Madison 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 4,836 55.39% 3,895 44.61%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,045 11.97% 1,391 15.93%
Management, business, & financial operations: 546 6.25% 402 4.60%
Management, except farm managers 350 4.01% 223 2.55%
Farmers & farm managers 125 1.43% 53 0.61%
Business & financial operations: 71 0.81% 126 1.44%
Business operations specialists 53 0.61% 67 0.77%
Financial specialists 18 0.21% 59 0.68%
Professional & related occupations: 499 5.72% 989 11.33%
Computer & mathematical 14 0.16% 24 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 141 1.61% 8 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 69 0.79% 2 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 72 0.82% 6 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 35 0.40% 1 0.01%
Community & social services 50 0.57% 140 1.60%
Legal 19 0.22% 28 0.32%
Education, training, & library 96 1.10% 418 4.79%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 43 0.49% 29 0.33%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 101 1.16% 341 3.91%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 67 0.77% 203 2.33%
Health technologists & technicians 34 0.39% 138 1.58%
Service occupations: 555 6.36% 677 7.75%
Healthcare support 27 0.31% 164 1.88%
Protective services: 132 1.51% 27 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 112 1.28% 15 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 20 0.23% 12 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 131 1.50% 210 2.41%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 248 2.84% 95 1.09%
Personal care & service 17 0.19% 181 2.07%
Sales & office occupations: 713 8.17% 1,123 12.86%
Sales & related occupations 389 4.46% 412 4.72%
Office & administrative support 324 3.71% 711 8.14%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 131 1.50% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,205 13.80% 30 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 789 9.04% 9 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 127 1.45% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 619 7.09% 9 0.10%
Extraction 43 0.49% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 416 4.76% 21 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,187 13.60% 674 7.72%
Production 605 6.93% 589 6.75%
Transportation & material moving: 582 6.67% 85 0.97%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4 0.05% 3 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 342 3.92% 30 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 3 0.03% 6 0.07%
Material moving 233 2.67% 46 0.53%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,836 55.39% 3,895 44.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 251 2.87% 61 0.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 243 2.78% 55 0.63%
Mining 8 0.09% 6 0.07%
Construction 952 10.90% 54 0.62%
Manufacturing 853 9.77% 727 8.33%
Wholesale trade 193 2.21% 84 0.96%
Retail trade 566 6.48% 416 4.76%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 396 4.54% 53 0.61%
Transportation & warehousing 284 3.25% 27 0.31%
Utilities 112 1.28% 26 0.30%
Information 74 0.85% 87 1.00%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 152 1.74% 209 2.39%
Finance & insurance 71 0.81% 154 1.76%
Real estate & rental & leasing 81 0.93% 55 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 310 3.55% 185 2.12%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 126 1.44% 107 1.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 184 2.11% 78 0.89%
Educational, health & social services: 399 4.57% 1,405 16.09%
Educational services 207 2.37% 606 6.94%
Health care & social assistance 192 2.20% 799 9.15%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 223 2.55% 303 3.47%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 32 0.37% 47 0.54%
Accommodation & food services 191 2.19% 256 2.93%
Other services (except public administration) 215 2.46% 138 1.58%
Public administration 252 2.89% 173 1.98%

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

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