Dearborn 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 12,471 54.03% 10,612 45.97%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,821 12.22% 3,218 13.94%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,451 6.29% 1,119 4.85%
Management, except farm managers 1,113 4.82% 737 3.19%
Farmers & farm managers 75 0.32% 10 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 263 1.14% 372 1.61%
Business operations specialists 103 0.45% 141 0.61%
Financial specialists 160 0.69% 231 1.00%
Professional & related occupations: 1,370 5.94% 2,099 9.09%
Computer & mathematical 163 0.71% 110 0.48%
Architecture & engineering: 437 1.89% 22 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 323 1.40% 14 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 114 0.49% 8 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 86 0.37% 52 0.23%
Community & social services 70 0.30% 126 0.55%
Legal 48 0.21% 104 0.45%
Education, training, & library 264 1.14% 675 2.92%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 112 0.49% 82 0.36%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 190 0.82% 928 4.02%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 144 0.62% 574 2.49%
Health technologists & technicians 46 0.20% 354 1.53%
Service occupations: 1,158 5.02% 2,171 9.41%
Healthcare support 17 0.07% 304 1.32%
Protective services: 208 0.90% 72 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 110 0.48% 14 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 98 0.42% 58 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 393 1.70% 923 4.00%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 365 1.58% 305 1.32%
Personal care & service 175 0.76% 567 2.46%
Sales & office occupations: 1,785 7.73% 4,110 17.81%
Sales & related occupations 898 3.89% 1,104 4.78%
Office & administrative support 887 3.84% 3,006 13.02%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 35 0.15% 28 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,905 12.59% 95 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 1,686 7.30% 42 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 261 1.13% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,416 6.13% 42 0.18%
Extraction 9 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,219 5.28% 53 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,767 16.32% 990 4.29%
Production 2,170 9.40% 616 2.67%
Transportation & material moving: 1,597 6.92% 374 1.62%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 49 0.21% 10 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 58 0.25% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 747 3.24% 137 0.59%
Rail, water & other transportation 88 0.38% 21 0.09%
Material moving 655 2.84% 206 0.89%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,471 54.03% 10,612 45.97%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 136 0.59% 29 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 113 0.49% 29 0.13%
Mining 23 0.10% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,890 8.19% 174 0.75%
Manufacturing 3,403 14.74% 1,392 6.03%
Wholesale trade 632 2.74% 384 1.66%
Retail trade 1,095 4.74% 1,225 5.31%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,527 6.62% 464 2.01%
Transportation & warehousing 1,139 4.93% 406 1.76%
Utilities 388 1.68% 58 0.25%
Information 199 0.86% 211 0.91%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 372 1.61% 850 3.68%
Finance & insurance 186 0.81% 698 3.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 186 0.81% 152 0.66%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 754 3.27% 723 3.13%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 432 1.87% 470 2.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 11 0.05% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 311 1.35% 253 1.10%
Educational, health & social services: 689 2.98% 2,998 12.99%
Educational services 451 1.95% 935 4.05%
Health care & social assistance 238 1.03% 2,063 8.94%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 971 4.21% 1,521 6.59%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 366 1.59% 760 3.29%
Accommodation & food services 605 2.62% 761 3.30%
Other services (except public administration) 541 2.34% 363 1.57%
Public administration 262 1.14% 278 1.20%

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

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