Lafayette Parish

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 47,673 53.81% 40,930 46.19%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,769 17.80% 14,980 16.91%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,638 7.49% 4,022 4.54%
Management, except farm managers 4,914 5.55% 2,437 2.75%
Farmers & farm managers 187 0.21% 19 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 1,537 1.73% 1,566 1.77%
Business operations specialists 845 0.95% 604 0.68%
Financial specialists 692 0.78% 962 1.09%
Professional & related occupations: 9,131 10.31% 10,958 12.37%
Computer & mathematical 608 0.69% 191 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 2,295 2.59% 233 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,620 1.83% 133 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 675 0.76% 100 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 822 0.93% 401 0.45%
Community & social services 447 0.50% 666 0.75%
Legal 980 1.11% 716 0.81%
Education, training, & library 1,460 1.65% 4,472 5.05%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 924 1.04% 718 0.81%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,595 1.80% 3,561 4.02%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,165 1.31% 2,104 2.37%
Health technologists & technicians 430 0.49% 1,457 1.64%
Service occupations: 5,187 5.85% 7,784 8.79%
Healthcare support 189 0.21% 1,438 1.62%
Protective services: 1,217 1.37% 193 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 885 1.00% 62 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 332 0.37% 131 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,988 2.24% 3,030 3.42%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,279 1.44% 1,362 1.54%
Personal care & service 514 0.58% 1,761 1.99%
Sales & office occupations: 9,528 10.75% 15,962 18.02%
Sales & related occupations 6,537 7.38% 5,913 6.67%
Office & administrative support 2,991 3.38% 10,049 11.34%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 164 0.19% 29 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,880 10.02% 429 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 5,283 5.96% 208 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,062 1.20% 25 0.03%
Construction trades 3,316 3.74% 151 0.17%
Extraction 905 1.02% 32 0.04%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,597 4.06% 221 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,145 9.19% 1,746 1.97%
Production 3,329 3.76% 1,070 1.21%
Transportation & material moving: 4,816 5.44% 676 0.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 160 0.18% 19 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 305 0.34% 7 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,457 2.77% 365 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 377 0.43% 25 0.03%
Material moving 1,517 1.71% 260 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 47,673 53.81% 40,930 46.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 7,530 8.50% 1,347 1.52%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 371 0.42% 57 0.06%
Mining 7,159 8.08% 1,290 1.46%
Construction 4,299 4.85% 582 0.66%
Manufacturing 3,453 3.90% 1,456 1.64%
Wholesale trade 2,866 3.23% 902 1.02%
Retail trade 5,517 6.23% 5,885 6.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,516 3.97% 876 0.99%
Transportation & warehousing 3,038 3.43% 789 0.89%
Utilities 478 0.54% 87 0.10%
Information 1,003 1.13% 885 1.00%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,477 2.80% 3,020 3.41%
Finance & insurance 1,304 1.47% 2,191 2.47%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,173 1.32% 829 0.94%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,785 5.40% 3,801 4.29%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,317 3.74% 2,465 2.78%
Management of companies & enterprises 21 0.02% 14 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,447 1.63% 1,322 1.49%
Educational, health & social services: 4,603 5.20% 13,847 15.63%
Educational services 2,132 2.41% 5,936 6.70%
Health care & social assistance 2,471 2.79% 7,911 8.93%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,628 4.09% 4,493 5.07%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 906 1.02% 665 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 2,722 3.07% 3,828 4.32%
Other services (except public administration) 1,892 2.14% 2,464 2.78%
Public administration 2,104 2.37% 1,372 1.55%

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

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