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East Feliciana Parish

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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 3,927 51.66% 3,674 48.34%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 761 10.01% 1,120 14.73%
Management, business, & financial operations: 404 5.32% 278 3.66%
Management, except farm managers 227 2.99% 108 1.42%
Farmers & farm managers 93 1.22% 28 0.37%
Business & financial operations: 84 1.11% 142 1.87%
Business operations specialists 59 0.78% 84 1.11%
Financial specialists 25 0.33% 58 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 357 4.70% 842 11.08%
Computer & mathematical 8 0.11% 8 0.11%
Architecture & engineering: 95 1.25% 6 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 54 0.71% 4 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 41 0.54% 2 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 40 0.53% 23 0.30%
Community & social services 45 0.59% 70 0.92%
Legal 7 0.09% 41 0.54%
Education, training, & library 47 0.62% 276 3.63%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 67 0.88% 0 0.00%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 48 0.63% 418 5.50%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 33 0.43% 261 3.43%
Health technologists & technicians 15 0.20% 157 2.07%
Service occupations: 620 8.16% 1,052 13.84%
Healthcare support 44 0.58% 388 5.10%
Protective services: 344 4.53% 185 2.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 195 2.57% 112 1.47%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 149 1.96% 73 0.96%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 54 0.71% 249 3.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 140 1.84% 99 1.30%
Personal care & service 38 0.50% 131 1.72%
Sales & office occupations: 489 6.43% 1,225 16.12%
Sales & related occupations 249 3.28% 288 3.79%
Office & administrative support 240 3.16% 937 12.33%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 59 0.78% 25 0.33%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,000 13.16% 26 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 707 9.30% 26 0.34%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 69 0.91% 1 0.01%
Construction trades 630 8.29% 25 0.33%
Extraction 8 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 293 3.85% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 998 13.13% 226 2.97%
Production 511 6.72% 124 1.63%
Transportation & material moving: 487 6.41% 102 1.34%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 277 3.64% 26 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 10 0.13% 18 0.24%
Material moving 198 2.60% 58 0.76%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,927 51.66% 3,674 48.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 213 2.80% 53 0.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 180 2.37% 53 0.70%
Mining 33 0.43% 0 0.00%
Construction 712 9.37% 51 0.67%
Manufacturing 781 10.27% 253 3.33%
Wholesale trade 121 1.59% 82 1.08%
Retail trade 294 3.87% 344 4.53%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 351 4.62% 124 1.63%
Transportation & warehousing 246 3.24% 74 0.97%
Utilities 105 1.38% 50 0.66%
Information 31 0.41% 23 0.30%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 98 1.29% 180 2.37%
Finance & insurance 71 0.93% 148 1.95%
Real estate & rental & leasing 27 0.36% 32 0.42%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 197 2.59% 189 2.49%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 72 0.95% 122 1.61%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 125 1.64% 67 0.88%
Educational, health & social services: 414 5.45% 1,607 21.14%
Educational services 131 1.72% 431 5.67%
Health care & social assistance 283 3.72% 1,176 15.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 110 1.45% 214 2.82%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 45 0.59% 35 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 65 0.86% 179 2.35%
Other services (except public administration) 199 2.62% 145 1.91%
Public administration 406 5.34% 409 5.38%

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

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