Geary 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 5,087 46.47% 5,860 53.53%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,108 10.12% 1,674 15.29%
Management, business, & financial operations: 556 5.08% 502 4.59%
Management, except farm managers 351 3.21% 295 2.69%
Farmers & farm managers 100 0.91% 27 0.25%
Business & financial operations: 105 0.96% 180 1.64%
Business operations specialists 57 0.52% 128 1.17%
Financial specialists 48 0.44% 52 0.48%
Professional & related occupations: 552 5.04% 1,172 10.71%
Computer & mathematical 64 0.58% 32 0.29%
Architecture & engineering: 36 0.33% 30 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6 0.05% 22 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 30 0.27% 8 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 57 0.52% 11 0.10%
Community & social services 96 0.88% 129 1.18%
Legal 9 0.08% 27 0.25%
Education, training, & library 126 1.15% 571 5.22%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 35 0.32% 57 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 129 1.18% 315 2.88%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 101 0.92% 203 1.85%
Health technologists & technicians 28 0.26% 112 1.02%
Service occupations: 766 7.00% 1,350 12.33%
Healthcare support 27 0.25% 160 1.46%
Protective services: 239 2.18% 85 0.78%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 193 1.76% 52 0.48%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 46 0.42% 33 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 269 2.46% 559 5.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 189 1.73% 225 2.06%
Personal care & service 42 0.38% 321 2.93%
Sales & office occupations: 981 8.96% 2,056 18.78%
Sales & related occupations 519 4.74% 718 6.56%
Office & administrative support 462 4.22% 1,338 12.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 60 0.55% 14 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,022 9.34% 92 0.84%
Construction & extraction: 495 4.52% 25 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 34 0.31% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 461 4.21% 25 0.23%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 527 4.81% 67 0.61%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,150 10.51% 674 6.16%
Production 496 4.53% 464 4.24%
Transportation & material moving: 654 5.97% 210 1.92%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.07% 7 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 365 3.33% 49 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 16 0.15% 5 0.05%
Material moving 265 2.42% 149 1.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,087 46.47% 5,860 53.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 180 1.64% 38 0.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 161 1.47% 33 0.30%
Mining 19 0.17% 5 0.05%
Construction 522 4.77% 60 0.55%
Manufacturing 697 6.37% 505 4.61%
Wholesale trade 178 1.63% 103 0.94%
Retail trade 651 5.95% 1,099 10.04%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 394 3.60% 135 1.23%
Transportation & warehousing 365 3.33% 135 1.23%
Utilities 29 0.26% 0 0.00%
Information 172 1.57% 191 1.74%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 233 2.13% 223 2.04%
Finance & insurance 101 0.92% 158 1.44%
Real estate & rental & leasing 132 1.21% 65 0.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 254 2.32% 334 3.05%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 91 0.83% 117 1.07%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 163 1.49% 217 1.98%
Educational, health & social services: 502 4.59% 1,859 16.98%
Educational services 303 2.77% 874 7.98%
Health care & social assistance 199 1.82% 985 9.00%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 405 3.70% 551 5.03%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 22 0.20% 45 0.41%
Accommodation & food services 383 3.50% 506 4.62%
Other services (except public administration) 338 3.09% 234 2.14%
Public administration 561 5.12% 528 4.82%

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

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