Fayette 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 72,798 52.31% 66,376 47.69%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 28,447 20.44% 27,829 20.00%
Management, business, & financial operations: 11,047 7.94% 8,119 5.83%
Management, except farm managers 8,037 5.77% 4,799 3.45%
Farmers & farm managers 372 0.27% 124 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 2,638 1.90% 3,196 2.30%
Business operations specialists 1,266 0.91% 1,475 1.06%
Financial specialists 1,372 0.99% 1,721 1.24%
Professional & related occupations: 17,400 12.50% 19,710 14.16%
Computer & mathematical 2,750 1.98% 928 0.67%
Architecture & engineering: 3,289 2.36% 358 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,556 1.84% 232 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 733 0.53% 126 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 1,065 0.77% 817 0.59%
Community & social services 1,075 0.77% 1,505 1.08%
Legal 1,082 0.78% 761 0.55%
Education, training, & library 3,563 2.56% 6,676 4.80%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,531 1.10% 1,460 1.05%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,045 2.19% 7,205 5.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,333 1.68% 5,180 3.72%
Health technologists & technicians 712 0.51% 2,025 1.46%
Service occupations: 9,380 6.74% 10,985 7.89%
Healthcare support 348 0.25% 1,970 1.42%
Protective services: 1,397 1.00% 422 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 731 0.53% 158 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 666 0.48% 264 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,331 3.11% 4,327 3.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,301 1.65% 1,784 1.28%
Personal care & service 1,003 0.72% 2,482 1.78%
Sales & office occupations: 13,535 9.73% 22,740 16.34%
Sales & related occupations 8,330 5.99% 8,332 5.99%
Office & administrative support 5,205 3.74% 14,408 10.35%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,168 0.84% 185 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,735 6.28% 525 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 5,272 3.79% 162 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 688 0.49% 52 0.04%
Construction trades 4,572 3.29% 110 0.08%
Extraction 12 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,463 2.49% 363 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,533 8.29% 4,112 2.95%
Production 6,195 4.45% 3,293 2.37%
Transportation & material moving: 5,338 3.84% 819 0.59%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 212 0.15% 44 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 99 0.07% 15 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,885 2.07% 385 0.28%
Rail, water & other transportation 76 0.05% 45 0.03%
Material moving 2,066 1.48% 330 0.24%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 72,798 52.31% 66,376 47.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,207 1.59% 706 0.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,100 1.51% 693 0.50%
Mining 107 0.08% 13 0.01%
Construction 6,743 4.85% 794 0.57%
Manufacturing 11,671 8.39% 4,984 3.58%
Wholesale trade 3,528 2.53% 1,306 0.94%
Retail trade 8,126 5.84% 8,375 6.02%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,723 2.68% 1,083 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 3,164 2.27% 868 0.62%
Utilities 559 0.40% 215 0.15%
Information 2,088 1.50% 1,819 1.31%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,539 2.54% 4,388 3.15%
Finance & insurance 2,193 1.58% 3,159 2.27%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,346 0.97% 1,229 0.88%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,200 5.17% 5,409 3.89%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,082 3.65% 3,707 2.66%
Management of companies & enterprises 26 0.02% 84 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,092 1.50% 1,618 1.16%
Educational, health & social services: 11,350 8.16% 25,640 18.42%
Educational services 6,611 4.75% 10,795 7.76%
Health care & social assistance 4,739 3.41% 14,845 10.67%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,111 5.11% 6,532 4.69%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,169 0.84% 914 0.66%
Accommodation & food services 5,942 4.27% 5,618 4.04%
Other services (except public administration) 2,861 2.06% 2,977 2.14%
Public administration 2,651 1.90% 2,363 1.70%

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

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