Orleans 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 9,947 53.14% 8,771 46.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,158 11.53% 2,686 14.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 949 5.07% 728 3.89%
Management, except farm managers 497 2.66% 368 1.97%
Farmers & farm managers 208 1.11% 34 0.18%
Business & financial operations: 244 1.30% 326 1.74%
Business operations specialists 150 0.80% 119 0.64%
Financial specialists 94 0.50% 207 1.11%
Professional & related occupations: 1,209 6.46% 1,958 10.46%
Computer & mathematical 146 0.78% 56 0.30%
Architecture & engineering: 284 1.52% 23 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 131 0.70% 10 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 153 0.82% 13 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 45 0.24% 26 0.14%
Community & social services 151 0.81% 211 1.13%
Legal 45 0.24% 47 0.25%
Education, training, & library 303 1.62% 757 4.04%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 59 0.32% 70 0.37%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 176 0.94% 768 4.10%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 136 0.73% 485 2.59%
Health technologists & technicians 40 0.21% 283 1.51%
Service occupations: 1,130 6.04% 1,960 10.47%
Healthcare support 27 0.14% 503 2.69%
Protective services: 439 2.35% 151 0.81%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 358 1.91% 98 0.52%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 81 0.43% 53 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 253 1.35% 680 3.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 331 1.77% 205 1.10%
Personal care & service 80 0.43% 421 2.25%
Sales & office occupations: 1,314 7.02% 2,706 14.46%
Sales & related occupations 661 3.53% 747 3.99%
Office & administrative support 653 3.49% 1,959 10.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 192 1.03% 55 0.29%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,134 11.40% 49 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 989 5.28% 31 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 158 0.84% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 830 4.43% 31 0.17%
Extraction 1 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,145 6.12% 18 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,019 16.13% 1,315 7.03%
Production 1,710 9.14% 901 4.81%
Transportation & material moving: 1,309 6.99% 414 2.21%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 60 0.32% 16 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 587 3.14% 124 0.66%
Rail, water & other transportation 36 0.19% 0 0.00%
Material moving 618 3.30% 274 1.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,947 53.14% 8,771 46.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 460 2.46% 129 0.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 431 2.30% 124 0.66%
Mining 29 0.15% 5 0.03%
Construction 998 5.33% 91 0.49%
Manufacturing 3,009 16.08% 1,228 6.56%
Wholesale trade 373 1.99% 125 0.67%
Retail trade 1,140 6.09% 1,074 5.74%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 690 3.69% 247 1.32%
Transportation & warehousing 546 2.92% 240 1.28%
Utilities 144 0.77% 7 0.04%
Information 121 0.65% 100 0.53%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 198 1.06% 610 3.26%
Finance & insurance 139 0.74% 532 2.84%
Real estate & rental & leasing 59 0.32% 78 0.42%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 539 2.88% 317 1.69%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 271 1.45% 228 1.22%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 268 1.43% 89 0.48%
Educational, health & social services: 952 5.09% 3,248 17.35%
Educational services 559 2.99% 1,199 6.41%
Health care & social assistance 393 2.10% 2,049 10.95%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 377 2.01% 637 3.40%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 76 0.41% 92 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 301 1.61% 545 2.91%
Other services (except public administration) 471 2.52% 360 1.92%
Public administration 619 3.31% 605 3.23%

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

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