Andrew 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 4,441 54.47% 3,712 45.53%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,102 13.52% 1,346 16.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 747 9.16% 430 5.27%
Management, except farm managers 418 5.13% 247 3.03%
Farmers & farm managers 235 2.88% 10 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 94 1.15% 173 2.12%
Business operations specialists 55 0.67% 74 0.91%
Financial specialists 39 0.48% 99 1.21%
Professional & related occupations: 355 4.35% 916 11.24%
Computer & mathematical 30 0.37% 14 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 53 0.65% 8 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 38 0.47% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 15 0.18% 8 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 15 0.18% 9 0.11%
Community & social services 41 0.50% 115 1.41%
Legal 14 0.17% 12 0.15%
Education, training, & library 74 0.91% 292 3.58%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 48 0.59% 31 0.38%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 80 0.98% 435 5.34%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 57 0.70% 320 3.92%
Health technologists & technicians 23 0.28% 115 1.41%
Service occupations: 446 5.47% 800 9.81%
Healthcare support 36 0.44% 162 1.99%
Protective services: 133 1.63% 49 0.60%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 84 1.03% 46 0.56%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 49 0.60% 3 0.04%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 111 1.36% 265 3.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 119 1.46% 89 1.09%
Personal care & service 47 0.58% 235 2.88%
Sales & office occupations: 636 7.80% 1,266 15.53%
Sales & related occupations 366 4.49% 301 3.69%
Office & administrative support 270 3.31% 965 11.84%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 85 1.04% 5 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 978 12.00% 23 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 582 7.14% 7 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 97 1.19% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 483 5.92% 7 0.09%
Extraction 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 396 4.86% 16 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,194 14.64% 272 3.34%
Production 629 7.71% 194 2.38%
Transportation & material moving: 565 6.93% 78 0.96%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3 0.04% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 12 0.15% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 320 3.92% 44 0.54%
Rail, water & other transportation 27 0.33% 4 0.05%
Material moving 203 2.49% 30 0.37%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,441 54.47% 3,712 45.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 366 4.49% 19 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 336 4.12% 17 0.21%
Mining 30 0.37% 2 0.02%
Construction 739 9.06% 70 0.86%
Manufacturing 1,016 12.46% 294 3.61%
Wholesale trade 179 2.20% 68 0.83%
Retail trade 349 4.28% 370 4.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 512 6.28% 94 1.15%
Transportation & warehousing 395 4.84% 80 0.98%
Utilities 117 1.44% 14 0.17%
Information 40 0.49% 71 0.87%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 157 1.93% 362 4.44%
Finance & insurance 119 1.46% 305 3.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 38 0.47% 57 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 168 2.06% 200 2.45%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 78 0.96% 113 1.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 2 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 90 1.10% 85 1.04%
Educational, health & social services: 339 4.16% 1,486 18.23%
Educational services 156 1.91% 431 5.29%
Health care & social assistance 183 2.24% 1,055 12.94%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 155 1.90% 285 3.50%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 28 0.34% 37 0.45%
Accommodation & food services 127 1.56% 248 3.04%
Other services (except public administration) 204 2.50% 217 2.66%
Public administration 217 2.66% 176 2.16%

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

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