Lapeer 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 23,193 56.55% 17,819 43.45%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,706 13.91% 5,337 13.01%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,610 6.36% 1,526 3.72%
Management, except farm managers 1,783 4.35% 902 2.20%
Farmers & farm managers 279 0.68% 60 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 548 1.34% 564 1.38%
Business operations specialists 365 0.89% 284 0.69%
Financial specialists 183 0.45% 280 0.68%
Professional & related occupations: 3,096 7.55% 3,811 9.29%
Computer & mathematical 353 0.86% 151 0.37%
Architecture & engineering: 1,186 2.89% 169 0.41%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 867 2.11% 105 0.26%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 319 0.78% 64 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 67 0.16% 23 0.06%
Community & social services 210 0.51% 320 0.78%
Legal 128 0.31% 130 0.32%
Education, training, & library 460 1.12% 1,336 3.26%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 395 0.96% 231 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 297 0.72% 1,451 3.54%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 191 0.47% 833 2.03%
Health technologists & technicians 106 0.26% 618 1.51%
Service occupations: 1,960 4.78% 3,648 8.89%
Healthcare support 74 0.18% 818 1.99%
Protective services: 411 1.00% 74 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 264 0.64% 51 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 147 0.36% 23 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 502 1.22% 1,194 2.91%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 799 1.95% 543 1.32%
Personal care & service 174 0.42% 1,019 2.48%
Sales & office occupations: 2,605 6.35% 5,976 14.57%
Sales & related occupations 1,581 3.85% 1,893 4.62%
Office & administrative support 1,024 2.50% 4,083 9.96%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 98 0.24% 67 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,502 13.42% 185 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 3,224 7.86% 63 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 322 0.79% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,882 7.03% 63 0.15%
Extraction 20 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,278 5.55% 122 0.30%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,322 17.85% 2,606 6.35%
Production 5,141 12.54% 1,973 4.81%
Transportation & material moving: 2,181 5.32% 633 1.54%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 58 0.14% 24 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,042 2.54% 374 0.91%
Rail, water & other transportation 96 0.23% 19 0.05%
Material moving 983 2.40% 216 0.53%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 23,193 56.55% 17,819 43.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 462 1.13% 148 0.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 425 1.04% 131 0.32%
Mining 37 0.09% 17 0.04%
Construction 3,399 8.29% 368 0.90%
Manufacturing 9,153 22.32% 3,084 7.52%
Wholesale trade 544 1.33% 223 0.54%
Retail trade 2,083 5.08% 2,403 5.86%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,007 2.46% 426 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 761 1.86% 405 0.99%
Utilities 246 0.60% 21 0.05%
Information 379 0.92% 276 0.67%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 509 1.24% 990 2.41%
Finance & insurance 236 0.58% 724 1.77%
Real estate & rental & leasing 273 0.67% 266 0.65%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,443 3.52% 1,094 2.67%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 926 2.26% 664 1.62%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 517 1.26% 430 1.05%
Educational, health & social services: 1,429 3.48% 5,780 14.09%
Educational services 828 2.02% 2,042 4.98%
Health care & social assistance 601 1.47% 3,738 9.11%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 960 2.34% 1,338 3.26%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 288 0.70% 164 0.40%
Accommodation & food services 672 1.64% 1,174 2.86%
Other services (except public administration) 1,153 2.81% 1,106 2.70%
Public administration 672 1.64% 583 1.42%

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

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