Powell 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 2,878 54.56% 2,397 45.44%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 321 6.09% 513 9.73%
Management, business, & financial operations: 119 2.26% 111 2.10%
Management, except farm managers 85 1.61% 55 1.04%
Farmers & farm managers 34 0.64% 2 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 0 0.00% 54 1.02%
Business operations specialists 0 0.00% 27 0.51%
Financial specialists 0 0.00% 27 0.51%
Professional & related occupations: 202 3.83% 402 7.62%
Computer & mathematical 29 0.55% 13 0.25%
Architecture & engineering: 68 1.29% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 23 0.44% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 45 0.85% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 19 0.36% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 19 0.36% 49 0.93%
Legal 6 0.11% 26 0.49%
Education, training, & library 25 0.47% 183 3.47%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 21 0.40% 23 0.44%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 15 0.28% 108 2.05%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 12 0.23% 45 0.85%
Health technologists & technicians 3 0.06% 63 1.19%
Service occupations: 254 4.82% 518 9.82%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 116 2.20%
Protective services: 79 1.50% 29 0.55%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 54 1.02% 3 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 25 0.47% 26 0.49%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 19 0.36% 209 3.96%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 126 2.39% 64 1.21%
Personal care & service 30 0.57% 100 1.90%
Sales & office occupations: 420 7.96% 669 12.68%
Sales & related occupations 212 4.02% 261 4.95%
Office & administrative support 208 3.94% 408 7.73%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 31 0.59% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 751 14.24% 22 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 450 8.53% 4 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 26 0.49% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 424 8.04% 4 0.08%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 301 5.71% 18 0.34%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,101 20.87% 675 12.80%
Production 543 10.29% 576 10.92%
Transportation & material moving: 558 10.58% 99 1.88%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 7 0.13% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 278 5.27% 34 0.64%
Rail, water & other transportation 8 0.15% 0 0.00%
Material moving 265 5.02% 65 1.23%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,878 54.56% 2,397 45.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 110 2.09% 2 0.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 101 1.91% 2 0.04%
Mining 9 0.17% 0 0.00%
Construction 494 9.36% 22 0.42%
Manufacturing 930 17.63% 646 12.25%
Wholesale trade 95 1.80% 16 0.30%
Retail trade 303 5.74% 225 4.27%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 291 5.52% 78 1.48%
Transportation & warehousing 187 3.55% 62 1.18%
Utilities 104 1.97% 16 0.30%
Information 52 0.99% 67 1.27%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 33 0.63% 140 2.65%
Finance & insurance 11 0.21% 103 1.95%
Real estate & rental & leasing 22 0.42% 37 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 147 2.79% 187 3.55%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 58 1.10% 91 1.73%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 89 1.69% 96 1.82%
Educational, health & social services: 101 1.91% 593 11.24%
Educational services 67 1.27% 301 5.71%
Health care & social assistance 34 0.64% 292 5.54%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 74 1.40% 258 4.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 30 0.57% 36 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 44 0.83% 222 4.21%
Other services (except public administration) 113 2.14% 93 1.76%
Public administration 135 2.56% 70 1.33%

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

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