La Salle 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 27,526 53.93% 23,516 46.07%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,042 11.84% 6,701 13.13%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,244 6.36% 1,814 3.55%
Management, except farm managers 1,909 3.74% 1,174 2.30%
Farmers & farm managers 761 1.49% 71 0.14%
Business & financial operations: 574 1.12% 569 1.11%
Business operations specialists 353 0.69% 262 0.51%
Financial specialists 221 0.43% 307 0.60%
Professional & related occupations: 2,798 5.48% 4,887 9.57%
Computer & mathematical 218 0.43% 88 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 712 1.39% 89 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 513 1.01% 41 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 199 0.39% 48 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 281 0.55% 71 0.14%
Community & social services 258 0.51% 359 0.70%
Legal 130 0.25% 124 0.24%
Education, training, & library 628 1.23% 2,074 4.06%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 155 0.30% 310 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 416 0.82% 1,772 3.47%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 342 0.67% 1,257 2.46%
Health technologists & technicians 74 0.14% 515 1.01%
Service occupations: 2,968 5.81% 5,085 9.96%
Healthcare support 68 0.13% 1,054 2.06%
Protective services: 913 1.79% 189 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 701 1.37% 118 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 212 0.42% 71 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 823 1.61% 2,099 4.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 988 1.94% 640 1.25%
Personal care & service 176 0.34% 1,103 2.16%
Sales & office occupations: 3,610 7.07% 9,190 18.00%
Sales & related occupations 2,035 3.99% 3,223 6.31%
Office & administrative support 1,575 3.09% 5,967 11.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 253 0.50% 89 0.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,917 11.59% 93 0.18%
Construction & extraction: 3,384 6.63% 61 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 375 0.73% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,938 5.76% 61 0.12%
Extraction 71 0.14% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,533 4.96% 32 0.06%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,736 17.12% 2,358 4.62%
Production 4,891 9.58% 1,682 3.30%
Transportation & material moving: 3,845 7.53% 676 1.32%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 56 0.11% 18 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 25 0.05% 8 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,977 3.87% 262 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 248 0.49% 17 0.03%
Material moving 1,539 3.02% 371 0.73%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 27,526 53.93% 23,516 46.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,370 2.68% 286 0.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,071 2.10% 236 0.46%
Mining 299 0.59% 50 0.10%
Construction 3,431 6.72% 334 0.65%
Manufacturing 7,327 14.35% 2,458 4.82%
Wholesale trade 1,273 2.49% 633 1.24%
Retail trade 3,016 5.91% 3,831 7.51%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,982 5.84% 661 1.30%
Transportation & warehousing 2,147 4.21% 515 1.01%
Utilities 835 1.64% 146 0.29%
Information 519 1.02% 611 1.20%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 710 1.39% 1,580 3.10%
Finance & insurance 456 0.89% 1,284 2.52%
Real estate & rental & leasing 254 0.50% 296 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,223 2.40% 1,236 2.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 510 1.00% 618 1.21%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.01% 4 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 706 1.38% 614 1.20%
Educational, health & social services: 1,911 3.74% 7,491 14.68%
Educational services 1,038 2.03% 2,807 5.50%
Health care & social assistance 873 1.71% 4,684 9.18%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,518 2.97% 2,442 4.78%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 342 0.67% 215 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 1,176 2.30% 2,227 4.36%
Other services (except public administration) 1,093 2.14% 1,198 2.35%
Public administration 1,153 2.26% 755 1.48%

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

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