Kennebec 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 29,093 51.00% 27,957 49.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,689 15.23% 10,262 17.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,657 6.41% 3,125 5.48%
Management, except farm managers 2,596 4.55% 1,821 3.19%
Farmers & farm managers 216 0.38% 57 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 845 1.48% 1,247 2.19%
Business operations specialists 453 0.79% 484 0.85%
Financial specialists 392 0.69% 763 1.34%
Professional & related occupations: 5,032 8.82% 7,137 12.51%
Computer & mathematical 763 1.34% 376 0.66%
Architecture & engineering: 858 1.50% 135 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 597 1.05% 66 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 261 0.46% 69 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 321 0.56% 236 0.41%
Community & social services 506 0.89% 729 1.28%
Legal 281 0.49% 291 0.51%
Education, training, & library 1,158 2.03% 2,649 4.64%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 391 0.69% 430 0.75%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 754 1.32% 2,291 4.02%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 597 1.05% 1,597 2.80%
Health technologists & technicians 157 0.28% 694 1.22%
Service occupations: 3,129 5.48% 5,338 9.36%
Healthcare support 208 0.36% 1,417 2.48%
Protective services: 564 0.99% 120 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 375 0.66% 63 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 189 0.33% 57 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 902 1.58% 1,709 3.00%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,158 2.03% 563 0.99%
Personal care & service 297 0.52% 1,529 2.68%
Sales & office occupations: 5,211 9.13% 10,017 17.56%
Sales & related occupations 2,818 4.94% 2,695 4.72%
Office & administrative support 2,393 4.19% 7,322 12.83%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 325 0.57% 105 0.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,847 10.25% 298 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 3,614 6.33% 151 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 452 0.79% 4 0.01%
Construction trades 3,131 5.49% 141 0.25%
Extraction 31 0.05% 6 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,233 3.91% 147 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,892 10.33% 1,937 3.40%
Production 2,929 5.13% 1,285 2.25%
Transportation & material moving: 2,963 5.19% 652 1.14%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 95 0.17% 22 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 22 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,696 2.97% 206 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 185 0.32% 15 0.03%
Material moving 965 1.69% 409 0.72%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 29,093 51.00% 27,957 49.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 681 1.19% 201 0.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 664 1.16% 195 0.34%
Mining 17 0.03% 6 0.01%
Construction 3,542 6.21% 400 0.70%
Manufacturing 4,844 8.49% 1,606 2.82%
Wholesale trade 1,690 2.96% 691 1.21%
Retail trade 3,997 7.01% 3,464 6.07%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,143 3.76% 725 1.27%
Transportation & warehousing 1,539 2.70% 395 0.69%
Utilities 604 1.06% 330 0.58%
Information 733 1.28% 810 1.42%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 874 1.53% 1,719 3.01%
Finance & insurance 458 0.80% 1,430 2.51%
Real estate & rental & leasing 416 0.73% 289 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,595 2.80% 1,528 2.68%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 929 1.63% 946 1.66%
Management of companies & enterprises 9 0.02% 6 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 657 1.15% 576 1.01%
Educational, health & social services: 3,837 6.73% 10,588 18.56%
Educational services 2,045 3.58% 4,035 7.07%
Health care & social assistance 1,792 3.14% 6,553 11.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,383 2.42% 1,944 3.41%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 325 0.57% 264 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 1,058 1.85% 1,680 2.94%
Other services (except public administration) 1,269 2.22% 1,305 2.29%
Public administration 2,505 4.39% 2,976 5.22%

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

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