Seward 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 4,775 55.13% 3,887 44.87%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,339 15.46% 1,385 15.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 741 8.55% 413 4.77%
Management, except farm managers 259 2.99% 224 2.59%
Farmers & farm managers 384 4.43% 52 0.60%
Business & financial operations: 98 1.13% 137 1.58%
Business operations specialists 28 0.32% 36 0.42%
Financial specialists 70 0.81% 101 1.17%
Professional & related occupations: 598 6.90% 972 11.22%
Computer & mathematical 64 0.74% 29 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 53 0.61% 26 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 29 0.33% 13 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 24 0.28% 13 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 21 0.24% 24 0.28%
Community & social services 48 0.55% 92 1.06%
Legal 13 0.15% 19 0.22%
Education, training, & library 277 3.20% 401 4.63%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 39 0.45% 81 0.94%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 83 0.96% 300 3.46%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 72 0.83% 213 2.46%
Health technologists & technicians 11 0.13% 87 1.00%
Service occupations: 494 5.70% 855 9.87%
Healthcare support 34 0.39% 227 2.62%
Protective services: 88 1.02% 15 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 66 0.76% 10 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 22 0.25% 5 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 206 2.38% 292 3.37%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 136 1.57% 130 1.50%
Personal care & service 30 0.35% 191 2.21%
Sales & office occupations: 620 7.16% 1,315 15.18%
Sales & related occupations 327 3.78% 299 3.45%
Office & administrative support 293 3.38% 1,016 11.73%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 113 1.30% 7 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,063 12.27% 10 0.12%
Construction & extraction: 488 5.63% 2 0.02%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 86 0.99% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 394 4.55% 2 0.02%
Extraction 8 0.09% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 575 6.64% 8 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,146 13.23% 315 3.64%
Production 644 7.43% 198 2.29%
Transportation & material moving: 502 5.80% 117 1.35%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 9 0.10% 7 0.08%
Aircraft & traffic control 11 0.13% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 209 2.41% 28 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 44 0.51% 10 0.12%
Material moving 229 2.64% 72 0.83%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,775 55.13% 3,887 44.87%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 552 6.37% 120 1.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 550 6.35% 120 1.39%
Mining 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 533 6.15% 36 0.42%
Manufacturing 831 9.59% 294 3.39%
Wholesale trade 178 2.05% 73 0.84%
Retail trade 537 6.20% 320 3.69%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 399 4.61% 116 1.34%
Transportation & warehousing 331 3.82% 87 1.00%
Utilities 68 0.79% 29 0.33%
Information 63 0.73% 64 0.74%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 136 1.57% 267 3.08%
Finance & insurance 81 0.94% 231 2.67%
Real estate & rental & leasing 55 0.63% 36 0.42%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 235 2.71% 280 3.23%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 152 1.75% 204 2.36%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 83 0.96% 76 0.88%
Educational, health & social services: 644 7.43% 1,533 17.70%
Educational services 522 6.03% 739 8.53%
Health care & social assistance 122 1.41% 794 9.17%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 225 2.60% 290 3.35%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 24 0.28% 48 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 201 2.32% 242 2.79%
Other services (except public administration) 278 3.21% 210 2.42%
Public administration 164 1.89% 284 3.28%

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

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