Blue Earth 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 16,352 51.96% 15,116 48.04%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,602 14.62% 4,783 15.20%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,213 7.03% 1,358 4.32%
Management, except farm managers 1,259 4.00% 740 2.35%
Farmers & farm managers 606 1.93% 75 0.24%
Business & financial operations: 348 1.11% 543 1.73%
Business operations specialists 139 0.44% 310 0.99%
Financial specialists 209 0.66% 233 0.74%
Professional & related occupations: 2,389 7.59% 3,425 10.88%
Computer & mathematical 363 1.15% 124 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 379 1.20% 24 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 204 0.65% 4 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 175 0.56% 20 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 95 0.30% 107 0.34%
Community & social services 232 0.74% 435 1.38%
Legal 59 0.19% 63 0.20%
Education, training, & library 699 2.22% 1,542 4.90%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 233 0.74% 221 0.70%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 329 1.05% 909 2.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 251 0.80% 471 1.50%
Health technologists & technicians 78 0.25% 438 1.39%
Service occupations: 2,105 6.69% 3,085 9.80%
Healthcare support 102 0.32% 654 2.08%
Protective services: 310 0.99% 109 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 135 0.43% 38 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 175 0.56% 71 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 922 2.93% 1,168 3.71%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 628 2.00% 336 1.07%
Personal care & service 143 0.45% 818 2.60%
Sales & office occupations: 2,887 9.17% 5,672 18.02%
Sales & related occupations 1,690 5.37% 1,888 6.00%
Office & administrative support 1,197 3.80% 3,784 12.02%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 227 0.72% 40 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,404 7.64% 57 0.18%
Construction & extraction: 1,329 4.22% 18 0.06%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 162 0.51% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 1,141 3.63% 16 0.05%
Extraction 26 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,075 3.42% 39 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,127 13.11% 1,479 4.70%
Production 2,482 7.89% 1,161 3.69%
Transportation & material moving: 1,645 5.23% 318 1.01%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 43 0.14% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 14 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 864 2.75% 90 0.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 50 0.16% 7 0.02%
Material moving 674 2.14% 219 0.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 16,352 51.96% 15,116 48.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 970 3.08% 168 0.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 882 2.80% 157 0.50%
Mining 88 0.28% 11 0.03%
Construction 1,544 4.91% 122 0.39%
Manufacturing 3,646 11.59% 2,130 6.77%
Wholesale trade 731 2.32% 245 0.78%
Retail trade 2,002 6.36% 2,313 7.35%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 914 2.90% 248 0.79%
Transportation & warehousing 790 2.51% 202 0.64%
Utilities 124 0.39% 46 0.15%
Information 370 1.18% 320 1.02%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 515 1.64% 620 1.97%
Finance & insurance 357 1.13% 475 1.51%
Real estate & rental & leasing 158 0.50% 145 0.46%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 869 2.76% 1,020 3.24%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 462 1.47% 427 1.36%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 3 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 405 1.29% 590 1.87%
Educational, health & social services: 2,296 7.30% 5,520 17.54%
Educational services 1,397 4.44% 2,479 7.88%
Health care & social assistance 899 2.86% 3,041 9.66%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,372 4.36% 1,314 4.18%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 173 0.55% 165 0.52%
Accommodation & food services 1,199 3.81% 1,149 3.65%
Other services (except public administration) 733 2.33% 719 2.28%
Public administration 390 1.24% 377 1.20%

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

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