Huntington 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 10,599 53.83% 9,089 46.17%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,237 11.36% 2,277 11.57%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,190 6.04% 778 3.95%
Management, except farm managers 783 3.98% 483 2.45%
Farmers & farm managers 179 0.91% 8 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 228 1.16% 287 1.46%
Business operations specialists 93 0.47% 140 0.71%
Financial specialists 135 0.69% 147 0.75%
Professional & related occupations: 1,047 5.32% 1,499 7.61%
Computer & mathematical 63 0.32% 36 0.18%
Architecture & engineering: 315 1.60% 59 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 207 1.05% 36 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 108 0.55% 23 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 17 0.09% 26 0.13%
Community & social services 141 0.72% 113 0.57%
Legal 29 0.15% 39 0.20%
Education, training, & library 228 1.16% 521 2.65%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 86 0.44% 107 0.54%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 168 0.85% 598 3.04%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 142 0.72% 413 2.10%
Health technologists & technicians 26 0.13% 185 0.94%
Service occupations: 1,069 5.43% 1,937 9.84%
Healthcare support 27 0.14% 404 2.05%
Protective services: 152 0.77% 43 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 118 0.60% 8 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 34 0.17% 35 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 438 2.22% 635 3.23%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 342 1.74% 238 1.21%
Personal care & service 110 0.56% 617 3.13%
Sales & office occupations: 1,283 6.52% 2,963 15.05%
Sales & related occupations 743 3.77% 877 4.45%
Office & administrative support 540 2.74% 2,086 10.60%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 64 0.33% 47 0.24%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,830 9.30% 84 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 908 4.61% 56 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 137 0.70% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 771 3.92% 56 0.28%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 922 4.68% 28 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,116 20.91% 1,781 9.05%
Production 2,483 12.61% 1,525 7.75%
Transportation & material moving: 1,633 8.29% 256 1.30%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 33 0.17% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 749 3.80% 34 0.17%
Rail, water & other transportation 104 0.53% 16 0.08%
Material moving 740 3.76% 206 1.05%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 10,599 53.83% 9,089 46.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 319 1.62% 104 0.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 286 1.45% 71 0.36%
Mining 33 0.17% 33 0.17%
Construction 1,055 5.36% 111 0.56%
Manufacturing 4,128 20.97% 1,975 10.03%
Wholesale trade 465 2.36% 291 1.48%
Retail trade 1,047 5.32% 1,142 5.80%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 690 3.50% 160 0.81%
Transportation & warehousing 584 2.97% 140 0.71%
Utilities 106 0.54% 20 0.10%
Information 153 0.78% 226 1.15%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 262 1.33% 573 2.91%
Finance & insurance 182 0.92% 490 2.49%
Real estate & rental & leasing 80 0.41% 83 0.42%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 350 1.78% 313 1.59%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 200 1.02% 170 0.86%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.04% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 143 0.73% 143 0.73%
Educational, health & social services: 752 3.82% 2,817 14.31%
Educational services 444 2.26% 1,013 5.15%
Health care & social assistance 308 1.56% 1,804 9.16%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 631 3.20% 677 3.44%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 88 0.45% 61 0.31%
Accommodation & food services 543 2.76% 616 3.13%
Other services (except public administration) 459 2.33% 532 2.70%
Public administration 288 1.46% 168 0.85%

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

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