Wright 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 25,387 52.84% 22,658 47.16%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,716 13.98% 7,304 15.20%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,611 7.52% 2,689 5.60%
Management, except farm managers 2,364 4.92% 1,303 2.71%
Farmers & farm managers 508 1.06% 59 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 739 1.54% 1,327 2.76%
Business operations specialists 301 0.63% 635 1.32%
Financial specialists 438 0.91% 692 1.44%
Professional & related occupations: 3,105 6.46% 4,615 9.61%
Computer & mathematical 582 1.21% 303 0.63%
Architecture & engineering: 939 1.95% 151 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 618 1.29% 67 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 321 0.67% 84 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 165 0.34% 109 0.23%
Community & social services 236 0.49% 371 0.77%
Legal 71 0.15% 123 0.26%
Education, training, & library 554 1.15% 1,868 3.89%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 291 0.61% 250 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 267 0.56% 1,440 3.00%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 214 0.45% 817 1.70%
Health technologists & technicians 53 0.11% 623 1.30%
Service occupations: 1,927 4.01% 4,085 8.50%
Healthcare support 58 0.12% 832 1.73%
Protective services: 377 0.78% 124 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 211 0.44% 64 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 166 0.35% 60 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 528 1.10% 1,220 2.54%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 821 1.71% 529 1.10%
Personal care & service 143 0.30% 1,380 2.87%
Sales & office occupations: 3,977 8.28% 8,572 17.84%
Sales & related occupations 2,545 5.30% 2,473 5.15%
Office & administrative support 1,432 2.98% 6,099 12.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 170 0.35% 126 0.26%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,807 12.09% 181 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 3,790 7.89% 72 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 429 0.89% 2 0.00%
Construction trades 3,329 6.93% 64 0.13%
Extraction 32 0.07% 6 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,017 4.20% 109 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,790 14.13% 2,390 4.97%
Production 4,323 9.00% 1,814 3.78%
Transportation & material moving: 2,467 5.13% 576 1.20%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 33 0.07% 12 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 35 0.07% 9 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,298 2.70% 231 0.48%
Rail, water & other transportation 75 0.16% 31 0.06%
Material moving 1,026 2.14% 293 0.61%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 25,387 52.84% 22,658 47.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 764 1.59% 240 0.50%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 747 1.55% 240 0.50%
Mining 17 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,449 9.26% 401 0.83%
Manufacturing 6,703 13.95% 3,179 6.62%
Wholesale trade 1,495 3.11% 631 1.31%
Retail trade 2,779 5.78% 3,241 6.75%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,744 3.63% 627 1.31%
Transportation & warehousing 1,127 2.35% 502 1.04%
Utilities 617 1.28% 125 0.26%
Information 436 0.91% 363 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 945 1.97% 1,936 4.03%
Finance & insurance 662 1.38% 1,598 3.33%
Real estate & rental & leasing 283 0.59% 338 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,824 3.80% 2,169 4.51%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,079 2.25% 1,278 2.66%
Management of companies & enterprises 27 0.06% 20 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 718 1.49% 871 1.81%
Educational, health & social services: 1,619 3.37% 6,679 13.90%
Educational services 1,070 2.23% 2,486 5.17%
Health care & social assistance 549 1.14% 4,193 8.73%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,057 2.20% 1,379 2.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 270 0.56% 192 0.40%
Accommodation & food services 787 1.64% 1,187 2.47%
Other services (except public administration) 1,055 2.20% 1,198 2.49%
Public administration 517 1.08% 615 1.28%

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

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