Keith 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 2,333 52.51% 2,110 47.49%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 704 15.85% 580 13.05%
Management, business, & financial operations: 479 10.78% 243 5.47%
Management, except farm managers 199 4.48% 167 3.76%
Farmers & farm managers 226 5.09% 23 0.52%
Business & financial operations: 54 1.22% 53 1.19%
Business operations specialists 28 0.63% 10 0.23%
Financial specialists 26 0.59% 43 0.97%
Professional & related occupations: 225 5.06% 337 7.58%
Computer & mathematical 14 0.32% 4 0.09%
Architecture & engineering: 28 0.63% 2 0.05%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 21 0.47% 2 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 7 0.16% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 5 0.11% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 42 0.95% 21 0.47%
Legal 37 0.83% 8 0.18%
Education, training, & library 43 0.97% 179 4.03%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1 0.02% 37 0.83%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 55 1.24% 86 1.94%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 43 0.97% 28 0.63%
Health technologists & technicians 12 0.27% 58 1.31%
Service occupations: 222 5.00% 475 10.69%
Healthcare support 2 0.05% 86 1.94%
Protective services: 20 0.45% 21 0.47%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 13 0.29% 19 0.43%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 7 0.16% 2 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 109 2.45% 185 4.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 83 1.87% 72 1.62%
Personal care & service 8 0.18% 111 2.50%
Sales & office occupations: 346 7.79% 842 18.95%
Sales & related occupations 266 5.99% 340 7.65%
Office & administrative support 80 1.80% 502 11.30%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 135 3.04% 24 0.54%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 478 10.76% 10 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 255 5.74% 4 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 39 0.88% 2 0.05%
Construction trades 215 4.84% 2 0.05%
Extraction 1 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 223 5.02% 6 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 448 10.08% 179 4.03%
Production 161 3.62% 155 3.49%
Transportation & material moving: 287 6.46% 24 0.54%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.52% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 167 3.76% 8 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 30 0.68% 0 0.00%
Material moving 67 1.51% 16 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,333 52.51% 2,110 47.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 404 9.09% 68 1.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 398 8.96% 68 1.53%
Mining 6 0.14% 0 0.00%
Construction 289 6.50% 20 0.45%
Manufacturing 158 3.56% 200 4.50%
Wholesale trade 128 2.88% 21 0.47%
Retail trade 316 7.11% 408 9.18%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 285 6.41% 51 1.15%
Transportation & warehousing 200 4.50% 34 0.77%
Utilities 85 1.91% 17 0.38%
Information 44 0.99% 23 0.52%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 65 1.46% 176 3.96%
Finance & insurance 59 1.33% 157 3.53%
Real estate & rental & leasing 6 0.14% 19 0.43%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 162 3.65% 121 2.72%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 90 2.03% 75 1.69%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 72 1.62% 46 1.04%
Educational, health & social services: 120 2.70% 535 12.04%
Educational services 58 1.31% 237 5.33%
Health care & social assistance 62 1.40% 298 6.71%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 174 3.92% 288 6.48%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 19 0.43% 9 0.20%
Accommodation & food services 155 3.49% 279 6.28%
Other services (except public administration) 148 3.33% 83 1.87%
Public administration 40 0.90% 116 2.61%

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

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