Boone 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 12,485 54.14% 10,574 45.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,365 18.93% 3,591 15.57%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,650 11.49% 1,265 5.49%
Management, except farm managers 1,878 8.14% 796 3.45%
Farmers & farm managers 289 1.25% 34 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 483 2.09% 435 1.89%
Business operations specialists 315 1.37% 232 1.01%
Financial specialists 168 0.73% 203 0.88%
Professional & related occupations: 1,715 7.44% 2,326 10.09%
Computer & mathematical 358 1.55% 94 0.41%
Architecture & engineering: 451 1.96% 76 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 387 1.68% 46 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 64 0.28% 30 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 109 0.47% 123 0.53%
Community & social services 101 0.44% 111 0.48%
Legal 166 0.72% 100 0.43%
Education, training, & library 118 0.51% 838 3.63%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 143 0.62% 136 0.59%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 269 1.17% 848 3.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 204 0.88% 604 2.62%
Health technologists & technicians 65 0.28% 244 1.06%
Service occupations: 1,204 5.22% 1,878 8.14%
Healthcare support 35 0.15% 299 1.30%
Protective services: 226 0.98% 47 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 162 0.70% 34 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 64 0.28% 13 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 336 1.46% 672 2.91%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 531 2.30% 284 1.23%
Personal care & service 76 0.33% 576 2.50%
Sales & office occupations: 1,884 8.17% 4,046 17.55%
Sales & related occupations 1,024 4.44% 1,240 5.38%
Office & administrative support 860 3.73% 2,806 12.17%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 71 0.31% 18 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,412 10.46% 65 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 1,518 6.58% 26 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 281 1.22% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,237 5.36% 26 0.11%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 894 3.88% 39 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,549 11.05% 976 4.23%
Production 1,343 5.82% 719 3.12%
Transportation & material moving: 1,206 5.23% 257 1.11%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 30 0.13% 6 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 741 3.21% 70 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 2 0.01% 12 0.05%
Material moving 426 1.85% 169 0.73%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,485 54.14% 10,574 45.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 446 1.93% 49 0.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 446 1.93% 49 0.21%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,983 8.60% 193 0.84%
Manufacturing 2,717 11.78% 1,180 5.12%
Wholesale trade 736 3.19% 422 1.83%
Retail trade 1,069 4.64% 1,256 5.45%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 979 4.25% 296 1.28%
Transportation & warehousing 831 3.60% 259 1.12%
Utilities 148 0.64% 37 0.16%
Information 274 1.19% 335 1.45%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 837 3.63% 961 4.17%
Finance & insurance 638 2.77% 769 3.33%
Real estate & rental & leasing 199 0.86% 192 0.83%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,030 4.47% 776 3.37%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 656 2.84% 487 2.11%
Management of companies & enterprises 14 0.06% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 360 1.56% 289 1.25%
Educational, health & social services: 897 3.89% 3,345 14.51%
Educational services 397 1.72% 1,067 4.63%
Health care & social assistance 500 2.17% 2,278 9.88%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 578 2.51% 817 3.54%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 92 0.40% 146 0.63%
Accommodation & food services 486 2.11% 671 2.91%
Other services (except public administration) 543 2.35% 587 2.55%
Public administration 396 1.72% 357 1.55%

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

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