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Harnett County

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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 20,617 52.73% 18,479 47.27%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,945 10.09% 5,778 14.78%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,108 5.39% 1,580 4.04%
Management, except farm managers 1,472 3.77% 951 2.43%
Farmers & farm managers 280 0.72% 18 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 356 0.91% 611 1.56%
Business operations specialists 164 0.42% 255 0.65%
Financial specialists 192 0.49% 356 0.91%
Professional & related occupations: 1,837 4.70% 4,198 10.74%
Computer & mathematical 246 0.63% 130 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 403 1.03% 85 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 235 0.60% 32 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 168 0.43% 53 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 63 0.16% 66 0.17%
Community & social services 181 0.46% 371 0.95%
Legal 75 0.19% 216 0.55%
Education, training, & library 456 1.17% 1,874 4.79%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 150 0.38% 152 0.39%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 263 0.67% 1,304 3.34%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 148 0.38% 744 1.90%
Health technologists & technicians 115 0.29% 560 1.43%
Service occupations: 2,341 5.99% 3,234 8.27%
Healthcare support 66 0.17% 725 1.85%
Protective services: 835 2.14% 140 0.36%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 656 1.68% 90 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 179 0.46% 50 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 442 1.13% 980 2.51%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 816 2.09% 621 1.59%
Personal care & service 182 0.47% 768 1.96%
Sales & office occupations: 2,950 7.55% 6,167 15.77%
Sales & related occupations 1,702 4.35% 2,109 5.39%
Office & administrative support 1,248 3.19% 4,058 10.38%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 346 0.89% 68 0.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,719 14.63% 339 0.87%
Construction & extraction: 3,729 9.54% 147 0.38%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 406 1.04% 28 0.07%
Construction trades 3,299 8.44% 119 0.30%
Extraction 24 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,990 5.09% 192 0.49%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,316 13.60% 2,893 7.40%
Production 3,141 8.03% 2,511 6.42%
Transportation & material moving: 2,175 5.56% 382 0.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 40 0.10% 7 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,158 2.96% 93 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 48 0.12% 8 0.02%
Material moving 921 2.36% 274 0.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 20,617 52.73% 18,479 47.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 764 1.95% 89 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 692 1.77% 89 0.23%
Mining 72 0.18% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,198 10.74% 376 0.96%
Manufacturing 4,688 11.99% 3,436 8.79%
Wholesale trade 919 2.35% 220 0.56%
Retail trade 2,433 6.22% 2,378 6.08%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,040 2.66% 468 1.20%
Transportation & warehousing 776 1.98% 318 0.81%
Utilities 264 0.68% 150 0.38%
Information 414 1.06% 426 1.09%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 438 1.12% 966 2.47%
Finance & insurance 197 0.50% 708 1.81%
Real estate & rental & leasing 241 0.62% 258 0.66%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,112 2.84% 1,153 2.95%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 401 1.03% 614 1.57%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 711 1.82% 539 1.38%
Educational, health & social services: 1,426 3.65% 5,847 14.96%
Educational services 907 2.32% 2,428 6.21%
Health care & social assistance 519 1.33% 3,419 8.75%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 813 2.08% 1,304 3.34%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 254 0.65% 172 0.44%
Accommodation & food services 559 1.43% 1,132 2.90%
Other services (except public administration) 969 2.48% 792 2.03%
Public administration 1,403 3.59% 1,024 2.62%

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

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