Claiborne 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 1,817 48.07% 1,963 51.93%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 364 9.63% 584 15.45%
Management, business, & financial operations: 166 4.39% 138 3.65%
Management, except farm managers 113 2.99% 92 2.43%
Farmers & farm managers 23 0.61% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 30 0.79% 46 1.22%
Business operations specialists 15 0.40% 23 0.61%
Financial specialists 15 0.40% 23 0.61%
Professional & related occupations: 198 5.24% 446 11.80%
Computer & mathematical 9 0.24% 10 0.26%
Architecture & engineering: 38 1.01% 13 0.34%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 30 0.79% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 8 0.21% 13 0.34%
Life, physical, & social science 18 0.48% 34 0.90%
Community & social services 5 0.13% 53 1.40%
Legal 9 0.24% 2 0.05%
Education, training, & library 83 2.20% 266 7.04%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 22 0.58% 0 0.00%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 14 0.37% 68 1.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 14 0.37% 35 0.93%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 33 0.87%
Service occupations: 249 6.59% 389 10.29%
Healthcare support 8 0.21% 131 3.47%
Protective services: 56 1.48% 16 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 37 0.98% 8 0.21%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 19 0.50% 8 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 83 2.20% 122 3.23%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 82 2.17% 56 1.48%
Personal care & service 20 0.53% 64 1.69%
Sales & office occupations: 293 7.75% 614 16.24%
Sales & related occupations 115 3.04% 194 5.13%
Office & administrative support 178 4.71% 420 11.11%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 79 2.09% 4 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 280 7.41% 5 0.13%
Construction & extraction: 190 5.03% 2 0.05%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 27 0.71% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 142 3.76% 2 0.05%
Extraction 21 0.56% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 90 2.38% 3 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 552 14.60% 367 9.71%
Production 296 7.83% 278 7.35%
Transportation & material moving: 256 6.77% 89 2.35%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 11 0.29% 5 0.13%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 120 3.17% 14 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 2 0.05% 0 0.00%
Material moving 123 3.25% 70 1.85%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,817 48.07% 1,963 51.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 137 3.62% 23 0.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 109 2.88% 13 0.34%
Mining 28 0.74% 10 0.26%
Construction 134 3.54% 6 0.16%
Manufacturing 460 12.17% 289 7.65%
Wholesale trade 59 1.56% 24 0.63%
Retail trade 168 4.44% 157 4.15%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 181 4.79% 101 2.67%
Transportation & warehousing 107 2.83% 9 0.24%
Utilities 74 1.96% 92 2.43%
Information 26 0.69% 20 0.53%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 34 0.90% 42 1.11%
Finance & insurance 27 0.71% 33 0.87%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7 0.19% 9 0.24%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 72 1.90% 54 1.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 12 0.32% 23 0.61%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 60 1.59% 31 0.82%
Educational, health & social services: 212 5.61% 837 22.14%
Educational services 163 4.31% 507 13.41%
Health care & social assistance 49 1.30% 330 8.73%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 168 4.44% 194 5.13%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 67 1.77% 74 1.96%
Accommodation & food services 101 2.67% 120 3.17%
Other services (except public administration) 42 1.11% 76 2.01%
Public administration 124 3.28% 140 3.70%

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

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