Socorro 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 4,055 56.90% 3,072 43.10%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,385 19.43% 1,221 17.13%
Management, business, & financial operations: 367 5.15% 389 5.46%
Management, except farm managers 158 2.22% 227 3.19%
Farmers & farm managers 116 1.63% 37 0.52%
Business & financial operations: 93 1.30% 125 1.75%
Business operations specialists 33 0.46% 42 0.59%
Financial specialists 60 0.84% 83 1.16%
Professional & related occupations: 1,018 14.28% 832 11.67%
Computer & mathematical 145 2.03% 30 0.42%
Architecture & engineering: 150 2.10% 36 0.51%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 79 1.11% 27 0.38%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 71 1.00% 9 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 234 3.28% 40 0.56%
Community & social services 41 0.58% 58 0.81%
Legal 40 0.56% 4 0.06%
Education, training, & library 272 3.82% 395 5.54%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 91 1.28% 92 1.29%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 45 0.63% 177 2.48%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 30 0.42% 109 1.53%
Health technologists & technicians 15 0.21% 68 0.95%
Service occupations: 580 8.14% 690 9.68%
Healthcare support 19 0.27% 68 0.95%
Protective services: 148 2.08% 5 0.07%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 120 1.68% 2 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 28 0.39% 3 0.04%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 124 1.74% 277 3.89%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 211 2.96% 106 1.49%
Personal care & service 78 1.09% 234 3.28%
Sales & office occupations: 433 6.08% 998 14.00%
Sales & related occupations 174 2.44% 268 3.76%
Office & administrative support 259 3.63% 730 10.24%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 174 2.44% 23 0.32%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 977 13.71% 21 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 588 8.25% 9 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 52 0.73% 9 0.13%
Construction trades 480 6.73% 0 0.00%
Extraction 56 0.79% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 389 5.46% 12 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 506 7.10% 119 1.67%
Production 256 3.59% 66 0.93%
Transportation & material moving: 250 3.51% 53 0.74%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 131 1.84% 32 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 27 0.38% 0 0.00%
Material moving 92 1.29% 21 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,055 56.90% 3,072 43.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 381 5.35% 69 0.97%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 298 4.18% 58 0.81%
Mining 83 1.16% 11 0.15%
Construction 540 7.58% 35 0.49%
Manufacturing 306 4.29% 86 1.21%
Wholesale trade 51 0.72% 9 0.13%
Retail trade 386 5.42% 279 3.91%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 214 3.00% 67 0.94%
Transportation & warehousing 124 1.74% 56 0.79%
Utilities 90 1.26% 11 0.15%
Information 55 0.77% 46 0.65%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 75 1.05% 117 1.64%
Finance & insurance 16 0.22% 91 1.28%
Real estate & rental & leasing 59 0.83% 26 0.36%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 396 5.56% 266 3.73%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 302 4.24% 249 3.49%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 94 1.32% 17 0.24%
Educational, health & social services: 898 12.60% 1,304 18.30%
Educational services 779 10.93% 782 10.97%
Health care & social assistance 119 1.67% 522 7.32%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 219 3.07% 416 5.84%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 65 0.91% 30 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 154 2.16% 386 5.42%
Other services (except public administration) 169 2.37% 129 1.81%
Public administration 365 5.12% 249 3.49%

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

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