Hampden 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 105,886 51.39% 100,176 48.61%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 27,996 13.59% 35,799 17.37%
Management, business, & financial operations: 12,939 6.28% 9,794 4.75%
Management, except farm managers 9,147 4.44% 5,429 2.63%
Farmers & farm managers 131 0.06% 88 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 3,661 1.78% 4,277 2.08%
Business operations specialists 1,890 0.92% 2,441 1.18%
Financial specialists 1,771 0.86% 1,836 0.89%
Professional & related occupations: 15,057 7.31% 26,005 12.62%
Computer & mathematical 2,231 1.08% 1,233 0.60%
Architecture & engineering: 2,924 1.42% 491 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,999 0.97% 328 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 925 0.45% 163 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 676 0.33% 514 0.25%
Community & social services 1,459 0.71% 2,819 1.37%
Legal 1,036 0.50% 811 0.39%
Education, training, & library 3,037 1.47% 10,855 5.27%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,511 0.73% 1,304 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,183 1.06% 7,978 3.87%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,774 0.86% 5,417 2.63%
Health technologists & technicians 409 0.20% 2,561 1.24%
Service occupations: 15,588 7.56% 18,887 9.17%
Healthcare support 805 0.39% 5,264 2.55%
Protective services: 4,591 2.23% 1,037 0.50%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,226 1.57% 421 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,365 0.66% 616 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,247 2.06% 6,478 3.14%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,580 2.22% 1,655 0.80%
Personal care & service 1,365 0.66% 4,453 2.16%
Sales & office occupations: 19,243 9.34% 35,899 17.42%
Sales & related occupations 10,710 5.20% 11,161 5.42%
Office & administrative support 8,533 4.14% 24,738 12.01%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 352 0.17% 151 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,969 7.75% 603 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 7,850 3.81% 178 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 966 0.47% 14 0.01%
Construction trades 6,841 3.32% 164 0.08%
Extraction 43 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,119 3.94% 425 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 26,738 12.98% 8,837 4.29%
Production 15,310 7.43% 6,426 3.12%
Transportation & material moving: 11,428 5.55% 2,411 1.17%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 237 0.12% 93 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 122 0.06% 11 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 5,707 2.77% 905 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 384 0.19% 88 0.04%
Material moving 4,978 2.42% 1,314 0.64%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 105,886 51.39% 100,176 48.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 640 0.31% 207 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 540 0.26% 207 0.10%
Mining 100 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 8,339 4.05% 983 0.48%
Manufacturing 24,224 11.76% 9,775 4.74%
Wholesale trade 5,770 2.80% 2,017 0.98%
Retail trade 12,738 6.18% 12,849 6.24%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 8,917 4.33% 3,410 1.65%
Transportation & warehousing 7,506 3.64% 3,027 1.47%
Utilities 1,411 0.68% 383 0.19%
Information 2,735 1.33% 2,365 1.15%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,576 2.71% 9,001 4.37%
Finance & insurance 3,971 1.93% 7,545 3.66%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,605 0.78% 1,456 0.71%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,162 3.48% 6,049 2.94%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,821 1.85% 3,832 1.86%
Management of companies & enterprises 23 0.01% 22 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,318 1.61% 2,195 1.07%
Educational, health & social services: 11,619 5.64% 37,186 18.05%
Educational services 5,839 2.83% 15,297 7.42%
Health care & social assistance 5,780 2.80% 21,889 10.62%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,065 3.43% 7,639 3.71%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,388 0.67% 1,026 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 5,677 2.75% 6,613 3.21%
Other services (except public administration) 4,989 2.42% 4,697 2.28%
Public administration 6,112 2.97% 3,998 1.94%

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

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