Meigs 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 5,051 56.42% 3,902 43.58%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 836 9.34% 1,134 12.67%
Management, business, & financial operations: 413 4.61% 249 2.78%
Management, except farm managers 225 2.51% 120 1.34%
Farmers & farm managers 114 1.27% 53 0.59%
Business & financial operations: 74 0.83% 76 0.85%
Business operations specialists 34 0.38% 18 0.20%
Financial specialists 40 0.45% 58 0.65%
Professional & related occupations: 423 4.72% 885 9.88%
Computer & mathematical 14 0.16% 10 0.11%
Architecture & engineering: 66 0.74% 14 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 26 0.29% 12 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 40 0.45% 2 0.02%
Life, physical, & social science 53 0.59% 15 0.17%
Community & social services 32 0.36% 85 0.95%
Legal 25 0.28% 7 0.08%
Education, training, & library 127 1.42% 361 4.03%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 32 0.36% 23 0.26%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 74 0.83% 370 4.13%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 46 0.51% 228 2.55%
Health technologists & technicians 28 0.31% 142 1.59%
Service occupations: 399 4.46% 1,166 13.02%
Healthcare support 25 0.28% 439 4.90%
Protective services: 100 1.12% 29 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 57 0.64% 6 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 43 0.48% 23 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 50 0.56% 307 3.43%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 193 2.16% 148 1.65%
Personal care & service 31 0.35% 243 2.71%
Sales & office occupations: 610 6.81% 1,242 13.87%
Sales & related occupations 340 3.80% 450 5.03%
Office & administrative support 270 3.02% 792 8.85%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 184 2.06% 39 0.44%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,464 16.35% 38 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 869 9.71% 25 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 84 0.94% 2 0.02%
Construction trades 633 7.07% 23 0.26%
Extraction 152 1.70% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 595 6.65% 13 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,558 17.40% 283 3.16%
Production 767 8.57% 159 1.78%
Transportation & material moving: 791 8.84% 124 1.39%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.07% 2 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 443 4.95% 74 0.83%
Rail, water & other transportation 70 0.78% 5 0.06%
Material moving 272 3.04% 43 0.48%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,051 56.42% 3,902 43.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 652 7.28% 120 1.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 300 3.35% 97 1.08%
Mining 352 3.93% 23 0.26%
Construction 800 8.94% 95 1.06%
Manufacturing 749 8.37% 204 2.28%
Wholesale trade 173 1.93% 6 0.07%
Retail trade 676 7.55% 608 6.79%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 712 7.95% 84 0.94%
Transportation & warehousing 341 3.81% 40 0.45%
Utilities 371 4.14% 44 0.49%
Information 42 0.47% 44 0.49%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 88 0.98% 166 1.85%
Finance & insurance 42 0.47% 146 1.63%
Real estate & rental & leasing 46 0.51% 20 0.22%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 174 1.94% 121 1.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 65 0.73% 83 0.93%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 109 1.22% 38 0.42%
Educational, health & social services: 488 5.45% 1,787 19.96%
Educational services 327 3.65% 581 6.49%
Health care & social assistance 161 1.80% 1,206 13.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 140 1.56% 239 2.67%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 33 0.37% 13 0.15%
Accommodation & food services 107 1.20% 226 2.52%
Other services (except public administration) 228 2.55% 205 2.29%
Public administration 129 1.44% 223 2.49%

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

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