Washington 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 2,869 52.96% 2,548 47.04%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 481 8.88% 740 13.66%
Management, business, & financial operations: 289 5.34% 174 3.21%
Management, except farm managers 161 2.97% 102 1.88%
Farmers & farm managers 116 2.14% 4 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 12 0.22% 68 1.26%
Business operations specialists 12 0.22% 32 0.59%
Financial specialists 0 0.00% 36 0.66%
Professional & related occupations: 192 3.54% 566 10.45%
Computer & mathematical 43 0.79% 9 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 42 0.78% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 20 0.37% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 22 0.41% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 24 0.44% 18 0.33%
Community & social services 24 0.44% 63 1.16%
Legal 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 29 0.54% 282 5.21%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 0 0.00% 21 0.39%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 30 0.55% 173 3.19%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 20 0.37% 88 1.62%
Health technologists & technicians 10 0.18% 85 1.57%
Service occupations: 362 6.68% 625 11.54%
Healthcare support 2 0.04% 143 2.64%
Protective services: 109 2.01% 60 1.11%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 103 1.90% 20 0.37%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6 0.11% 40 0.74%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 76 1.40% 139 2.57%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 153 2.82% 187 3.45%
Personal care & service 22 0.41% 96 1.77%
Sales & office occupations: 368 6.79% 787 14.53%
Sales & related occupations 203 3.75% 290 5.35%
Office & administrative support 165 3.05% 497 9.17%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 69 1.27% 4 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 740 13.66% 25 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 392 7.24% 14 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 28 0.52% 7 0.13%
Construction trades 364 6.72% 7 0.13%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 348 6.42% 11 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 849 15.67% 367 6.77%
Production 506 9.34% 296 5.46%
Transportation & material moving: 343 6.33% 71 1.31%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 7 0.13%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 178 3.29% 20 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 2 0.04%
Material moving 165 3.05% 42 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,869 52.96% 2,548 47.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 260 4.80% 24 0.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 250 4.62% 24 0.44%
Mining 10 0.18% 0 0.00%
Construction 363 6.70% 33 0.61%
Manufacturing 987 18.22% 435 8.03%
Wholesale trade 94 1.74% 30 0.55%
Retail trade 248 4.58% 297 5.48%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 164 3.03% 49 0.90%
Transportation & warehousing 125 2.31% 49 0.90%
Utilities 39 0.72% 0 0.00%
Information 7 0.13% 24 0.44%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 69 1.27% 148 2.73%
Finance & insurance 41 0.76% 91 1.68%
Real estate & rental & leasing 28 0.52% 57 1.05%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 73 1.35% 168 3.10%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 20 0.37% 55 1.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 53 0.98% 113 2.09%
Educational, health & social services: 122 2.25% 870 16.06%
Educational services 95 1.75% 328 6.06%
Health care & social assistance 27 0.50% 542 10.01%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 149 2.75% 232 4.28%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 33 0.61% 13 0.24%
Accommodation & food services 116 2.14% 219 4.04%
Other services (except public administration) 168 3.10% 101 1.86%
Public administration 165 3.05% 137 2.53%

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

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