Waldo 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 8,994 51.94% 8,321 48.06%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,245 12.97% 3,006 17.36%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,102 6.36% 1,018 5.88%
Management, except farm managers 757 4.37% 666 3.85%
Farmers & farm managers 124 0.72% 33 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 221 1.28% 319 1.84%
Business operations specialists 99 0.57% 101 0.58%
Financial specialists 122 0.70% 218 1.26%
Professional & related occupations: 1,143 6.60% 1,988 11.48%
Computer & mathematical 101 0.58% 49 0.28%
Architecture & engineering: 114 0.66% 21 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 83 0.48% 17 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 31 0.18% 4 0.02%
Life, physical, & social science 101 0.58% 92 0.53%
Community & social services 176 1.02% 183 1.06%
Legal 45 0.26% 20 0.12%
Education, training, & library 292 1.69% 789 4.56%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 113 0.65% 193 1.11%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 201 1.16% 641 3.70%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 145 0.84% 475 2.74%
Health technologists & technicians 56 0.32% 166 0.96%
Service occupations: 921 5.32% 1,645 9.50%
Healthcare support 58 0.33% 407 2.35%
Protective services: 225 1.30% 32 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 162 0.94% 17 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 63 0.36% 15 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 258 1.49% 529 3.06%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 332 1.92% 258 1.49%
Personal care & service 48 0.28% 419 2.42%
Sales & office occupations: 1,422 8.21% 2,728 15.76%
Sales & related occupations 803 4.64% 975 5.63%
Office & administrative support 619 3.57% 1,753 10.12%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 382 2.21% 32 0.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,012 11.62% 65 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 1,318 7.61% 45 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 132 0.76% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 1,181 6.82% 43 0.25%
Extraction 5 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 694 4.01% 20 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,012 11.62% 845 4.88%
Production 1,025 5.92% 640 3.70%
Transportation & material moving: 987 5.70% 205 1.18%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 17 0.10% 11 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 578 3.34% 53 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 58 0.33% 11 0.06%
Material moving 330 1.91% 130 0.75%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,994 51.94% 8,321 48.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 536 3.10% 92 0.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 534 3.08% 87 0.50%
Mining 2 0.01% 5 0.03%
Construction 1,521 8.78% 173 1.00%
Manufacturing 1,505 8.69% 822 4.75%
Wholesale trade 343 1.98% 110 0.64%
Retail trade 1,065 6.15% 1,066 6.16%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 531 3.07% 169 0.98%
Transportation & warehousing 462 2.67% 137 0.79%
Utilities 69 0.40% 32 0.18%
Information 141 0.81% 230 1.33%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 656 3.79% 930 5.37%
Finance & insurance 491 2.84% 848 4.90%
Real estate & rental & leasing 165 0.95% 82 0.47%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 416 2.40% 365 2.11%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 209 1.21% 228 1.32%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 12 0.07%
Administrative & support & waste management services 207 1.20% 125 0.72%
Educational, health & social services: 890 5.14% 2,944 17.00%
Educational services 540 3.12% 1,127 6.51%
Health care & social assistance 350 2.02% 1,817 10.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 519 3.00% 595 3.44%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 130 0.75% 84 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 389 2.25% 511 2.95%
Other services (except public administration) 424 2.45% 490 2.83%
Public administration 447 2.58% 335 1.93%

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

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