Webster 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 3,454 55.60% 2,758 44.40%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 493 7.94% 682 10.98%
Management, business, & financial operations: 298 4.80% 127 2.04%
Management, except farm managers 154 2.48% 62 1.00%
Farmers & farm managers 96 1.55% 1 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 48 0.77% 64 1.03%
Business operations specialists 38 0.61% 8 0.13%
Financial specialists 10 0.16% 56 0.90%
Professional & related occupations: 195 3.14% 555 8.93%
Computer & mathematical 7 0.11% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 52 0.84% 16 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 21 0.34% 7 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 31 0.50% 9 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 1 0.02% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 38 0.61% 44 0.71%
Legal 10 0.16% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 51 0.82% 232 3.73%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 10 0.16% 11 0.18%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 26 0.42% 252 4.06%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 13 0.21% 122 1.96%
Health technologists & technicians 13 0.21% 130 2.09%
Service occupations: 235 3.78% 644 10.37%
Healthcare support 11 0.18% 175 2.82%
Protective services: 39 0.63% 30 0.48%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 27 0.43% 1 0.02%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 12 0.19% 29 0.47%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 32 0.52% 185 2.98%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 146 2.35% 132 2.12%
Personal care & service 7 0.11% 122 1.96%
Sales & office occupations: 285 4.59% 832 13.39%
Sales & related occupations 157 2.53% 248 3.99%
Office & administrative support 128 2.06% 584 9.40%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 120 1.93% 2 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,032 16.61% 31 0.50%
Construction & extraction: 598 9.63% 30 0.48%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 112 1.80% 9 0.14%
Construction trades 286 4.60% 17 0.27%
Extraction 200 3.22% 4 0.06%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 434 6.99% 1 0.02%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,289 20.75% 567 9.13%
Production 821 13.22% 475 7.65%
Transportation & material moving: 468 7.53% 92 1.48%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 11 0.18% 12 0.19%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.11% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 238 3.83% 21 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 15 0.24% 0 0.00%
Material moving 197 3.17% 59 0.95%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,454 55.60% 2,758 44.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 636 10.24% 47 0.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 225 3.62% 24 0.39%
Mining 411 6.62% 23 0.37%
Construction 419 6.75% 49 0.79%
Manufacturing 1,140 18.35% 536 8.63%
Wholesale trade 118 1.90% 52 0.84%
Retail trade 253 4.07% 354 5.70%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 263 4.23% 84 1.35%
Transportation & warehousing 205 3.30% 75 1.21%
Utilities 58 0.93% 9 0.14%
Information 14 0.23% 22 0.35%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 67 1.08% 165 2.66%
Finance & insurance 44 0.71% 163 2.62%
Real estate & rental & leasing 23 0.37% 2 0.03%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 105 1.69% 95 1.53%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 22 0.35% 22 0.35%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 83 1.34% 73 1.18%
Educational, health & social services: 149 2.40% 967 15.57%
Educational services 74 1.19% 405 6.52%
Health care & social assistance 75 1.21% 562 9.05%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 54 0.87% 158 2.54%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 11 0.18% 31 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 43 0.69% 127 2.04%
Other services (except public administration) 148 2.38% 177 2.85%
Public administration 88 1.42% 52 0.84%

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

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