Newaygo 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 11,287 54.87% 9,282 45.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,258 10.98% 2,413 11.73%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,220 5.93% 630 3.06%
Management, except farm managers 760 3.69% 338 1.64%
Farmers & farm managers 251 1.22% 56 0.27%
Business & financial operations: 209 1.02% 236 1.15%
Business operations specialists 107 0.52% 104 0.51%
Financial specialists 102 0.50% 132 0.64%
Professional & related occupations: 1,038 5.05% 1,783 8.67%
Computer & mathematical 122 0.59% 43 0.21%
Architecture & engineering: 203 0.99% 52 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 143 0.70% 29 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 60 0.29% 23 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 58 0.28% 39 0.19%
Community & social services 139 0.68% 151 0.73%
Legal 21 0.10% 32 0.16%
Education, training, & library 268 1.30% 838 4.07%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 58 0.28% 99 0.48%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 169 0.82% 529 2.57%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 156 0.76% 300 1.46%
Health technologists & technicians 13 0.06% 229 1.11%
Service occupations: 1,099 5.34% 1,886 9.17%
Healthcare support 50 0.24% 371 1.80%
Protective services: 173 0.84% 40 0.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 114 0.55% 19 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 59 0.29% 21 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 255 1.24% 710 3.45%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 561 2.73% 250 1.22%
Personal care & service 60 0.29% 515 2.50%
Sales & office occupations: 1,285 6.25% 3,216 15.64%
Sales & related occupations 737 3.58% 1,032 5.02%
Office & administrative support 548 2.66% 2,184 10.62%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 245 1.19% 108 0.53%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,650 12.88% 81 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 1,485 7.22% 44 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 182 0.88% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,280 6.22% 44 0.21%
Extraction 23 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,165 5.66% 37 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,750 18.23% 1,578 7.67%
Production 2,428 11.80% 1,208 5.87%
Transportation & material moving: 1,322 6.43% 370 1.80%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 33 0.16% 8 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 699 3.40% 139 0.68%
Rail, water & other transportation 32 0.16% 15 0.07%
Material moving 554 2.69% 208 1.01%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,287 54.87% 9,282 45.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 578 2.81% 188 0.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 547 2.66% 188 0.91%
Mining 31 0.15% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,702 8.27% 103 0.50%
Manufacturing 3,842 18.68% 1,767 8.59%
Wholesale trade 421 2.05% 178 0.87%
Retail trade 1,009 4.91% 1,324 6.44%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 650 3.16% 197 0.96%
Transportation & warehousing 546 2.65% 168 0.82%
Utilities 104 0.51% 29 0.14%
Information 155 0.75% 130 0.63%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 229 1.11% 534 2.60%
Finance & insurance 139 0.68% 421 2.05%
Real estate & rental & leasing 90 0.44% 113 0.55%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 630 3.06% 515 2.50%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 229 1.11% 286 1.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 401 1.95% 229 1.11%
Educational, health & social services: 888 4.32% 2,825 13.73%
Educational services 558 2.71% 1,177 5.72%
Health care & social assistance 330 1.60% 1,648 8.01%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 385 1.87% 787 3.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 50 0.24% 83 0.40%
Accommodation & food services 335 1.63% 704 3.42%
Other services (except public administration) 499 2.43% 365 1.77%
Public administration 299 1.45% 369 1.79%

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

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