Ravalli 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 8,184 52.03% 7,546 47.97%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,502 15.91% 2,566 16.31%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,211 7.70% 745 4.74%
Management, except farm managers 731 4.65% 425 2.70%
Farmers & farm managers 272 1.73% 72 0.46%
Business & financial operations: 208 1.32% 248 1.58%
Business operations specialists 118 0.75% 78 0.50%
Financial specialists 90 0.57% 170 1.08%
Professional & related occupations: 1,291 8.21% 1,821 11.58%
Computer & mathematical 174 1.11% 25 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 182 1.16% 8 0.05%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 119 0.76% 7 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 63 0.40% 1 0.01%
Life, physical, & social science 197 1.25% 170 1.08%
Community & social services 140 0.89% 114 0.72%
Legal 40 0.25% 58 0.37%
Education, training, & library 250 1.59% 632 4.02%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 145 0.92% 191 1.21%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 163 1.04% 623 3.96%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 123 0.78% 441 2.80%
Health technologists & technicians 40 0.25% 182 1.16%
Service occupations: 751 4.77% 1,682 10.69%
Healthcare support 15 0.10% 346 2.20%
Protective services: 96 0.61% 36 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 82 0.52% 25 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 14 0.09% 11 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 210 1.34% 605 3.85%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 303 1.93% 234 1.49%
Personal care & service 127 0.81% 461 2.93%
Sales & office occupations: 1,097 6.97% 2,675 17.01%
Sales & related occupations 838 5.33% 850 5.40%
Office & administrative support 259 1.65% 1,825 11.60%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 251 1.60% 124 0.79%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,164 13.76% 53 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 1,411 8.97% 29 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 251 1.60% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 1,137 7.23% 27 0.17%
Extraction 23 0.15% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 753 4.79% 24 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,419 9.02% 446 2.84%
Production 758 4.82% 297 1.89%
Transportation & material moving: 661 4.20% 149 0.95%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 14 0.09% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 31 0.20% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 394 2.50% 91 0.58%
Rail, water & other transportation 42 0.27% 0 0.00%
Material moving 180 1.14% 58 0.37%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,184 52.03% 7,546 47.97%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 770 4.90% 346 2.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 707 4.49% 338 2.15%
Mining 63 0.40% 8 0.05%
Construction 1,538 9.78% 124 0.79%
Manufacturing 1,056 6.71% 409 2.60%
Wholesale trade 320 2.03% 149 0.95%
Retail trade 1,007 6.40% 1,067 6.78%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 488 3.10% 184 1.17%
Transportation & warehousing 393 2.50% 175 1.11%
Utilities 95 0.60% 9 0.06%
Information 141 0.90% 114 0.72%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 342 2.17% 606 3.85%
Finance & insurance 204 1.30% 424 2.70%
Real estate & rental & leasing 138 0.88% 182 1.16%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 578 3.67% 498 3.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 402 2.56% 338 2.15%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 176 1.12% 160 1.02%
Educational, health & social services: 754 4.79% 2,487 15.81%
Educational services 464 2.95% 850 5.40%
Health care & social assistance 290 1.84% 1,637 10.41%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 418 2.66% 767 4.88%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 133 0.85% 104 0.66%
Accommodation & food services 285 1.81% 663 4.21%
Other services (except public administration) 551 3.50% 495 3.15%
Public administration 221 1.40% 300 1.91%

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

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