Delaware 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 11,193 53.71% 9,647 46.29%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,022 14.50% 3,557 17.07%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,450 6.96% 925 4.44%
Management, except farm managers 787 3.78% 527 2.53%
Farmers & farm managers 458 2.20% 96 0.46%
Business & financial operations: 205 0.98% 302 1.45%
Business operations specialists 102 0.49% 133 0.64%
Financial specialists 103 0.49% 169 0.81%
Professional & related occupations: 1,572 7.54% 2,632 12.63%
Computer & mathematical 115 0.55% 18 0.09%
Architecture & engineering: 225 1.08% 41 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 117 0.56% 16 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 108 0.52% 25 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 101 0.48% 110 0.53%
Community & social services 194 0.93% 267 1.28%
Legal 85 0.41% 69 0.33%
Education, training, & library 428 2.05% 1,216 5.83%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 240 1.15% 128 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 184 0.88% 783 3.76%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 122 0.59% 462 2.22%
Health technologists & technicians 62 0.30% 321 1.54%
Service occupations: 1,390 6.67% 2,136 10.25%
Healthcare support 42 0.20% 493 2.37%
Protective services: 268 1.29% 43 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 168 0.81% 11 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 100 0.48% 32 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 367 1.76% 704 3.38%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 621 2.98% 318 1.53%
Personal care & service 92 0.44% 578 2.77%
Sales & office occupations: 1,387 6.66% 2,858 13.71%
Sales & related occupations 849 4.07% 898 4.31%
Office & administrative support 538 2.58% 1,960 9.40%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 377 1.81% 113 0.54%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,201 10.56% 70 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 1,323 6.35% 29 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 225 1.08% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 1,069 5.13% 27 0.13%
Extraction 29 0.14% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 878 4.21% 41 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,816 13.51% 913 4.38%
Production 1,492 7.16% 592 2.84%
Transportation & material moving: 1,324 6.35% 321 1.54%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 34 0.16% 11 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 753 3.61% 160 0.77%
Rail, water & other transportation 30 0.14% 2 0.01%
Material moving 507 2.43% 148 0.71%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,193 53.71% 9,647 46.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,031 4.95% 253 1.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 880 4.22% 239 1.15%
Mining 151 0.72% 14 0.07%
Construction 1,512 7.26% 99 0.48%
Manufacturing 2,060 9.88% 958 4.60%
Wholesale trade 374 1.79% 127 0.61%
Retail trade 1,140 5.47% 998 4.79%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 636 3.05% 128 0.61%
Transportation & warehousing 498 2.39% 104 0.50%
Utilities 138 0.66% 24 0.12%
Information 266 1.28% 277 1.33%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 258 1.24% 497 2.38%
Finance & insurance 161 0.77% 381 1.83%
Real estate & rental & leasing 97 0.47% 116 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 537 2.58% 501 2.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 250 1.20% 322 1.55%
Management of companies & enterprises 5 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 282 1.35% 179 0.86%
Educational, health & social services: 1,352 6.49% 4,068 19.52%
Educational services 966 4.64% 1,889 9.06%
Health care & social assistance 386 1.85% 2,179 10.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 724 3.47% 736 3.53%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 216 1.04% 88 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 508 2.44% 648 3.11%
Other services (except public administration) 589 2.83% 480 2.30%
Public administration 714 3.43% 525 2.52%

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

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