Cayuga 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 19,788 52.69% 17,764 47.31%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,725 12.58% 5,710 15.21%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,192 5.84% 1,425 3.79%
Management, except farm managers 1,261 3.36% 865 2.30%
Farmers & farm managers 515 1.37% 116 0.31%
Business & financial operations: 416 1.11% 444 1.18%
Business operations specialists 255 0.68% 193 0.51%
Financial specialists 161 0.43% 251 0.67%
Professional & related occupations: 2,533 6.75% 4,285 11.41%
Computer & mathematical 243 0.65% 130 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 597 1.59% 80 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 361 0.96% 22 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 236 0.63% 58 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 119 0.32% 69 0.18%
Community & social services 241 0.64% 407 1.08%
Legal 124 0.33% 144 0.38%
Education, training, & library 669 1.78% 1,831 4.88%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 203 0.54% 264 0.70%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 337 0.90% 1,360 3.62%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 245 0.65% 909 2.42%
Health technologists & technicians 92 0.24% 451 1.20%
Service occupations: 3,005 8.00% 3,722 9.91%
Healthcare support 74 0.20% 983 2.62%
Protective services: 1,262 3.36% 139 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,125 3.00% 60 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 137 0.36% 79 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 665 1.77% 1,181 3.14%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 821 2.19% 590 1.57%
Personal care & service 183 0.49% 829 2.21%
Sales & office occupations: 2,856 7.61% 5,810 15.47%
Sales & related occupations 1,880 5.01% 1,854 4.94%
Office & administrative support 976 2.60% 3,956 10.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 458 1.22% 159 0.42%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,608 9.61% 123 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 1,948 5.19% 37 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 200 0.53% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 1,710 4.55% 35 0.09%
Extraction 38 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,660 4.42% 86 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,136 13.68% 2,240 5.97%
Production 2,891 7.70% 1,830 4.87%
Transportation & material moving: 2,245 5.98% 410 1.09%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 52 0.14% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 13 0.03% 3 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,410 3.75% 169 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 64 0.17% 24 0.06%
Material moving 706 1.88% 212 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 19,788 52.69% 17,764 47.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,190 3.17% 287 0.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,105 2.94% 287 0.76%
Mining 85 0.23% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,149 5.72% 143 0.38%
Manufacturing 4,349 11.58% 2,635 7.02%
Wholesale trade 882 2.35% 344 0.92%
Retail trade 2,329 6.20% 2,184 5.82%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,404 3.74% 511 1.36%
Transportation & warehousing 1,102 2.93% 424 1.13%
Utilities 302 0.80% 87 0.23%
Information 336 0.89% 218 0.58%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 418 1.11% 856 2.28%
Finance & insurance 233 0.62% 638 1.70%
Real estate & rental & leasing 185 0.49% 218 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,039 2.77% 919 2.45%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 597 1.59% 596 1.59%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 442 1.18% 323 0.86%
Educational, health & social services: 2,032 5.41% 6,528 17.38%
Educational services 1,214 3.23% 2,892 7.70%
Health care & social assistance 818 2.18% 3,636 9.68%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 965 2.57% 1,260 3.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 219 0.58% 180 0.48%
Accommodation & food services 746 1.99% 1,080 2.88%
Other services (except public administration) 871 2.32% 983 2.62%
Public administration 1,824 4.86% 896 2.39%

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

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