Clay 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 3,450 52.82% 3,081 47.18%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 773 11.84% 753 11.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 423 6.48% 274 4.20%
Management, except farm managers 230 3.52% 166 2.54%
Farmers & farm managers 171 2.62% 21 0.32%
Business & financial operations: 22 0.34% 87 1.33%
Business operations specialists 7 0.11% 34 0.52%
Financial specialists 15 0.23% 53 0.81%
Professional & related occupations: 350 5.36% 479 7.33%
Computer & mathematical 9 0.14% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 104 1.59% 15 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 45 0.69% 10 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 59 0.90% 5 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 25 0.38% 9 0.14%
Community & social services 57 0.87% 44 0.67%
Legal 25 0.38% 14 0.21%
Education, training, & library 55 0.84% 201 3.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 38 0.58% 29 0.44%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 37 0.57% 167 2.56%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 28 0.43% 122 1.87%
Health technologists & technicians 9 0.14% 45 0.69%
Service occupations: 256 3.92% 762 11.67%
Healthcare support 16 0.24% 118 1.81%
Protective services: 48 0.73% 13 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 43 0.66% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 5 0.08% 13 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 56 0.86% 309 4.73%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 125 1.91% 135 2.07%
Personal care & service 11 0.17% 187 2.86%
Sales & office occupations: 461 7.06% 961 14.71%
Sales & related occupations 281 4.30% 316 4.84%
Office & administrative support 180 2.76% 645 9.88%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 56 0.86% 4 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 683 10.46% 21 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 366 5.60% 13 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 32 0.49% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 287 4.39% 8 0.12%
Extraction 47 0.72% 5 0.08%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 317 4.85% 8 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,221 18.70% 580 8.88%
Production 618 9.46% 435 6.66%
Transportation & material moving: 603 9.23% 145 2.22%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 10 0.15% 12 0.18%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 358 5.48% 41 0.63%
Rail, water & other transportation 6 0.09% 11 0.17%
Material moving 229 3.51% 81 1.24%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,450 52.82% 3,081 47.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 375 5.74% 56 0.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 240 3.67% 32 0.49%
Mining 135 2.07% 24 0.37%
Construction 346 5.30% 57 0.87%
Manufacturing 1,033 15.82% 661 10.12%
Wholesale trade 153 2.34% 38 0.58%
Retail trade 388 5.94% 352 5.39%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 318 4.87% 64 0.98%
Transportation & warehousing 289 4.43% 59 0.90%
Utilities 29 0.44% 5 0.08%
Information 75 1.15% 54 0.83%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 96 1.47% 146 2.24%
Finance & insurance 60 0.92% 104 1.59%
Real estate & rental & leasing 36 0.55% 42 0.64%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 103 1.58% 146 2.24%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 52 0.80% 86 1.32%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.09% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 45 0.69% 60 0.92%
Educational, health & social services: 205 3.14% 897 13.73%
Educational services 105 1.61% 336 5.14%
Health care & social assistance 100 1.53% 561 8.59%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 93 1.42% 274 4.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 17 0.26% 22 0.34%
Accommodation & food services 76 1.16% 252 3.86%
Other services (except public administration) 183 2.80% 183 2.80%
Public administration 82 1.26% 153 2.34%

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

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