23% 492 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 6,025 4.46% 137 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 671 0.50% 7 0.01%
Construction trades 5,315 3.94% 130 0.10%
Extraction 39 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,088 3.77% 355 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 21,433 15.88% 8,197 6.07%
Production 14,631 10.84% 6,429 4.76%
Transportation & material moving: 6,802 5.04% 1,768 1.31%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 195 0.14% 41 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 162 0.12% 29 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 3,388 2.51% 537 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 133 0.10% 122 0.09%
Material moving 2,924 2.17% 1,039 0.77%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 71,103 52.69% 63,849 47.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 569 0.42% 162 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 501 0.37% 162 0.12%
Mining 68 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 6,572 4.87% 786 0.58%
Manufacturing 26,324 19.51% 10,719 7.94%
Wholesale trade 3,524 2.61% 1,259 0.93%
Retail trade 7,198 5.33% 7,850 5.82%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,652 3.45% 2,193 1.63%
Transportation & warehousing 3,744 2.77% 1,953 1.45%
Utilities 908 0.67% 240 0.18%
Information 1,093 0.81% 1,228 0.91%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,466 1.83% 4,815 3.57%
Finance & insurance 1,624 1.20% 3,901 2.89%
Real estate & rental & leasing 842 0.62% 914 0.68%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,729 3.50% 4,619 3.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,451 1.82% 2,172 1.61%
Management of companies & enterprises 29 0.02% 82 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,249 1.67% 2,365 1.75%
Educational, health & social services: 5,262 3.90% 20,353 15.08%
Educational services 2,553 1.89% 6,819 5.05%
Health care & social assistance 2,709 2.01% 13,534 10.03%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,978 2.95% 4,727 3.50%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,062 0.79% 846 0.63%
Accommodation & food services 2,916 2.16% 3,881 2.88%
Other services (except public administration) 3,030 2.25% 3,610 2.68%
Public administration 1,706 1.26% 1,528 1.13%

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

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