Cass 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 6,671 53.06% 5,902 46.94%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,809 14.39% 1,841 14.64%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,023 8.14% 704 5.60%
Management, except farm managers 534 4.25% 364 2.90%
Farmers & farm managers 318 2.53% 20 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 171 1.36% 320 2.55%
Business operations specialists 84 0.67% 149 1.19%
Financial specialists 87 0.69% 171 1.36%
Professional & related occupations: 786 6.25% 1,137 9.04%
Computer & mathematical 178 1.42% 106 0.84%
Architecture & engineering: 163 1.30% 24 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 104 0.83% 2 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 59 0.47% 22 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 52 0.41% 14 0.11%
Community & social services 63 0.50% 42 0.33%
Legal 28 0.22% 49 0.39%
Education, training, & library 158 1.26% 437 3.48%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 59 0.47% 51 0.41%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 85 0.68% 414 3.29%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 65 0.52% 281 2.23%
Health technologists & technicians 20 0.16% 133 1.06%
Service occupations: 613 4.88% 1,202 9.56%
Healthcare support 25 0.20% 292 2.32%
Protective services: 153 1.22% 38 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 104 0.83% 11 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 49 0.39% 27 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 194 1.54% 358 2.85%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 190 1.51% 139 1.11%
Personal care & service 51 0.41% 375 2.98%
Sales & office occupations: 1,001 7.96% 2,388 18.99%
Sales & related occupations 598 4.76% 741 5.89%
Office & administrative support 403 3.21% 1,647 13.10%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 38 0.30% 14 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,743 13.86% 29 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 1,078 8.57% 11 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 124 0.99% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 930 7.40% 11 0.09%
Extraction 24 0.19% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 665 5.29% 18 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,467 11.67% 428 3.40%
Production 802 6.38% 313 2.49%
Transportation & material moving: 665 5.29% 115 0.91%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.18% 4 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 21 0.17% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 390 3.10% 33 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 30 0.24% 8 0.06%
Material moving 201 1.60% 70 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,671 53.06% 5,902 46.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 501 3.98% 70 0.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 370 2.94% 53 0.42%
Mining 131 1.04% 17 0.14%
Construction 1,157 9.20% 65 0.52%
Manufacturing 1,004 7.99% 486 3.87%
Wholesale trade 276 2.20% 134 1.07%
Retail trade 742 5.90% 727 5.78%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 768 6.11% 260 2.07%
Transportation & warehousing 586 4.66% 206 1.64%
Utilities 182 1.45% 54 0.43%
Information 127 1.01% 96 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 277 2.20% 692 5.50%
Finance & insurance 201 1.60% 584 4.64%
Real estate & rental & leasing 76 0.60% 108 0.86%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 452 3.60% 476 3.79%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 250 1.99% 301 2.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.02% 2 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 200 1.59% 173 1.38%
Educational, health & social services: 366 2.91% 1,775 14.12%
Educational services 215 1.71% 670 5.33%
Health care & social assistance 151 1.20% 1,105 8.79%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 363 2.89% 518 4.12%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 152 1.21% 137 1.09%
Accommodation & food services 211 1.68% 381 3.03%
Other services (except public administration) 323 2.57% 308 2.45%
Public administration 315 2.51% 295 2.35%

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

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