Richland 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 4,008 52.17% 3,674 47.83%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 830 10.80% 1,231 16.02%
Management, business, & financial operations: 472 6.14% 266 3.46%
Management, except farm managers 213 2.77% 155 2.02%
Farmers & farm managers 161 2.10% 6 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 98 1.28% 105 1.37%
Business operations specialists 44 0.57% 14 0.18%
Financial specialists 54 0.70% 91 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 358 4.66% 965 12.56%
Computer & mathematical 7 0.09% 5 0.07%
Architecture & engineering: 65 0.85% 6 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 23 0.30% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 42 0.55% 6 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 50 0.65% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 25 0.33% 81 1.05%
Legal 18 0.23% 12 0.16%
Education, training, & library 44 0.57% 481 6.26%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 22 0.29% 27 0.35%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 127 1.65% 353 4.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 77 1.00% 200 2.60%
Health technologists & technicians 50 0.65% 153 1.99%
Service occupations: 431 5.61% 853 11.10%
Healthcare support 25 0.33% 202 2.63%
Protective services: 152 1.98% 60 0.78%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 116 1.51% 39 0.51%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 36 0.47% 21 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 37 0.48% 329 4.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 194 2.53% 101 1.31%
Personal care & service 23 0.30% 161 2.10%
Sales & office occupations: 548 7.13% 1,282 16.69%
Sales & related occupations 340 4.43% 458 5.96%
Office & administrative support 208 2.71% 824 10.73%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 220 2.86% 13 0.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 930 12.11% 19 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 602 7.84% 12 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 85 1.11% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 472 6.14% 12 0.16%
Extraction 45 0.59% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 328 4.27% 7 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,049 13.66% 276 3.59%
Production 490 6.38% 212 2.76%
Transportation & material moving: 559 7.28% 64 0.83%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 14 0.18% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 13 0.17% 7 0.09%
Motor vehicle operators 349 4.54% 33 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 31 0.40% 0 0.00%
Material moving 152 1.98% 24 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,008 52.17% 3,674 47.83%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 580 7.55% 41 0.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 439 5.71% 37 0.48%
Mining 141 1.84% 4 0.05%
Construction 537 6.99% 61 0.79%
Manufacturing 563 7.33% 255 3.32%
Wholesale trade 237 3.09% 51 0.66%
Retail trade 430 5.60% 509 6.63%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 347 4.52% 82 1.07%
Transportation & warehousing 275 3.58% 59 0.77%
Utilities 72 0.94% 23 0.30%
Information 76 0.99% 26 0.34%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 183 2.38% 257 3.35%
Finance & insurance 120 1.56% 223 2.90%
Real estate & rental & leasing 63 0.82% 34 0.44%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 176 2.29% 113 1.47%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 68 0.89% 58 0.76%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 5 0.07%
Administrative & support & waste management services 108 1.41% 50 0.65%
Educational, health & social services: 367 4.78% 1,554 20.23%
Educational services 151 1.97% 647 8.42%
Health care & social assistance 216 2.81% 907 11.81%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 96 1.25% 311 4.05%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 23 0.30% 28 0.36%
Accommodation & food services 73 0.95% 283 3.68%
Other services (except public administration) 160 2.08% 209 2.72%
Public administration 256 3.33% 205 2.67%

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

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