Ionia 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 14,470 53.46% 12,595 46.54%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,730 10.09% 3,320 12.27%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,582 5.85% 1,091 4.03%
Management, except farm managers 921 3.40% 543 2.01%
Farmers & farm managers 369 1.36% 43 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 292 1.08% 505 1.87%
Business operations specialists 166 0.61% 222 0.82%
Financial specialists 126 0.47% 283 1.05%
Professional & related occupations: 1,148 4.24% 2,229 8.24%
Computer & mathematical 185 0.68% 148 0.55%
Architecture & engineering: 272 1.00% 66 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 182 0.67% 47 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 90 0.33% 19 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 97 0.36% 50 0.18%
Community & social services 60 0.22% 177 0.65%
Legal 41 0.15% 28 0.10%
Education, training, & library 277 1.02% 928 3.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 64 0.24% 102 0.38%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 152 0.56% 730 2.70%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 110 0.41% 380 1.40%
Health technologists & technicians 42 0.16% 350 1.29%
Service occupations: 1,778 6.57% 2,449 9.05%
Healthcare support 20 0.07% 515 1.90%
Protective services: 789 2.92% 180 0.67%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 694 2.56% 119 0.44%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 95 0.35% 61 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 359 1.33% 789 2.92%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 545 2.01% 312 1.15%
Personal care & service 65 0.24% 653 2.41%
Sales & office occupations: 1,712 6.33% 4,602 17.00%
Sales & related occupations 955 3.53% 1,321 4.88%
Office & administrative support 757 2.80% 3,281 12.12%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 256 0.95% 51 0.19%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,061 11.31% 84 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 1,562 5.77% 61 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 227 0.84% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,315 4.86% 61 0.23%
Extraction 20 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,499 5.54% 23 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,933 18.23% 2,089 7.72%
Production 3,163 11.69% 1,642 6.07%
Transportation & material moving: 1,770 6.54% 447 1.65%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 14 0.05% 10 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 827 3.06% 145 0.54%
Rail, water & other transportation 49 0.18% 39 0.14%
Material moving 875 3.23% 253 0.93%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,470 53.46% 12,595 46.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 732 2.70% 126 0.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 728 2.69% 126 0.47%
Mining 4 0.01% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,757 6.49% 236 0.87%
Manufacturing 5,092 18.81% 2,185 8.07%
Wholesale trade 602 2.22% 222 0.82%
Retail trade 1,368 5.05% 1,772 6.55%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 700 2.59% 225 0.83%
Transportation & warehousing 545 2.01% 168 0.62%
Utilities 155 0.57% 57 0.21%
Information 152 0.56% 241 0.89%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 346 1.28% 1,133 4.19%
Finance & insurance 218 0.81% 950 3.51%
Real estate & rental & leasing 128 0.47% 183 0.68%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 594 2.19% 579 2.14%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 320 1.18% 330 1.22%
Management of companies & enterprises 3 0.01% 4 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 271 1.00% 245 0.91%
Educational, health & social services: 773 2.86% 3,320 12.27%
Educational services 511 1.89% 1,325 4.90%
Health care & social assistance 262 0.97% 1,995 7.37%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 593 2.19% 887 3.28%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 91 0.34% 112 0.41%
Accommodation & food services 502 1.85% 775 2.86%
Other services (except public administration) 549 2.03% 654 2.42%
Public administration 1,212 4.48% 1,015 3.75%

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

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