Jay 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 5,681 54.53% 4,738 45.47%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 885 8.49% 1,010 9.69%
Management, business, & financial operations: 558 5.36% 280 2.69%
Management, except farm managers 328 3.15% 142 1.36%
Farmers & farm managers 147 1.41% 28 0.27%
Business & financial operations: 83 0.80% 110 1.06%
Business operations specialists 44 0.42% 53 0.51%
Financial specialists 39 0.37% 57 0.55%
Professional & related occupations: 327 3.14% 730 7.01%
Computer & mathematical 14 0.13% 2 0.02%
Architecture & engineering: 51 0.49% 14 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 18 0.17% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 33 0.32% 14 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 4 0.04% 27 0.26%
Community & social services 49 0.47% 54 0.52%
Legal 13 0.12% 14 0.13%
Education, training, & library 78 0.75% 308 2.96%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 71 0.68% 67 0.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 47 0.45% 244 2.34%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 32 0.31% 119 1.14%
Health technologists & technicians 15 0.14% 125 1.20%
Service occupations: 449 4.31% 889 8.53%
Healthcare support 9 0.09% 172 1.65%
Protective services: 115 1.10% 40 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 85 0.82% 15 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 30 0.29% 25 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 143 1.37% 300 2.88%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 167 1.60% 146 1.40%
Personal care & service 15 0.14% 231 2.22%
Sales & office occupations: 589 5.65% 1,397 13.41%
Sales & related occupations 321 3.08% 503 4.83%
Office & administrative support 268 2.57% 894 8.58%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 57 0.55% 20 0.19%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,247 11.97% 51 0.49%
Construction & extraction: 590 5.66% 20 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 71 0.68% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 488 4.68% 20 0.19%
Extraction 31 0.30% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 657 6.31% 31 0.30%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,454 23.55% 1,371 13.16%
Production 1,699 16.31% 1,083 10.39%
Transportation & material moving: 755 7.25% 288 2.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.08% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 376 3.61% 79 0.76%
Rail, water & other transportation 2 0.02% 12 0.12%
Material moving 367 3.52% 197 1.89%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,681 54.53% 4,738 45.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 283 2.72% 73 0.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 243 2.33% 66 0.63%
Mining 40 0.38% 7 0.07%
Construction 665 6.38% 45 0.43%
Manufacturing 2,606 25.01% 1,354 13.00%
Wholesale trade 211 2.03% 158 1.52%
Retail trade 402 3.86% 552 5.30%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 364 3.49% 57 0.55%
Transportation & warehousing 291 2.79% 29 0.28%
Utilities 73 0.70% 28 0.27%
Information 94 0.90% 110 1.06%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 77 0.74% 246 2.36%
Finance & insurance 46 0.44% 213 2.04%
Real estate & rental & leasing 31 0.30% 33 0.32%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 80 0.77% 187 1.79%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 34 0.33% 121 1.16%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 46 0.44% 66 0.63%
Educational, health & social services: 269 2.58% 1,268 12.17%
Educational services 184 1.77% 422 4.05%
Health care & social assistance 85 0.82% 846 8.12%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 239 2.29% 317 3.04%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 31 0.30% 15 0.14%
Accommodation & food services 208 2.00% 302 2.90%
Other services (except public administration) 235 2.26% 211 2.03%
Public administration 156 1.50% 160 1.54%

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

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