Wicomico 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 21,298 50.46% 20,913 49.54%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,064 14.37% 6,956 16.48%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,971 7.04% 1,839 4.36%
Management, except farm managers 2,078 4.92% 1,137 2.69%
Farmers & farm managers 312 0.74% 75 0.18%
Business & financial operations: 581 1.38% 627 1.49%
Business operations specialists 270 0.64% 252 0.60%
Financial specialists 311 0.74% 375 0.89%
Professional & related occupations: 3,093 7.33% 5,117 12.12%
Computer & mathematical 225 0.53% 176 0.42%
Architecture & engineering: 502 1.19% 106 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 282 0.67% 77 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 220 0.52% 29 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 231 0.55% 107 0.25%
Community & social services 216 0.51% 583 1.38%
Legal 77 0.18% 118 0.28%
Education, training, & library 805 1.91% 1,884 4.46%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 342 0.81% 334 0.79%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 695 1.65% 1,809 4.29%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 482 1.14% 1,254 2.97%
Health technologists & technicians 213 0.50% 555 1.31%
Service occupations: 2,884 6.83% 4,387 10.39%
Healthcare support 72 0.17% 898 2.13%
Protective services: 875 2.07% 205 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 713 1.69% 138 0.33%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 162 0.38% 67 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 999 2.37% 1,448 3.43%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 794 1.88% 761 1.80%
Personal care & service 144 0.34% 1,075 2.55%
Sales & office occupations: 3,650 8.65% 7,617 18.05%
Sales & related occupations 2,514 5.96% 2,547 6.03%
Office & administrative support 1,136 2.69% 5,070 12.01%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 267 0.63% 116 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,078 9.66% 144 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 2,412 5.71% 24 0.06%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 272 0.64% 11 0.03%
Construction trades 2,107 4.99% 13 0.03%
Extraction 33 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,666 3.95% 120 0.28%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,355 10.32% 1,693 4.01%
Production 2,105 4.99% 1,311 3.11%
Transportation & material moving: 2,250 5.33% 382 0.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 80 0.19% 10 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 73 0.17% 12 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 1,272 3.01% 154 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 76 0.18% 32 0.08%
Material moving 749 1.77% 174 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,298 50.46% 20,913 49.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 661 1.57% 276 0.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 646 1.53% 276 0.65%
Mining 15 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,796 6.62% 250 0.59%
Manufacturing 3,977 9.42% 2,153 5.10%
Wholesale trade 1,239 2.94% 378 0.90%
Retail trade 2,423 5.74% 2,788 6.60%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,296 3.07% 527 1.25%
Transportation & warehousing 1,067 2.53% 486 1.15%
Utilities 229 0.54% 41 0.10%
Information 487 1.15% 608 1.44%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 775 1.84% 1,132 2.68%
Finance & insurance 348 0.82% 826 1.96%
Real estate & rental & leasing 427 1.01% 306 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,274 3.02% 1,163 2.76%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 566 1.34% 598 1.42%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 708 1.68% 565 1.34%
Educational, health & social services: 2,505 5.93% 7,671 18.17%
Educational services 1,445 3.42% 3,042 7.21%
Health care & social assistance 1,060 2.51% 4,629 10.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,555 3.68% 2,057 4.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 248 0.59% 252 0.60%
Accommodation & food services 1,307 3.10% 1,805 4.28%
Other services (except public administration) 890 2.11% 976 2.31%
Public administration 1,420 3.36% 934 2.21%

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

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