Madison 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 18,486 52.90% 16,462 47.10%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,143 14.72% 4,993 14.29%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,136 6.11% 1,384 3.96%
Management, except farm managers 1,376 3.94% 908 2.60%
Farmers & farm managers 275 0.79% 15 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 485 1.39% 461 1.32%
Business operations specialists 264 0.76% 216 0.62%
Financial specialists 221 0.63% 245 0.70%
Professional & related occupations: 3,007 8.60% 3,609 10.33%
Computer & mathematical 313 0.90% 90 0.26%
Architecture & engineering: 627 1.79% 27 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 415 1.19% 27 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 212 0.61% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 129 0.37% 103 0.29%
Community & social services 340 0.97% 195 0.56%
Legal 41 0.12% 103 0.29%
Education, training, & library 1,038 2.97% 1,583 4.53%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 190 0.54% 223 0.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 329 0.94% 1,285 3.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 192 0.55% 878 2.51%
Health technologists & technicians 137 0.39% 407 1.16%
Service occupations: 2,195 6.28% 3,400 9.73%
Healthcare support 68 0.19% 573 1.64%
Protective services: 551 1.58% 87 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 369 1.06% 25 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 182 0.52% 62 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 752 2.15% 1,319 3.77%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 617 1.77% 505 1.45%
Personal care & service 207 0.59% 916 2.62%
Sales & office occupations: 3,327 9.52% 6,164 17.64%
Sales & related occupations 1,858 5.32% 2,067 5.91%
Office & administrative support 1,469 4.20% 4,097 11.72%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 155 0.44% 110 0.31%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,295 9.43% 188 0.54%
Construction & extraction: 1,962 5.61% 145 0.41%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 278 0.80% 32 0.09%
Construction trades 1,667 4.77% 113 0.32%
Extraction 17 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,333 3.81% 43 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,371 12.51% 1,607 4.60%
Production 2,849 8.15% 1,202 3.44%
Transportation & material moving: 1,522 4.36% 405 1.16%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 57 0.16% 5 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 17 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 769 2.20% 153 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 93 0.27% 16 0.05%
Material moving 586 1.68% 231 0.66%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 18,486 52.90% 16,462 47.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 501 1.43% 155 0.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 459 1.31% 155 0.44%
Mining 42 0.12% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,377 6.80% 290 0.83%
Manufacturing 4,405 12.60% 1,714 4.90%
Wholesale trade 637 1.82% 234 0.67%
Retail trade 2,251 6.44% 2,520 7.21%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,015 2.90% 272 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 819 2.34% 185 0.53%
Utilities 196 0.56% 87 0.25%
Information 326 0.93% 439 1.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 508 1.45% 728 2.08%
Finance & insurance 329 0.94% 516 1.48%
Real estate & rental & leasing 179 0.51% 212 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 953 2.73% 683 1.95%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 488 1.40% 457 1.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 20 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 465 1.33% 206 0.59%
Educational, health & social services: 2,686 7.69% 6,263 17.92%
Educational services 2,122 6.07% 3,454 9.88%
Health care & social assistance 564 1.61% 2,809 8.04%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,367 3.91% 1,648 4.72%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 187 0.54% 176 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 1,180 3.38% 1,472 4.21%
Other services (except public administration) 756 2.16% 910 2.60%
Public administration 704 2.01% 606 1.73%

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

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