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St. Helena 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 1,976 52.90% 1,759 47.10%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 365 9.77% 521 13.95%
Management, business, & financial operations: 186 4.98% 114 3.05%
Management, except farm managers 118 3.16% 71 1.90%
Farmers & farm managers 38 1.02% 2 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 30 0.80% 41 1.10%
Business operations specialists 25 0.67% 29 0.78%
Financial specialists 5 0.13% 12 0.32%
Professional & related occupations: 179 4.79% 407 10.90%
Computer & mathematical 1 0.03% 3 0.08%
Architecture & engineering: 28 0.75% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 12 0.32% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 16 0.43% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 46 1.23% 4 0.11%
Community & social services 12 0.32% 49 1.31%
Legal 3 0.08% 4 0.11%
Education, training, & library 49 1.31% 185 4.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 40 1.07% 162 4.34%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 32 0.86% 92 2.46%
Health technologists & technicians 8 0.21% 70 1.87%
Service occupations: 275 7.36% 443 11.86%
Healthcare support 9 0.24% 187 5.01%
Protective services: 122 3.27% 42 1.12%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 87 2.33% 23 0.62%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 35 0.94% 19 0.51%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 30 0.80% 118 3.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 112 3.00% 46 1.23%
Personal care & service 2 0.05% 50 1.34%
Sales & office occupations: 225 6.02% 579 15.50%
Sales & related occupations 124 3.32% 176 4.71%
Office & administrative support 101 2.70% 403 10.79%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 98 2.62% 6 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 415 11.11% 28 0.75%
Construction & extraction: 338 9.05% 21 0.56%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 37 0.99% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 279 7.47% 21 0.56%
Extraction 22 0.59% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 77 2.06% 7 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 598 16.01% 182 4.87%
Production 293 7.84% 86 2.30%
Transportation & material moving: 305 8.17% 96 2.57%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 191 5.11% 49 1.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 14 0.37% 7 0.19%
Material moving 100 2.68% 40 1.07%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,976 52.90% 1,759 47.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 236 6.32% 31 0.83%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 163 4.36% 28 0.75%
Mining 73 1.95% 3 0.08%
Construction 336 9.00% 46 1.23%
Manufacturing 414 11.08% 92 2.46%
Wholesale trade 67 1.79% 15 0.40%
Retail trade 143 3.83% 230 6.16%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 196 5.25% 83 2.22%
Transportation & warehousing 159 4.26% 70 1.87%
Utilities 37 0.99% 13 0.35%
Information 3 0.08% 16 0.43%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 50 1.34% 66 1.77%
Finance & insurance 41 1.10% 47 1.26%
Real estate & rental & leasing 9 0.24% 19 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 101 2.70% 48 1.29%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 45 1.20% 23 0.62%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 56 1.50% 25 0.67%
Educational, health & social services: 202 5.41% 789 21.12%
Educational services 128 3.43% 320 8.57%
Health care & social assistance 74 1.98% 469 12.56%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 51 1.37% 95 2.54%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 10 0.27% 7 0.19%
Accommodation & food services 41 1.10% 88 2.36%
Other services (except public administration) 29 0.78% 116 3.11%
Public administration 148 3.96% 132 3.53%

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

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