Knox 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 10,241 53.16% 9,022 46.84%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,547 13.22% 3,178 16.50%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,188 6.17% 991 5.14%
Management, except farm managers 821 4.26% 653 3.39%
Farmers & farm managers 79 0.41% 31 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 288 1.50% 307 1.59%
Business operations specialists 155 0.80% 121 0.63%
Financial specialists 133 0.69% 186 0.97%
Professional & related occupations: 1,359 7.05% 2,187 11.35%
Computer & mathematical 140 0.73% 44 0.23%
Architecture & engineering: 184 0.96% 53 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 159 0.83% 22 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 25 0.13% 31 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 111 0.58% 111 0.58%
Community & social services 111 0.58% 225 1.17%
Legal 12 0.06% 44 0.23%
Education, training, & library 311 1.61% 806 4.18%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 231 1.20% 246 1.28%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 259 1.34% 658 3.42%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 218 1.13% 466 2.42%
Health technologists & technicians 41 0.21% 192 1.00%
Service occupations: 1,190 6.18% 1,769 9.18%
Healthcare support 15 0.08% 376 1.95%
Protective services: 310 1.61% 42 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 222 1.15% 13 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 88 0.46% 29 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 324 1.68% 615 3.19%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 460 2.39% 289 1.50%
Personal care & service 81 0.42% 447 2.32%
Sales & office occupations: 1,624 8.43% 3,257 16.91%
Sales & related occupations 961 4.99% 1,254 6.51%
Office & administrative support 663 3.44% 2,003 10.40%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 885 4.59% 78 0.40%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,055 10.67% 90 0.47%
Construction & extraction: 1,353 7.02% 46 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 160 0.83% 15 0.08%
Construction trades 1,188 6.17% 31 0.16%
Extraction 5 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 702 3.64% 44 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,940 10.07% 650 3.37%
Production 1,002 5.20% 499 2.59%
Transportation & material moving: 938 4.87% 151 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 24 0.12% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 18 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 417 2.16% 50 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 108 0.56% 2 0.01%
Material moving 371 1.93% 99 0.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 10,241 53.16% 9,022 46.84%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,035 5.37% 122 0.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,026 5.33% 122 0.63%
Mining 9 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,394 7.24% 135 0.70%
Manufacturing 1,395 7.24% 618 3.21%
Wholesale trade 427 2.22% 265 1.38%
Retail trade 1,325 6.88% 1,286 6.68%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 459 2.38% 164 0.85%
Transportation & warehousing 369 1.92% 151 0.78%
Utilities 90 0.47% 13 0.07%
Information 353 1.83% 234 1.21%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 551 2.86% 825 4.28%
Finance & insurance 437 2.27% 707 3.67%
Real estate & rental & leasing 114 0.59% 118 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 541 2.81% 682 3.54%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 300 1.56% 478 2.48%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 239 1.24% 204 1.06%
Educational, health & social services: 975 5.06% 2,951 15.32%
Educational services 494 2.56% 1,072 5.57%
Health care & social assistance 481 2.50% 1,879 9.75%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 729 3.78% 909 4.72%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 238 1.24% 143 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 491 2.55% 766 3.98%
Other services (except public administration) 523 2.72% 491 2.55%
Public administration 534 2.77% 340 1.77%

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

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