Delaware 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 28,827 51.69% 26,946 48.31%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,097 14.52% 8,708 15.61%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,364 6.03% 2,131 3.82%
Management, except farm managers 2,470 4.43% 1,401 2.51%
Farmers & farm managers 186 0.33% 26 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 708 1.27% 704 1.26%
Business operations specialists 336 0.60% 364 0.65%
Financial specialists 372 0.67% 340 0.61%
Professional & related occupations: 4,733 8.49% 6,577 11.79%
Computer & mathematical 598 1.07% 236 0.42%
Architecture & engineering: 705 1.26% 112 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 474 0.85% 59 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 231 0.41% 53 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 191 0.34% 153 0.27%
Community & social services 431 0.77% 618 1.11%
Legal 101 0.18% 118 0.21%
Education, training, & library 1,524 2.73% 2,770 4.97%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 425 0.76% 456 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 758 1.36% 2,114 3.79%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 531 0.95% 1,335 2.39%
Health technologists & technicians 227 0.41% 779 1.40%
Service occupations: 3,889 6.97% 5,876 10.54%
Healthcare support 92 0.16% 1,076 1.93%
Protective services: 779 1.40% 167 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 551 0.99% 71 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 228 0.41% 96 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,632 2.93% 2,550 4.57%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,002 1.80% 598 1.07%
Personal care & service 384 0.69% 1,485 2.66%
Sales & office occupations: 4,984 8.94% 9,757 17.49%
Sales & related occupations 2,953 5.29% 3,399 6.09%
Office & administrative support 2,031 3.64% 6,358 11.40%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 110 0.20% 42 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,324 7.75% 184 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 2,487 4.46% 114 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 330 0.59% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,149 3.85% 114 0.20%
Extraction 8 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,837 3.29% 70 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,423 13.31% 2,379 4.27%
Production 4,705 8.44% 1,806 3.24%
Transportation & material moving: 2,718 4.87% 573 1.03%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 42 0.08% 25 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 24 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,370 2.46% 254 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 81 0.15% 36 0.06%
Material moving 1,201 2.15% 258 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 28,827 51.69% 26,946 48.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 323 0.58% 49 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 307 0.55% 49 0.09%
Mining 16 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,656 4.76% 313 0.56%
Manufacturing 7,537 13.51% 2,323 4.17%
Wholesale trade 895 1.60% 344 0.62%
Retail trade 3,697 6.63% 3,840 6.89%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,519 2.72% 482 0.86%
Transportation & warehousing 1,232 2.21% 445 0.80%
Utilities 287 0.51% 37 0.07%
Information 468 0.84% 398 0.71%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 857 1.54% 1,558 2.79%
Finance & insurance 475 0.85% 1,226 2.20%
Real estate & rental & leasing 382 0.68% 332 0.60%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,468 2.63% 1,375 2.47%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 733 1.31% 748 1.34%
Management of companies & enterprises 15 0.03% 3 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 720 1.29% 624 1.12%
Educational, health & social services: 4,855 8.70% 11,226 20.13%
Educational services 3,327 5.97% 5,288 9.48%
Health care & social assistance 1,528 2.74% 5,938 10.65%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,330 4.18% 2,948 5.29%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 330 0.59% 523 0.94%
Accommodation & food services 2,000 3.59% 2,425 4.35%
Other services (except public administration) 1,307 2.34% 1,378 2.47%
Public administration 915 1.64% 712 1.28%

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

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