Hoke 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 6,653 50.73% 6,462 49.27%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,331 10.15% 1,753 13.37%
Management, business, & financial operations: 745 5.68% 450 3.43%
Management, except farm managers 489 3.73% 303 2.31%
Farmers & farm managers 126 0.96% 30 0.23%
Business & financial operations: 130 0.99% 117 0.89%
Business operations specialists 60 0.46% 60 0.46%
Financial specialists 70 0.53% 57 0.43%
Professional & related occupations: 586 4.47% 1,303 9.94%
Computer & mathematical 68 0.52% 35 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 86 0.66% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 58 0.44% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 28 0.21% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 32 0.24% 48 0.37%
Community & social services 77 0.59% 132 1.01%
Legal 48 0.37% 47 0.36%
Education, training, & library 212 1.62% 569 4.34%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 24 0.18% 14 0.11%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 39 0.30% 458 3.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 29 0.22% 263 2.01%
Health technologists & technicians 10 0.08% 195 1.49%
Service occupations: 747 5.70% 1,430 10.90%
Healthcare support 36 0.27% 332 2.53%
Protective services: 230 1.75% 93 0.71%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 163 1.24% 70 0.53%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 67 0.51% 23 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 159 1.21% 496 3.78%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 263 2.01% 219 1.67%
Personal care & service 59 0.45% 290 2.21%
Sales & office occupations: 823 6.28% 1,856 14.15%
Sales & related occupations 479 3.65% 660 5.03%
Office & administrative support 344 2.62% 1,196 9.12%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 149 1.14% 55 0.42%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,618 12.34% 58 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 926 7.06% 19 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 87 0.66% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 831 6.34% 19 0.14%
Extraction 8 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 692 5.28% 39 0.30%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,985 15.14% 1,310 9.99%
Production 1,124 8.57% 1,155 8.81%
Transportation & material moving: 861 6.57% 155 1.18%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 9 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 483 3.68% 42 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Material moving 369 2.81% 113 0.86%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,653 50.73% 6,462 49.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 335 2.55% 84 0.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 328 2.50% 84 0.64%
Mining 7 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,127 8.59% 93 0.71%
Manufacturing 1,912 14.58% 1,593 12.15%
Wholesale trade 228 1.74% 66 0.50%
Retail trade 625 4.77% 756 5.76%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 427 3.26% 158 1.20%
Transportation & warehousing 393 3.00% 109 0.83%
Utilities 34 0.26% 49 0.37%
Information 127 0.97% 70 0.53%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 129 0.98% 250 1.91%
Finance & insurance 66 0.50% 185 1.41%
Real estate & rental & leasing 63 0.48% 65 0.50%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 226 1.72% 204 1.56%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 109 0.83% 123 0.94%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 117 0.89% 81 0.62%
Educational, health & social services: 593 4.52% 2,169 16.54%
Educational services 312 2.38% 811 6.18%
Health care & social assistance 281 2.14% 1,358 10.35%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 282 2.15% 508 3.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 67 0.51% 80 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 215 1.64% 428 3.26%
Other services (except public administration) 299 2.28% 271 2.07%
Public administration 343 2.62% 240 1.83%

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

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