Lyon 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 8,420 54.68% 6,979 45.32%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,992 12.94% 1,923 12.49%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,239 8.05% 634 4.12%
Management, except farm managers 746 4.84% 307 1.99%
Farmers & farm managers 231 1.50% 48 0.31%
Business & financial operations: 262 1.70% 279 1.81%
Business operations specialists 133 0.86% 165 1.07%
Financial specialists 129 0.84% 114 0.74%
Professional & related occupations: 753 4.89% 1,289 8.37%
Computer & mathematical 73 0.47% 25 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 231 1.50% 29 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 127 0.82% 15 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 104 0.68% 14 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 47 0.31% 9 0.06%
Community & social services 58 0.38% 133 0.86%
Legal 4 0.03% 92 0.60%
Education, training, & library 209 1.36% 540 3.51%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 84 0.55% 129 0.84%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 47 0.31% 332 2.16%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 35 0.23% 216 1.40%
Health technologists & technicians 12 0.08% 116 0.75%
Service occupations: 1,146 7.44% 1,386 9.00%
Healthcare support 14 0.09% 186 1.21%
Protective services: 393 2.55% 87 0.56%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 252 1.64% 38 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 141 0.92% 49 0.32%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 203 1.32% 466 3.03%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 332 2.16% 214 1.39%
Personal care & service 204 1.32% 433 2.81%
Sales & office occupations: 1,057 6.86% 2,962 19.24%
Sales & related occupations 573 3.72% 1,007 6.54%
Office & administrative support 484 3.14% 1,955 12.70%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 212 1.38% 50 0.32%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,898 12.33% 75 0.49%
Construction & extraction: 1,155 7.50% 52 0.34%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 196 1.27% 13 0.08%
Construction trades 907 5.89% 39 0.25%
Extraction 52 0.34% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 743 4.82% 23 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,115 13.73% 583 3.79%
Production 1,153 7.49% 289 1.88%
Transportation & material moving: 962 6.25% 294 1.91%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 43 0.28% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 473 3.07% 92 0.60%
Rail, water & other transportation 28 0.18% 16 0.10%
Material moving 414 2.69% 186 1.21%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,420 54.68% 6,979 45.32%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 637 4.14% 140 0.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 478 3.10% 119 0.77%
Mining 159 1.03% 21 0.14%
Construction 1,283 8.33% 181 1.18%
Manufacturing 1,467 9.53% 425 2.76%
Wholesale trade 327 2.12% 137 0.89%
Retail trade 924 6.00% 1,227 7.97%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 651 4.23% 215 1.40%
Transportation & warehousing 522 3.39% 183 1.19%
Utilities 129 0.84% 32 0.21%
Information 183 1.19% 147 0.95%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 260 1.69% 530 3.44%
Finance & insurance 87 0.56% 347 2.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 173 1.12% 183 1.19%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 482 3.13% 409 2.66%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 162 1.05% 237 1.54%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 320 2.08% 172 1.12%
Educational, health & social services: 478 3.10% 1,699 11.03%
Educational services 285 1.85% 855 5.55%
Health care & social assistance 193 1.25% 844 5.48%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 806 5.23% 965 6.27%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 463 3.01% 466 3.03%
Accommodation & food services 343 2.23% 499 3.24%
Other services (except public administration) 363 2.36% 268 1.74%
Public administration 559 3.63% 636 4.13%

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

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