Ringgold 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 1,257 52.64% 1,131 47.36%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 384 16.08% 412 17.25%
Management, business, & financial operations: 295 12.35% 113 4.73%
Management, except farm managers 56 2.35% 80 3.35%
Farmers & farm managers 226 9.46% 11 0.46%
Business & financial operations: 13 0.54% 22 0.92%
Business operations specialists 6 0.25% 0 0.00%
Financial specialists 7 0.29% 22 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 89 3.73% 299 12.52%
Computer & mathematical 8 0.34% 1 0.04%
Architecture & engineering: 4 0.17% 2 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2 0.08% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2 0.08% 2 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 7 0.29% 6 0.25%
Community & social services 7 0.29% 21 0.88%
Legal 0 0.00% 3 0.13%
Education, training, & library 30 1.26% 143 5.99%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1 0.04% 7 0.29%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 32 1.34% 116 4.86%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 29 1.21% 55 2.30%
Health technologists & technicians 3 0.13% 61 2.55%
Service occupations: 122 5.11% 269 11.26%
Healthcare support 6 0.25% 76 3.18%
Protective services: 16 0.67% 0 0.00%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 11 0.46% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 5 0.21% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 41 1.72% 94 3.94%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 47 1.97% 19 0.80%
Personal care & service 12 0.50% 80 3.35%
Sales & office occupations: 130 5.44% 292 12.23%
Sales & related occupations 78 3.27% 126 5.28%
Office & administrative support 52 2.18% 166 6.95%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 56 2.35% 25 1.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 309 12.94% 2 0.08%
Construction & extraction: 173 7.24% 0 0.00%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 20 0.84% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 151 6.32% 0 0.00%
Extraction 2 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 136 5.70% 2 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 256 10.72% 131 5.49%
Production 164 6.87% 105 4.40%
Transportation & material moving: 92 3.85% 26 1.09%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 57 2.39% 9 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 4 0.17% 0 0.00%
Material moving 31 1.30% 17 0.71%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,257 52.64% 1,131 47.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 291 12.19% 44 1.84%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 291 12.19% 44 1.84%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 170 7.12% 6 0.25%
Manufacturing 157 6.57% 132 5.53%
Wholesale trade 33 1.38% 1 0.04%
Retail trade 110 4.61% 139 5.82%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 109 4.56% 17 0.71%
Transportation & warehousing 64 2.68% 11 0.46%
Utilities 45 1.88% 6 0.25%
Information 12 0.50% 12 0.50%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 20 0.84% 51 2.14%
Finance & insurance 13 0.54% 48 2.01%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7 0.29% 3 0.13%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 34 1.42% 28 1.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 16 0.67% 16 0.67%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 18 0.75% 12 0.50%
Educational, health & social services: 112 4.69% 537 22.49%
Educational services 71 2.97% 208 8.71%
Health care & social assistance 41 1.72% 329 13.78%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 80 3.35% 73 3.06%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 46 1.93% 14 0.59%
Accommodation & food services 34 1.42% 59 2.47%
Other services (except public administration) 77 3.22% 49 2.05%
Public administration 52 2.18% 42 1.76%

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

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