Cumberland 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 2,884 53.30% 2,527 46.70%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 545 10.07% 601 11.11%
Management, business, & financial operations: 351 6.49% 144 2.66%
Management, except farm managers 150 2.77% 74 1.37%
Farmers & farm managers 160 2.96% 16 0.30%
Business & financial operations: 41 0.76% 54 1.00%
Business operations specialists 34 0.63% 15 0.28%
Financial specialists 7 0.13% 39 0.72%
Professional & related occupations: 194 3.59% 457 8.45%
Computer & mathematical 21 0.39% 11 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 56 1.03% 9 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 46 0.85% 5 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 10 0.18% 4 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 8 0.15% 6 0.11%
Community & social services 13 0.24% 46 0.85%
Legal 7 0.13% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 58 1.07% 213 3.94%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 10 0.18% 37 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 21 0.39% 135 2.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 9 0.17% 80 1.48%
Health technologists & technicians 12 0.22% 55 1.02%
Service occupations: 166 3.07% 521 9.63%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 117 2.16%
Protective services: 35 0.65% 8 0.15%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 20 0.37% 2 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 15 0.28% 6 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 38 0.70% 191 3.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 85 1.57% 64 1.18%
Personal care & service 8 0.15% 141 2.61%
Sales & office occupations: 376 6.95% 911 16.84%
Sales & related occupations 220 4.07% 287 5.30%
Office & administrative support 156 2.88% 624 11.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 28 0.52% 1 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 637 11.77% 34 0.63%
Construction & extraction: 388 7.17% 7 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 29 0.54% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 344 6.36% 7 0.13%
Extraction 15 0.28% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 249 4.60% 27 0.50%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,132 20.92% 459 8.48%
Production 732 13.53% 342 6.32%
Transportation & material moving: 400 7.39% 117 2.16%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4 0.07% 2 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 205 3.79% 39 0.72%
Rail, water & other transportation 3 0.06% 0 0.00%
Material moving 188 3.47% 76 1.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,884 53.30% 2,527 46.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 219 4.05% 26 0.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 208 3.84% 26 0.48%
Mining 11 0.20% 0 0.00%
Construction 390 7.21% 21 0.39%
Manufacturing 1,033 19.09% 537 9.92%
Wholesale trade 97 1.79% 49 0.91%
Retail trade 307 5.67% 354 6.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 184 3.40% 52 0.96%
Transportation & warehousing 163 3.01% 40 0.74%
Utilities 21 0.39% 12 0.22%
Information 89 1.64% 106 1.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 56 1.03% 110 2.03%
Finance & insurance 44 0.81% 97 1.79%
Real estate & rental & leasing 12 0.22% 13 0.24%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 103 1.90% 120 2.22%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 46 0.85% 72 1.33%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 57 1.05% 48 0.89%
Educational, health & social services: 155 2.86% 798 14.75%
Educational services 111 2.05% 315 5.82%
Health care & social assistance 44 0.81% 483 8.93%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 57 1.05% 177 3.27%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2 0.04% 8 0.15%
Accommodation & food services 55 1.02% 169 3.12%
Other services (except public administration) 131 2.42% 105 1.94%
Public administration 63 1.16% 72 1.33%

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

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