Calhoun 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 32,382 51.44% 30,574 48.56%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,834 12.44% 9,104 14.46%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,764 5.98% 3,244 5.15%
Management, except farm managers 2,564 4.07% 1,731 2.75%
Farmers & farm managers 264 0.42% 52 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 936 1.49% 1,461 2.32%
Business operations specialists 498 0.79% 804 1.28%
Financial specialists 438 0.70% 657 1.04%
Professional & related occupations: 4,070 6.46% 5,860 9.31%
Computer & mathematical 494 0.78% 371 0.59%
Architecture & engineering: 964 1.53% 130 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 751 1.19% 85 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 213 0.34% 45 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 240 0.38% 152 0.24%
Community & social services 479 0.76% 619 0.98%
Legal 127 0.20% 149 0.24%
Education, training, & library 844 1.34% 2,208 3.51%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 363 0.58% 384 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 559 0.89% 1,847 2.93%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 412 0.65% 1,154 1.83%
Health technologists & technicians 147 0.23% 693 1.10%
Service occupations: 3,915 6.22% 6,334 10.06%
Healthcare support 186 0.30% 1,192 1.89%
Protective services: 914 1.45% 264 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 684 1.09% 123 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 230 0.37% 141 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,370 2.18% 2,332 3.70%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,225 1.95% 883 1.40%
Personal care & service 220 0.35% 1,663 2.64%
Sales & office occupations: 4,856 7.71% 10,390 16.50%
Sales & related occupations 2,812 4.47% 3,620 5.75%
Office & administrative support 2,044 3.25% 6,770 10.75%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 149 0.24% 90 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,114 8.12% 186 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 2,614 4.15% 74 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 248 0.39% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,344 3.72% 74 0.12%
Extraction 22 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,500 3.97% 112 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,514 16.70% 4,470 7.10%
Production 6,815 10.83% 3,564 5.66%
Transportation & material moving: 3,699 5.88% 906 1.44%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 47 0.07% 17 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 51 0.08% 7 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,684 2.67% 322 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 282 0.45% 37 0.06%
Material moving 1,635 2.60% 523 0.83%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 32,382 51.44% 30,574 48.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 493 0.78% 162 0.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 448 0.71% 153 0.24%
Mining 45 0.07% 9 0.01%
Construction 2,695 4.28% 233 0.37%
Manufacturing 10,960 17.41% 5,468 8.69%
Wholesale trade 1,139 1.81% 322 0.51%
Retail trade 3,193 5.07% 3,987 6.33%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,133 3.39% 549 0.87%
Transportation & warehousing 1,895 3.01% 439 0.70%
Utilities 238 0.38% 110 0.17%
Information 342 0.54% 492 0.78%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 865 1.37% 2,040 3.24%
Finance & insurance 532 0.85% 1,642 2.61%
Real estate & rental & leasing 333 0.53% 398 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,922 3.05% 1,669 2.65%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 861 1.37% 745 1.18%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.02% 8 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,051 1.67% 916 1.45%
Educational, health & social services: 3,233 5.14% 9,428 14.98%
Educational services 1,725 2.74% 3,528 5.60%
Health care & social assistance 1,508 2.40% 5,900 9.37%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,213 3.52% 2,721 4.32%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 457 0.73% 280 0.44%
Accommodation & food services 1,756 2.79% 2,441 3.88%
Other services (except public administration) 1,322 2.10% 1,842 2.93%
Public administration 1,872 2.97% 1,661 2.64%

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

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