Platte 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 21,809 52.84% 19,467 47.16%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,871 19.07% 8,164 19.78%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,042 9.79% 3,343 8.10%
Management, except farm managers 2,910 7.05% 1,950 4.72%
Farmers & farm managers 204 0.49% 9 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 928 2.25% 1,384 3.35%
Business operations specialists 528 1.28% 599 1.45%
Financial specialists 400 0.97% 785 1.90%
Professional & related occupations: 3,829 9.28% 4,821 11.68%
Computer & mathematical 1,228 2.98% 538 1.30%
Architecture & engineering: 787 1.91% 111 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 590 1.43% 80 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 197 0.48% 31 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 141 0.34% 120 0.29%
Community & social services 165 0.40% 268 0.65%
Legal 250 0.61% 254 0.62%
Education, training, & library 532 1.29% 1,622 3.93%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 265 0.64% 409 0.99%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 461 1.12% 1,499 3.63%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 352 0.85% 1,047 2.54%
Health technologists & technicians 109 0.26% 452 1.10%
Service occupations: 2,289 5.55% 2,724 6.60%
Healthcare support 41 0.10% 432 1.05%
Protective services: 653 1.58% 181 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 501 1.21% 84 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 152 0.37% 97 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 746 1.81% 1,034 2.51%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 542 1.31% 237 0.57%
Personal care & service 307 0.74% 840 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 4,340 10.51% 7,587 18.38%
Sales & related occupations 2,734 6.62% 2,247 5.44%
Office & administrative support 1,606 3.89% 5,340 12.94%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 61 0.15% 14 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,638 8.81% 209 0.51%
Construction & extraction: 1,728 4.19% 98 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 255 0.62% 25 0.06%
Construction trades 1,462 3.54% 73 0.18%
Extraction 11 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,910 4.63% 111 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,610 8.75% 769 1.86%
Production 1,669 4.04% 530 1.28%
Transportation & material moving: 1,941 4.70% 239 0.58%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 78 0.19% 30 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 144 0.35% 3 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 954 2.31% 74 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 223 0.54% 22 0.05%
Material moving 542 1.31% 110 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,809 52.84% 19,467 47.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 331 0.80% 129 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 309 0.75% 123 0.30%
Mining 22 0.05% 6 0.01%
Construction 2,094 5.07% 288 0.70%
Manufacturing 2,818 6.83% 1,195 2.90%
Wholesale trade 1,566 3.79% 683 1.65%
Retail trade 2,293 5.56% 2,123 5.14%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,104 7.52% 1,161 2.81%
Transportation & warehousing 2,823 6.84% 1,015 2.46%
Utilities 281 0.68% 146 0.35%
Information 928 2.25% 921 2.23%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,555 3.77% 2,383 5.77%
Finance & insurance 1,070 2.59% 1,911 4.63%
Real estate & rental & leasing 485 1.18% 472 1.14%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,104 5.10% 1,988 4.82%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,460 3.54% 1,263 3.06%
Management of companies & enterprises 25 0.06% 2 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 619 1.50% 723 1.75%
Educational, health & social services: 1,495 3.62% 5,469 13.25%
Educational services 786 1.90% 2,334 5.65%
Health care & social assistance 709 1.72% 3,135 7.60%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,488 3.61% 1,592 3.86%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 464 1.12% 403 0.98%
Accommodation & food services 1,024 2.48% 1,189 2.88%
Other services (except public administration) 848 2.05% 669 1.62%
Public administration 1,185 2.87% 866 2.10%

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

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