Lincoln 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 8,556 52.82% 7,641 47.18%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,323 14.34% 2,819 17.40%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,078 6.66% 774 4.78%
Management, except farm managers 738 4.56% 517 3.19%
Farmers & farm managers 139 0.86% 18 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 201 1.24% 239 1.48%
Business operations specialists 126 0.78% 123 0.76%
Financial specialists 75 0.46% 116 0.72%
Professional & related occupations: 1,245 7.69% 2,045 12.63%
Computer & mathematical 132 0.81% 33 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 214 1.32% 24 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 169 1.04% 17 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 45 0.28% 7 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 95 0.59% 87 0.54%
Community & social services 118 0.73% 213 1.32%
Legal 43 0.27% 71 0.44%
Education, training, & library 282 1.74% 832 5.14%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 231 1.43% 187 1.15%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 130 0.80% 598 3.69%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 80 0.49% 414 2.56%
Health technologists & technicians 50 0.31% 184 1.14%
Service occupations: 811 5.01% 1,690 10.43%
Healthcare support 51 0.31% 403 2.49%
Protective services: 266 1.64% 24 0.15%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 152 0.94% 9 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 114 0.70% 15 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 172 1.06% 522 3.22%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 294 1.82% 323 1.99%
Personal care & service 28 0.17% 418 2.58%
Sales & office occupations: 1,096 6.77% 2,426 14.98%
Sales & related occupations 677 4.18% 763 4.71%
Office & administrative support 419 2.59% 1,663 10.27%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 704 4.35% 126 0.78%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,986 12.26% 80 0.49%
Construction & extraction: 1,400 8.64% 58 0.36%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 130 0.80% 3 0.02%
Construction trades 1,255 7.75% 55 0.34%
Extraction 15 0.09% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 586 3.62% 22 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,636 10.10% 500 3.09%
Production 899 5.55% 363 2.24%
Transportation & material moving: 737 4.55% 137 0.85%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 16 0.10% 5 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 378 2.33% 34 0.21%
Rail, water & other transportation 95 0.59% 8 0.05%
Material moving 240 1.48% 90 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,556 52.82% 7,641 47.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 891 5.50% 153 0.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 883 5.45% 153 0.94%
Mining 8 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,338 8.26% 112 0.69%
Manufacturing 1,525 9.42% 533 3.29%
Wholesale trade 294 1.82% 132 0.81%
Retail trade 991 6.12% 1,018 6.29%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 385 2.38% 140 0.86%
Transportation & warehousing 241 1.49% 87 0.54%
Utilities 144 0.89% 53 0.33%
Information 186 1.15% 154 0.95%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 265 1.64% 491 3.03%
Finance & insurance 159 0.98% 371 2.29%
Real estate & rental & leasing 106 0.65% 120 0.74%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 621 3.83% 503 3.11%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 369 2.28% 330 2.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 4 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 250 1.54% 169 1.04%
Educational, health & social services: 789 4.87% 2,824 17.44%
Educational services 461 2.85% 1,168 7.21%
Health care & social assistance 328 2.03% 1,656 10.22%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 409 2.53% 679 4.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 161 0.99% 164 1.01%
Accommodation & food services 248 1.53% 515 3.18%
Other services (except public administration) 381 2.35% 485 2.99%
Public administration 481 2.97% 417 2.57%

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

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