Sherburne 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 18,501 53.61% 16,008 46.39%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,833 14.01% 5,169 14.98%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,427 7.03% 1,796 5.20%
Management, except farm managers 1,749 5.07% 949 2.75%
Farmers & farm managers 191 0.55% 9 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 487 1.41% 838 2.43%
Business operations specialists 286 0.83% 424 1.23%
Financial specialists 201 0.58% 414 1.20%
Professional & related occupations: 2,406 6.97% 3,373 9.77%
Computer & mathematical 501 1.45% 197 0.57%
Architecture & engineering: 593 1.72% 93 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 343 0.99% 37 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 250 0.72% 56 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 132 0.38% 89 0.26%
Community & social services 141 0.41% 235 0.68%
Legal 63 0.18% 123 0.36%
Education, training, & library 571 1.65% 1,414 4.10%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 188 0.54% 226 0.65%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 217 0.63% 996 2.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 133 0.39% 582 1.69%
Health technologists & technicians 84 0.24% 414 1.20%
Service occupations: 1,379 4.00% 2,952 8.55%
Healthcare support 39 0.11% 686 1.99%
Protective services: 346 1.00% 105 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 266 0.77% 64 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 80 0.23% 41 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 382 1.11% 940 2.72%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 527 1.53% 303 0.88%
Personal care & service 85 0.25% 918 2.66%
Sales & office occupations: 3,032 8.79% 5,975 17.31%
Sales & related occupations 1,813 5.25% 1,696 4.91%
Office & administrative support 1,219 3.53% 4,279 12.40%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 90 0.26% 80 0.23%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,236 12.28% 133 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 2,452 7.11% 78 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 255 0.74% 15 0.04%
Construction trades 2,175 6.30% 63 0.18%
Extraction 22 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,784 5.17% 55 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,931 14.29% 1,699 4.92%
Production 3,216 9.32% 1,314 3.81%
Transportation & material moving: 1,715 4.97% 385 1.12%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 36 0.10% 36 0.10%
Aircraft & traffic control 60 0.17% 14 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 917 2.66% 142 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 74 0.21% 0 0.00%
Material moving 628 1.82% 193 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 18,501 53.61% 16,008 46.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 323 0.94% 64 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 317 0.92% 64 0.19%
Mining 6 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,879 8.34% 414 1.20%
Manufacturing 4,913 14.24% 2,440 7.07%
Wholesale trade 923 2.67% 321 0.93%
Retail trade 2,287 6.63% 2,288 6.63%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,662 4.82% 445 1.29%
Transportation & warehousing 1,012 2.93% 299 0.87%
Utilities 650 1.88% 146 0.42%
Information 313 0.91% 352 1.02%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 603 1.75% 1,239 3.59%
Finance & insurance 417 1.21% 998 2.89%
Real estate & rental & leasing 186 0.54% 241 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,066 3.09% 1,125 3.26%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 664 1.92% 617 1.79%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 11 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 400 1.16% 497 1.44%
Educational, health & social services: 1,430 4.14% 4,706 13.64%
Educational services 849 2.46% 1,891 5.48%
Health care & social assistance 581 1.68% 2,815 8.16%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 803 2.33% 1,250 3.62%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 248 0.72% 221 0.64%
Accommodation & food services 555 1.61% 1,029 2.98%
Other services (except public administration) 755 2.19% 757 2.19%
Public administration 544 1.58% 607 1.76%

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

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