Coos 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 8,235 52.50% 7,451 47.50%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,555 9.91% 2,260 14.41%
Management, business, & financial operations: 703 4.48% 594 3.79%
Management, except farm managers 480 3.06% 403 2.57%
Farmers & farm managers 54 0.34% 6 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 169 1.08% 185 1.18%
Business operations specialists 94 0.60% 74 0.47%
Financial specialists 75 0.48% 111 0.71%
Professional & related occupations: 852 5.43% 1,666 10.62%
Computer & mathematical 66 0.42% 32 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 166 1.06% 38 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 69 0.44% 14 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 97 0.62% 24 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 68 0.43% 6 0.04%
Community & social services 70 0.45% 228 1.45%
Legal 14 0.09% 30 0.19%
Education, training, & library 206 1.31% 631 4.02%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 99 0.63% 116 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 163 1.04% 585 3.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 135 0.86% 350 2.23%
Health technologists & technicians 28 0.18% 235 1.50%
Service occupations: 934 5.95% 1,730 11.03%
Healthcare support 19 0.12% 375 2.39%
Protective services: 262 1.67% 18 0.11%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 212 1.35% 7 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 50 0.32% 11 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 238 1.52% 688 4.39%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 296 1.89% 265 1.69%
Personal care & service 119 0.76% 384 2.45%
Sales & office occupations: 1,204 7.68% 2,441 15.56%
Sales & related occupations 675 4.30% 865 5.51%
Office & administrative support 529 3.37% 1,576 10.05%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 273 1.74% 18 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,756 11.19% 60 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 939 5.99% 20 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 118 0.75% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 821 5.23% 18 0.11%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 817 5.21% 40 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,513 16.02% 942 6.01%
Production 1,401 8.93% 726 4.63%
Transportation & material moving: 1,112 7.09% 216 1.38%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 34 0.22% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 594 3.79% 86 0.55%
Rail, water & other transportation 47 0.30% 15 0.10%
Material moving 432 2.75% 115 0.73%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,235 52.50% 7,451 47.50%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 431 2.75% 55 0.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 431 2.75% 49 0.31%
Mining 0 0.00% 6 0.04%
Construction 858 5.47% 60 0.38%
Manufacturing 2,443 15.57% 972 6.20%
Wholesale trade 273 1.74% 87 0.55%
Retail trade 1,095 6.98% 1,184 7.55%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 542 3.46% 153 0.98%
Transportation & warehousing 436 2.78% 145 0.92%
Utilities 106 0.68% 8 0.05%
Information 102 0.65% 102 0.65%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 153 0.98% 415 2.65%
Finance & insurance 70 0.45% 320 2.04%
Real estate & rental & leasing 83 0.53% 95 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 313 2.00% 193 1.23%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 151 0.96% 129 0.82%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 162 1.03% 64 0.41%
Educational, health & social services: 574 3.66% 2,638 16.82%
Educational services 274 1.75% 877 5.59%
Health care & social assistance 300 1.91% 1,761 11.23%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 617 3.93% 934 5.95%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 97 0.62% 80 0.51%
Accommodation & food services 520 3.32% 854 5.44%
Other services (except public administration) 367 2.34% 340 2.17%
Public administration 467 2.98% 318 2.03%

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

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