Rankin 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 29,878 52.32% 27,227 47.68%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,427 16.51% 10,461 18.32%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,784 8.38% 3,915 6.86%
Management, except farm managers 3,346 5.86% 2,022 3.54%
Farmers & farm managers 175 0.31% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 1,263 2.21% 1,893 3.31%
Business operations specialists 648 1.13% 772 1.35%
Financial specialists 615 1.08% 1,121 1.96%
Professional & related occupations: 4,643 8.13% 6,546 11.46%
Computer & mathematical 669 1.17% 452 0.79%
Architecture & engineering: 1,008 1.77% 142 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 670 1.17% 81 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 338 0.59% 61 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 326 0.57% 157 0.27%
Community & social services 351 0.61% 385 0.67%
Legal 421 0.74% 400 0.70%
Education, training, & library 584 1.02% 2,080 3.64%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 375 0.66% 343 0.60%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 909 1.59% 2,587 4.53%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 718 1.26% 1,776 3.11%
Health technologists & technicians 191 0.33% 811 1.42%
Service occupations: 2,787 4.88% 3,559 6.23%
Healthcare support 95 0.17% 691 1.21%
Protective services: 738 1.29% 162 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 470 0.82% 85 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 268 0.47% 77 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 852 1.49% 1,199 2.10%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 887 1.55% 445 0.78%
Personal care & service 215 0.38% 1,062 1.86%
Sales & office occupations: 5,678 9.94% 11,324 19.83%
Sales & related occupations 3,976 6.96% 3,260 5.71%
Office & administrative support 1,702 2.98% 8,064 14.12%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 235 0.41% 30 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,388 11.19% 247 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 3,472 6.08% 100 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 543 0.95% 27 0.05%
Construction trades 2,927 5.13% 73 0.13%
Extraction 2 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,916 5.11% 147 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,363 9.39% 1,606 2.81%
Production 2,335 4.09% 1,182 2.07%
Transportation & material moving: 3,028 5.30% 424 0.74%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 180 0.32% 36 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 112 0.20% 16 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 1,843 3.23% 219 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 80 0.14% 11 0.02%
Material moving 813 1.42% 142 0.25%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 29,878 52.32% 27,227 47.68%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 503 0.88% 109 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 415 0.73% 97 0.17%
Mining 88 0.15% 12 0.02%
Construction 4,246 7.44% 553 0.97%
Manufacturing 3,885 6.80% 1,686 2.95%
Wholesale trade 2,152 3.77% 769 1.35%
Retail trade 3,859 6.76% 3,533 6.19%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,547 4.46% 860 1.51%
Transportation & warehousing 2,228 3.90% 613 1.07%
Utilities 319 0.56% 247 0.43%
Information 1,084 1.90% 786 1.38%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,700 2.98% 3,222 5.64%
Finance & insurance 1,199 2.10% 2,782 4.87%
Real estate & rental & leasing 501 0.88% 440 0.77%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,224 3.89% 2,502 4.38%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,356 2.37% 1,661 2.91%
Management of companies & enterprises 21 0.04% 46 0.08%
Administrative & support & waste management services 847 1.48% 795 1.39%
Educational, health & social services: 2,554 4.47% 8,417 14.74%
Educational services 917 1.61% 2,744 4.81%
Health care & social assistance 1,637 2.87% 5,673 9.93%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,499 2.62% 1,735 3.04%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 402 0.70% 316 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 1,097 1.92% 1,419 2.48%
Other services (except public administration) 1,751 3.07% 1,352 2.37%
Public administration 1,874 3.28% 1,703 2.98%

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

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