Otter Tail 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 14,126 53.37% 12,344 46.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,123 15.58% 4,141 15.64%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,515 9.50% 1,148 4.34%
Management, except farm managers 1,023 3.86% 569 2.15%
Farmers & farm managers 1,171 4.42% 201 0.76%
Business & financial operations: 321 1.21% 378 1.43%
Business operations specialists 165 0.62% 137 0.52%
Financial specialists 156 0.59% 241 0.91%
Professional & related occupations: 1,608 6.07% 2,993 11.31%
Computer & mathematical 88 0.33% 44 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 268 1.01% 25 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 143 0.54% 12 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 125 0.47% 13 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 103 0.39% 29 0.11%
Community & social services 191 0.72% 317 1.20%
Legal 90 0.34% 56 0.21%
Education, training, & library 443 1.67% 1,153 4.36%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 129 0.49% 197 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 296 1.12% 1,172 4.43%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 247 0.93% 635 2.40%
Health technologists & technicians 49 0.19% 537 2.03%
Service occupations: 1,280 4.84% 2,860 10.80%
Healthcare support 59 0.22% 810 3.06%
Protective services: 192 0.73% 38 0.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 139 0.53% 14 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 53 0.20% 24 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 420 1.59% 985 3.72%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 536 2.02% 424 1.60%
Personal care & service 73 0.28% 603 2.28%
Sales & office occupations: 2,141 8.09% 3,979 15.03%
Sales & related occupations 1,502 5.67% 1,481 5.60%
Office & administrative support 639 2.41% 2,498 9.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 434 1.64% 168 0.63%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,636 9.96% 86 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 1,526 5.77% 47 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 150 0.57% 11 0.04%
Construction trades 1,357 5.13% 36 0.14%
Extraction 19 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,110 4.19% 39 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,512 13.27% 1,110 4.19%
Production 1,773 6.70% 817 3.09%
Transportation & material moving: 1,739 6.57% 293 1.11%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 39 0.15% 13 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 30 0.11% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,009 3.81% 99 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 56 0.21% 23 0.09%
Material moving 605 2.29% 158 0.60%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,126 53.37% 12,344 46.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,713 6.47% 388 1.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,699 6.42% 383 1.45%
Mining 14 0.05% 5 0.02%
Construction 1,689 6.38% 142 0.54%
Manufacturing 2,604 9.84% 1,096 4.14%
Wholesale trade 512 1.93% 152 0.57%
Retail trade 1,841 6.96% 1,829 6.91%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,320 4.99% 297 1.12%
Transportation & warehousing 867 3.28% 173 0.65%
Utilities 453 1.71% 124 0.47%
Information 300 1.13% 292 1.10%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 341 1.29% 578 2.18%
Finance & insurance 249 0.94% 474 1.79%
Real estate & rental & leasing 92 0.35% 104 0.39%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 707 2.67% 572 2.16%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 321 1.21% 261 0.99%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 386 1.46% 311 1.17%
Educational, health & social services: 1,296 4.90% 4,828 18.24%
Educational services 686 2.59% 1,492 5.64%
Health care & social assistance 610 2.30% 3,336 12.60%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 627 2.37% 1,137 4.30%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 136 0.51% 163 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 491 1.85% 974 3.68%
Other services (except public administration) 678 2.56% 544 2.06%
Public administration 498 1.88% 489 1.85%

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

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