Washington 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 5,679 52.75% 5,087 47.25%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,705 15.84% 1,681 15.61%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,160 10.77% 514 4.77%
Management, except farm managers 362 3.36% 229 2.13%
Farmers & farm managers 628 5.83% 71 0.66%
Business & financial operations: 170 1.58% 214 1.99%
Business operations specialists 92 0.85% 70 0.65%
Financial specialists 78 0.72% 144 1.34%
Professional & related occupations: 545 5.06% 1,167 10.84%
Computer & mathematical 46 0.43% 74 0.69%
Architecture & engineering: 96 0.89% 21 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 77 0.72% 6 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 19 0.18% 15 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 21 0.20% 32 0.30%
Community & social services 74 0.69% 92 0.85%
Legal 11 0.10% 36 0.33%
Education, training, & library 106 0.98% 427 3.97%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 61 0.57% 74 0.69%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 130 1.21% 411 3.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 93 0.86% 282 2.62%
Health technologists & technicians 37 0.34% 129 1.20%
Service occupations: 398 3.70% 1,111 10.32%
Healthcare support 17 0.16% 259 2.41%
Protective services: 81 0.75% 2 0.02%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 68 0.63% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 13 0.12% 2 0.02%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 62 0.58% 304 2.82%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 196 1.82% 221 2.05%
Personal care & service 42 0.39% 325 3.02%
Sales & office occupations: 858 7.97% 1,723 16.00%
Sales & related occupations 537 4.99% 489 4.54%
Office & administrative support 321 2.98% 1,234 11.46%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 149 1.38% 29 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,125 10.45% 34 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 667 6.20% 27 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 29 0.27% 2 0.02%
Construction trades 636 5.91% 25 0.23%
Extraction 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 458 4.25% 7 0.07%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,444 13.41% 509 4.73%
Production 757 7.03% 403 3.74%
Transportation & material moving: 687 6.38% 106 0.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 20 0.19% 2 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 364 3.38% 9 0.08%
Rail, water & other transportation 14 0.13% 9 0.08%
Material moving 289 2.68% 86 0.80%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,679 52.75% 5,087 47.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 836 7.77% 130 1.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 824 7.65% 125 1.16%
Mining 12 0.11% 5 0.05%
Construction 752 6.98% 101 0.94%
Manufacturing 1,120 10.40% 570 5.29%
Wholesale trade 282 2.62% 80 0.74%
Retail trade 701 6.51% 643 5.97%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 314 2.92% 105 0.98%
Transportation & warehousing 287 2.67% 94 0.87%
Utilities 27 0.25% 11 0.10%
Information 88 0.82% 181 1.68%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 154 1.43% 275 2.55%
Finance & insurance 115 1.07% 244 2.27%
Real estate & rental & leasing 39 0.36% 31 0.29%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 185 1.72% 283 2.63%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 121 1.12% 163 1.51%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 64 0.59% 120 1.11%
Educational, health & social services: 595 5.53% 2,121 19.70%
Educational services 328 3.05% 685 6.36%
Health care & social assistance 267 2.48% 1,436 13.34%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 141 1.31% 215 2.00%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 32 0.30% 12 0.11%
Accommodation & food services 109 1.01% 203 1.89%
Other services (except public administration) 343 3.19% 245 2.28%
Public administration 168 1.56% 138 1.28%

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

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