Census Trend Charts Demographic Maps Rankings & Comparisons Segregation Data  

Zoom in and out of geography at levels: US, States or Metro Areas, and Counties within States.

You can zoom out to Michigan


Visit the SSDAN Web Site
CensusScope is a product of the Social Science Data Analysis Network.

Kalamazoo County

Print-Friendly Version

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 62,460 51.73% 58,280 48.27%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 21,078 17.46% 20,826 17.25%
Management, business, & financial operations: 8,765 7.26% 6,414 5.31%
Management, except farm managers 6,245 5.17% 3,666 3.04%
Farmers & farm managers 267 0.22% 58 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 2,253 1.87% 2,690 2.23%
Business operations specialists 1,247 1.03% 1,386 1.15%
Financial specialists 1,006 0.83% 1,304 1.08%
Professional & related occupations: 12,313 10.20% 14,412 11.94%
Computer & mathematical 1,875 1.55% 646 0.54%
Architecture & engineering: 2,277 1.89% 398 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,772 1.47% 207 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 505 0.42% 191 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 1,246 1.03% 911 0.75%
Community & social services 956 0.79% 1,378 1.14%
Legal 424 0.35% 304 0.25%
Education, training, & library 2,674 2.21% 4,999 4.14%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,080 0.89% 1,138 0.94%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,781 1.48% 4,638 3.84%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,394 1.15% 3,096 2.56%
Health technologists & technicians 387 0.32% 1,542 1.28%
Service occupations: 7,308 6.05% 11,425 9.46%
Healthcare support 405 0.34% 2,220 1.84%
Protective services: 1,231 1.02% 363 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 677 0.56% 143 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 554 0.46% 220 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,855 2.36% 4,367 3.62%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,054 1.70% 1,439 1.19%
Personal care & service 763 0.63% 3,036 2.51%
Sales & office occupations: 11,239 9.31% 20,144 16.68%
Sales & related occupations 7,018 5.81% 6,587 5.46%
Office & administrative support 4,221 3.50% 13,557 11.23%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 359 0.30% 431 0.36%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,070 7.51% 287 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 5,216 4.32% 95 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 620 0.51% 3 0.00%
Construction trades 4,569 3.78% 92 0.08%
Extraction 27 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,854 3.19% 192 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,406 11.10% 5,167 4.28%
Production 8,264 6.84% 3,750 3.11%
Transportation & material moving: 5,142 4.26% 1,417 1.17%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 93 0.08% 84 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 101 0.08% 8 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,714 2.25% 545 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 202 0.17% 34 0.03%
Material moving 2,032 1.68% 746 0.62%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 62,460 51.73% 58,280 48.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 748 0.62% 555 0.46%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 689 0.57% 549 0.45%
Mining 59 0.05% 6 0.00%
Construction 5,982 4.95% 765 0.63%
Manufacturing 16,980 14.06% 7,668 6.35%
Wholesale trade 2,647 2.19% 1,093 0.91%
Retail trade 7,120 5.90% 7,049 5.84%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,798 2.32% 1,016 0.84%
Transportation & warehousing 2,368 1.96% 898 0.74%
Utilities 430 0.36% 118 0.10%
Information 1,310 1.08% 1,143 0.95%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,860 2.37% 4,088 3.39%
Finance & insurance 1,568 1.30% 3,155 2.61%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,292 1.07% 933 0.77%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,536 3.76% 3,965 3.28%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,540 2.10% 2,277 1.89%
Management of companies & enterprises 34 0.03% 5 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,962 1.62% 1,683 1.39%
Educational, health & social services: 8,409 6.96% 20,739 17.18%
Educational services 4,992 4.13% 8,920 7.39%
Health care & social assistance 3,417 2.83% 11,819 9.79%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,664 3.86% 5,782 4.79%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,079 0.89% 912 0.76%
Accommodation & food services 3,585 2.97% 4,870 4.03%
Other services (except public administration) 2,749 2.28% 2,918 2.42%
Public administration 1,657 1.37% 1,499 1.24%

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

Home | About | Help | Contact | Use Policy