Lake 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 111,914 52.44% 101,490 47.56%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 24,318 11.40% 31,400 14.71%
Management, business, & financial operations: 11,407 5.35% 9,201 4.31%
Management, except farm managers 8,374 3.92% 5,311 2.49%
Farmers & farm managers 134 0.06% 19 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 2,899 1.36% 3,871 1.81%
Business operations specialists 1,238 0.58% 1,670 0.78%
Financial specialists 1,661 0.78% 2,201 1.03%
Professional & related occupations: 12,911 6.05% 22,199 10.40%
Computer & mathematical 1,778 0.83% 793 0.37%
Architecture & engineering: 2,876 1.35% 371 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,911 0.90% 197 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 965 0.45% 174 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 651 0.31% 551 0.26%
Community & social services 1,292 0.61% 2,049 0.96%
Legal 678 0.32% 835 0.39%
Education, training, & library 2,289 1.07% 8,318 3.90%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,010 0.47% 1,355 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,337 1.10% 7,927 3.71%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,826 0.86% 5,202 2.44%
Health technologists & technicians 511 0.24% 2,725 1.28%
Service occupations: 14,191 6.65% 20,051 9.40%
Healthcare support 236 0.11% 3,778 1.77%
Protective services: 3,866 1.81% 1,262 0.59%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,479 1.16% 481 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,387 0.65% 781 0.37%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,408 2.07% 7,518 3.52%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,374 2.05% 2,864 1.34%
Personal care & service 1,307 0.61% 4,629 2.17%
Sales & office occupations: 17,238 8.08% 41,248 19.33%
Sales & related occupations 10,296 4.82% 14,665 6.87%
Office & administrative support 6,942 3.25% 26,583 12.46%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 151 0.07% 72 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 23,353 10.94% 665 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 12,713 5.96% 315 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,394 0.65% 46 0.02%
Construction trades 11,246 5.27% 269 0.13%
Extraction 73 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,640 4.99% 350 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 32,663 15.31% 8,054 3.77%
Production 16,911 7.92% 5,175 2.42%
Transportation & material moving: 15,752 7.38% 2,879 1.35%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 369 0.17% 158 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 113 0.05% 38 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 6,172 2.89% 1,127 0.53%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,227 0.57% 136 0.06%
Material moving 7,871 3.69% 1,420 0.67%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 111,914 52.44% 101,490 47.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 496 0.23% 151 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 374 0.18% 127 0.06%
Mining 122 0.06% 24 0.01%
Construction 12,723 5.96% 1,414 0.66%
Manufacturing 31,418 14.72% 8,552 4.01%
Wholesale trade 4,873 2.28% 1,727 0.81%
Retail trade 11,661 5.46% 14,288 6.70%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 10,283 4.82% 3,708 1.74%
Transportation & warehousing 8,456 3.96% 2,932 1.37%
Utilities 1,827 0.86% 776 0.36%
Information 1,967 0.92% 2,228 1.04%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,080 1.91% 7,468 3.50%
Finance & insurance 2,473 1.16% 5,879 2.75%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,607 0.75% 1,589 0.74%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,599 3.56% 8,095 3.79%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,812 1.79% 5,196 2.43%
Management of companies & enterprises 21 0.01% 24 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,766 1.76% 2,875 1.35%
Educational, health & social services: 8,710 4.08% 34,049 15.96%
Educational services 4,439 2.08% 13,318 6.24%
Health care & social assistance 4,271 2.00% 20,731 9.71%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,929 3.72% 11,090 5.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,531 1.19% 3,489 1.63%
Accommodation & food services 5,398 2.53% 7,601 3.56%
Other services (except public administration) 6,051 2.84% 5,208 2.44%
Public administration 4,124 1.93% 3,512 1.65%

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

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