Carroll 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 5,749 52.35% 5,233 47.65%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,574 14.33% 1,533 13.96%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,140 10.38% 398 3.62%
Management, except farm managers 398 3.62% 157 1.43%
Farmers & farm managers 543 4.94% 60 0.55%
Business & financial operations: 199 1.81% 181 1.65%
Business operations specialists 100 0.91% 90 0.82%
Financial specialists 99 0.90% 91 0.83%
Professional & related occupations: 434 3.95% 1,135 10.34%
Computer & mathematical 9 0.08% 2 0.02%
Architecture & engineering: 43 0.39% 17 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 28 0.25% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 15 0.14% 17 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 24 0.22% 37 0.34%
Community & social services 36 0.33% 96 0.87%
Legal 18 0.16% 11 0.10%
Education, training, & library 150 1.37% 507 4.62%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 69 0.63% 56 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 85 0.77% 409 3.72%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 56 0.51% 257 2.34%
Health technologists & technicians 29 0.26% 152 1.38%
Service occupations: 440 4.01% 1,152 10.49%
Healthcare support 29 0.26% 373 3.40%
Protective services: 25 0.23% 16 0.15%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 23 0.21% 7 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2 0.02% 9 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 169 1.54% 403 3.67%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 180 1.64% 101 0.92%
Personal care & service 37 0.34% 259 2.36%
Sales & office occupations: 1,031 9.39% 2,044 18.61%
Sales & related occupations 766 6.98% 679 6.18%
Office & administrative support 265 2.41% 1,365 12.43%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 189 1.72% 22 0.20%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,158 10.54% 36 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 651 5.93% 26 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 99 0.90% 2 0.02%
Construction trades 551 5.02% 24 0.22%
Extraction 1 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 507 4.62% 10 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,357 12.36% 446 4.06%
Production 593 5.40% 333 3.03%
Transportation & material moving: 764 6.96% 113 1.03%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 18 0.16% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 13 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 466 4.24% 25 0.23%
Rail, water & other transportation 8 0.07% 0 0.00%
Material moving 259 2.36% 88 0.80%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,749 52.35% 5,233 47.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 790 7.19% 101 0.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 775 7.06% 99 0.90%
Mining 15 0.14% 2 0.02%
Construction 706 6.43% 49 0.45%
Manufacturing 940 8.56% 382 3.48%
Wholesale trade 704 6.41% 212 1.93%
Retail trade 622 5.66% 748 6.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 378 3.44% 80 0.73%
Transportation & warehousing 337 3.07% 77 0.70%
Utilities 41 0.37% 3 0.03%
Information 85 0.77% 80 0.73%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 241 2.19% 596 5.43%
Finance & insurance 190 1.73% 536 4.88%
Real estate & rental & leasing 51 0.46% 60 0.55%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 221 2.01% 247 2.25%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 131 1.19% 136 1.24%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 2 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 90 0.82% 109 0.99%
Educational, health & social services: 478 4.35% 1,923 17.51%
Educational services 227 2.07% 627 5.71%
Health care & social assistance 251 2.29% 1,296 11.80%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 218 1.99% 434 3.95%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 40 0.36% 40 0.36%
Accommodation & food services 178 1.62% 394 3.59%
Other services (except public administration) 290 2.64% 219 1.99%
Public administration 76 0.69% 162 1.48%

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

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