Itasca 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 10,330 53.74% 8,892 46.26%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,245 11.68% 2,798 14.56%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,021 5.31% 732 3.81%
Management, except farm managers 720 3.75% 427 2.22%
Farmers & farm managers 85 0.44% 15 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 216 1.12% 290 1.51%
Business operations specialists 97 0.50% 139 0.72%
Financial specialists 119 0.62% 151 0.79%
Professional & related occupations: 1,224 6.37% 2,066 10.75%
Computer & mathematical 39 0.20% 26 0.14%
Architecture & engineering: 234 1.22% 21 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 138 0.72% 15 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 96 0.50% 6 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 204 1.06% 56 0.29%
Community & social services 121 0.63% 214 1.11%
Legal 31 0.16% 47 0.24%
Education, training, & library 343 1.78% 869 4.52%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 72 0.37% 80 0.42%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 180 0.94% 753 3.92%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 155 0.81% 427 2.22%
Health technologists & technicians 25 0.13% 326 1.70%
Service occupations: 1,039 5.41% 2,034 10.58%
Healthcare support 54 0.28% 473 2.46%
Protective services: 179 0.93% 56 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 139 0.72% 17 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 40 0.21% 39 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 301 1.57% 778 4.05%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 445 2.32% 302 1.57%
Personal care & service 60 0.31% 425 2.21%
Sales & office occupations: 1,409 7.33% 3,298 17.16%
Sales & related occupations 905 4.71% 1,043 5.43%
Office & administrative support 504 2.62% 2,255 11.73%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 176 0.92% 43 0.22%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,420 12.59% 59 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 1,330 6.92% 37 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 164 0.85% 4 0.02%
Construction trades 1,122 5.84% 31 0.16%
Extraction 44 0.23% 2 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,090 5.67% 22 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,041 15.82% 660 3.43%
Production 1,606 8.36% 466 2.42%
Transportation & material moving: 1,435 7.47% 194 1.01%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.12% 10 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 13 0.07% 2 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 670 3.49% 70 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 49 0.25% 15 0.08%
Material moving 680 3.54% 97 0.50%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 10,330 53.74% 8,892 46.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 771 4.01% 105 0.55%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 353 1.84% 87 0.45%
Mining 418 2.17% 18 0.09%
Construction 1,366 7.11% 125 0.65%
Manufacturing 2,034 10.58% 574 2.99%
Wholesale trade 372 1.94% 137 0.71%
Retail trade 1,153 6.00% 1,259 6.55%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 968 5.04% 283 1.47%
Transportation & warehousing 525 2.73% 213 1.11%
Utilities 443 2.30% 70 0.36%
Information 128 0.67% 150 0.78%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 234 1.22% 509 2.65%
Finance & insurance 135 0.70% 382 1.99%
Real estate & rental & leasing 99 0.52% 127 0.66%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 565 2.94% 650 3.38%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 269 1.40% 396 2.06%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 5 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 294 1.53% 249 1.30%
Educational, health & social services: 1,001 5.21% 3,264 16.98%
Educational services 560 2.91% 1,202 6.25%
Health care & social assistance 441 2.29% 2,062 10.73%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 654 3.40% 1,077 5.60%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 237 1.23% 143 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 417 2.17% 934 4.86%
Other services (except public administration) 548 2.85% 438 2.28%
Public administration 536 2.79% 321 1.67%

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

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