Washington 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 7,239 51.55% 6,803 48.45%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,377 9.81% 2,186 15.57%
Management, business, & financial operations: 565 4.02% 591 4.21%
Management, except farm managers 376 2.68% 426 3.03%
Farmers & farm managers 84 0.60% 16 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 105 0.75% 149 1.06%
Business operations specialists 62 0.44% 69 0.49%
Financial specialists 43 0.31% 80 0.57%
Professional & related occupations: 812 5.78% 1,595 11.36%
Computer & mathematical 51 0.36% 10 0.07%
Architecture & engineering: 105 0.75% 13 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 63 0.45% 6 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 42 0.30% 7 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 73 0.52% 40 0.28%
Community & social services 85 0.61% 185 1.32%
Legal 27 0.19% 26 0.19%
Education, training, & library 256 1.82% 776 5.53%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 70 0.50% 83 0.59%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 145 1.03% 462 3.29%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 124 0.88% 276 1.97%
Health technologists & technicians 21 0.15% 186 1.32%
Service occupations: 781 5.56% 1,724 12.28%
Healthcare support 30 0.21% 431 3.07%
Protective services: 262 1.87% 42 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 202 1.44% 6 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 60 0.43% 36 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 150 1.07% 671 4.78%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 273 1.94% 190 1.35%
Personal care & service 66 0.47% 390 2.78%
Sales & office occupations: 776 5.53% 2,112 15.04%
Sales & related occupations 410 2.92% 670 4.77%
Office & administrative support 366 2.61% 1,442 10.27%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,079 7.68% 66 0.47%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,490 10.61% 43 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 891 6.35% 25 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 97 0.69% 6 0.04%
Construction trades 776 5.53% 19 0.14%
Extraction 18 0.13% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 599 4.27% 18 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,736 12.36% 672 4.79%
Production 807 5.75% 461 3.28%
Transportation & material moving: 929 6.62% 211 1.50%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 14 0.10% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 531 3.78% 50 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 60 0.43% 23 0.16%
Material moving 324 2.31% 138 0.98%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,239 51.55% 6,803 48.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,372 9.77% 159 1.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,350 9.61% 159 1.13%
Mining 22 0.16% 0 0.00%
Construction 883 6.29% 61 0.43%
Manufacturing 1,304 9.29% 664 4.73%
Wholesale trade 285 2.03% 99 0.71%
Retail trade 630 4.49% 891 6.35%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 433 3.08% 148 1.05%
Transportation & warehousing 363 2.59% 121 0.86%
Utilities 70 0.50% 27 0.19%
Information 65 0.46% 81 0.58%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 113 0.80% 320 2.28%
Finance & insurance 47 0.33% 255 1.82%
Real estate & rental & leasing 66 0.47% 65 0.46%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 258 1.84% 180 1.28%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 114 0.81% 93 0.66%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 144 1.03% 87 0.62%
Educational, health & social services: 804 5.73% 2,890 20.58%
Educational services 486 3.46% 1,133 8.07%
Health care & social assistance 318 2.26% 1,757 12.51%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 217 1.55% 562 4.00%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 55 0.39% 52 0.37%
Accommodation & food services 162 1.15% 510 3.63%
Other services (except public administration) 327 2.33% 315 2.24%
Public administration 548 3.90% 433 3.08%

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

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