Riley 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 15,485 51.50% 14,582 48.50%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,142 20.43% 5,406 17.98%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,071 6.89% 1,447 4.81%
Management, except farm managers 1,296 4.31% 975 3.24%
Farmers & farm managers 364 1.21% 11 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 411 1.37% 461 1.53%
Business operations specialists 224 0.75% 169 0.56%
Financial specialists 187 0.62% 292 0.97%
Professional & related occupations: 4,071 13.54% 3,959 13.17%
Computer & mathematical 548 1.82% 173 0.58%
Architecture & engineering: 240 0.80% 81 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 154 0.51% 32 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 86 0.29% 49 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 514 1.71% 273 0.91%
Community & social services 184 0.61% 278 0.92%
Legal 93 0.31% 56 0.19%
Education, training, & library 1,575 5.24% 1,833 6.10%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 422 1.40% 362 1.20%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 495 1.65% 903 3.00%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 364 1.21% 613 2.04%
Health technologists & technicians 131 0.44% 290 0.96%
Service occupations: 2,273 7.56% 3,245 10.79%
Healthcare support 60 0.20% 459 1.53%
Protective services: 321 1.07% 74 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 191 0.64% 7 0.02%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 130 0.43% 67 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,139 3.79% 1,363 4.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 636 2.12% 411 1.37%
Personal care & service 117 0.39% 938 3.12%
Sales & office occupations: 2,823 9.39% 5,324 17.71%
Sales & related occupations 1,544 5.14% 1,796 5.97%
Office & administrative support 1,279 4.25% 3,528 11.73%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 157 0.52% 67 0.22%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,338 7.78% 77 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 1,262 4.20% 43 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 170 0.57% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,085 3.61% 43 0.14%
Extraction 7 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,076 3.58% 34 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,752 5.83% 463 1.54%
Production 707 2.35% 311 1.03%
Transportation & material moving: 1,045 3.48% 152 0.51%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 41 0.14% 10 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 28 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 563 1.87% 60 0.20%
Rail, water & other transportation 32 0.11% 1 0.00%
Material moving 381 1.27% 81 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 15,485 51.50% 14,582 48.50%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 588 1.96% 57 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 567 1.89% 57 0.19%
Mining 21 0.07% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,544 5.14% 144 0.48%
Manufacturing 771 2.56% 379 1.26%
Wholesale trade 365 1.21% 85 0.28%
Retail trade 2,044 6.80% 1,923 6.40%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 531 1.77% 129 0.43%
Transportation & warehousing 433 1.44% 97 0.32%
Utilities 98 0.33% 32 0.11%
Information 377 1.25% 371 1.23%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 691 2.30% 1,023 3.40%
Finance & insurance 426 1.42% 763 2.54%
Real estate & rental & leasing 265 0.88% 260 0.86%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,287 4.28% 895 2.98%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 699 2.32% 588 1.96%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 588 1.96% 307 1.02%
Educational, health & social services: 3,984 13.25% 6,479 21.55%
Educational services 3,374 11.22% 4,144 13.78%
Health care & social assistance 610 2.03% 2,335 7.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,590 5.29% 1,661 5.52%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 310 1.03% 265 0.88%
Accommodation & food services 1,280 4.26% 1,396 4.64%
Other services (except public administration) 697 2.32% 799 2.66%
Public administration 1,016 3.38% 637 2.12%

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

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