St. Lawrence 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 23,620 52.02% 21,786 47.98%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,343 13.97% 7,207 15.87%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,757 6.07% 1,757 3.87%
Management, except farm managers 1,566 3.45% 1,078 2.37%
Farmers & farm managers 744 1.64% 147 0.32%
Business & financial operations: 447 0.98% 532 1.17%
Business operations specialists 194 0.43% 252 0.55%
Financial specialists 253 0.56% 280 0.62%
Professional & related occupations: 3,586 7.90% 5,450 12.00%
Computer & mathematical 244 0.54% 76 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 447 0.98% 74 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 254 0.56% 45 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 193 0.43% 29 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 225 0.50% 81 0.18%
Community & social services 319 0.70% 513 1.13%
Legal 53 0.12% 77 0.17%
Education, training, & library 1,454 3.20% 2,589 5.70%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 311 0.68% 227 0.50%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 533 1.17% 1,813 3.99%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 380 0.84% 1,089 2.40%
Health technologists & technicians 153 0.34% 724 1.59%
Service occupations: 4,133 9.10% 5,408 11.91%
Healthcare support 250 0.55% 1,324 2.92%
Protective services: 1,356 2.99% 222 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,104 2.43% 77 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 252 0.55% 145 0.32%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,008 2.22% 1,972 4.34%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,101 2.42% 584 1.29%
Personal care & service 418 0.92% 1,306 2.88%
Sales & office occupations: 2,955 6.51% 7,517 16.56%
Sales & related occupations 1,684 3.71% 2,481 5.46%
Office & administrative support 1,271 2.80% 5,036 11.09%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 680 1.50% 119 0.26%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,431 9.76% 154 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 2,502 5.51% 80 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 320 0.70% 18 0.04%
Construction trades 2,098 4.62% 62 0.14%
Extraction 84 0.18% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,929 4.25% 74 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,078 11.18% 1,381 3.04%
Production 2,578 5.68% 896 1.97%
Transportation & material moving: 2,500 5.51% 485 1.07%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 58 0.13% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,324 2.92% 202 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 152 0.33% 35 0.08%
Material moving 959 2.11% 248 0.55%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 23,620 52.02% 21,786 47.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,653 3.64% 272 0.60%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,508 3.32% 266 0.59%
Mining 145 0.32% 6 0.01%
Construction 2,602 5.73% 248 0.55%
Manufacturing 4,074 8.97% 1,384 3.05%
Wholesale trade 587 1.29% 206 0.45%
Retail trade 2,421 5.33% 2,921 6.43%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,438 3.17% 360 0.79%
Transportation & warehousing 900 1.98% 277 0.61%
Utilities 538 1.18% 83 0.18%
Information 446 0.98% 416 0.92%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 520 1.15% 890 1.96%
Finance & insurance 343 0.76% 737 1.62%
Real estate & rental & leasing 177 0.39% 153 0.34%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 913 2.01% 696 1.53%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 400 0.88% 424 0.93%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 7 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 513 1.13% 265 0.58%
Educational, health & social services: 4,343 9.56% 10,100 22.24%
Educational services 2,958 6.51% 4,921 10.84%
Health care & social assistance 1,385 3.05% 5,179 11.41%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,511 3.33% 2,199 4.84%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 392 0.86% 281 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 1,119 2.46% 1,918 4.22%
Other services (except public administration) 1,175 2.59% 1,011 2.23%
Public administration 1,937 4.27% 1,083 2.39%

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

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