Carroll 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 41,815 53.31% 36,629 46.69%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,241 18.15% 14,873 18.96%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,816 8.69% 5,181 6.60%
Management, except farm managers 4,759 6.07% 2,760 3.52%
Farmers & farm managers 373 0.48% 144 0.18%
Business & financial operations: 1,684 2.15% 2,277 2.90%
Business operations specialists 925 1.18% 1,217 1.55%
Financial specialists 759 0.97% 1,060 1.35%
Professional & related occupations: 7,425 9.47% 9,692 12.36%
Computer & mathematical 2,084 2.66% 985 1.26%
Architecture & engineering: 2,029 2.59% 192 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,570 2.00% 128 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 459 0.59% 64 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 345 0.44% 299 0.38%
Community & social services 399 0.51% 567 0.72%
Legal 318 0.41% 317 0.40%
Education, training, & library 892 1.14% 3,424 4.36%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 693 0.88% 698 0.89%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 665 0.85% 3,210 4.09%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 462 0.59% 2,236 2.85%
Health technologists & technicians 203 0.26% 974 1.24%
Service occupations: 4,329 5.52% 5,988 7.63%
Healthcare support 90 0.11% 1,180 1.50%
Protective services: 1,646 2.10% 235 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,297 1.65% 138 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 349 0.44% 97 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,285 1.64% 1,949 2.48%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 988 1.26% 699 0.89%
Personal care & service 320 0.41% 1,925 2.45%
Sales & office occupations: 6,873 8.76% 13,363 17.04%
Sales & related occupations 4,500 5.74% 4,019 5.12%
Office & administrative support 2,373 3.03% 9,344 11.91%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 296 0.38% 168 0.21%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,898 12.62% 231 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 5,812 7.41% 125 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,067 1.36% 24 0.03%
Construction trades 4,691 5.98% 96 0.12%
Extraction 54 0.07% 5 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,086 5.21% 106 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,178 7.88% 2,006 2.56%
Production 3,032 3.87% 1,443 1.84%
Transportation & material moving: 3,146 4.01% 563 0.72%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 141 0.18% 5 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 52 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,905 2.43% 317 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 155 0.20% 0 0.00%
Material moving 893 1.14% 241 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 41,815 53.31% 36,629 46.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 763 0.97% 355 0.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 685 0.87% 346 0.44%
Mining 78 0.10% 9 0.01%
Construction 7,351 9.37% 825 1.05%
Manufacturing 5,376 6.85% 2,392 3.05%
Wholesale trade 1,959 2.50% 911 1.16%
Retail trade 4,362 5.56% 4,490 5.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,658 3.39% 769 0.98%
Transportation & warehousing 1,978 2.52% 647 0.82%
Utilities 680 0.87% 122 0.16%
Information 1,758 2.24% 1,279 1.63%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,214 2.82% 3,421 4.36%
Finance & insurance 1,575 2.01% 2,739 3.49%
Real estate & rental & leasing 639 0.81% 682 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,094 5.22% 3,266 4.16%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,801 3.57% 2,314 2.95%
Management of companies & enterprises 29 0.04% 35 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,264 1.61% 917 1.17%
Educational, health & social services: 2,971 3.79% 12,174 15.52%
Educational services 1,712 2.18% 4,732 6.03%
Health care & social assistance 1,259 1.60% 7,442 9.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,154 2.75% 2,307 2.94%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 492 0.63% 526 0.67%
Accommodation & food services 1,662 2.12% 1,781 2.27%
Other services (except public administration) 2,289 2.92% 2,112 2.69%
Public administration 3,866 4.93% 2,328 2.97%

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

Home | About | Help | Contact | Use Policy