Miami 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 26,864 52.95% 23,875 47.05%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,566 14.91% 7,186 14.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,147 8.17% 2,502 4.93%
Management, except farm managers 3,037 5.99% 1,372 2.70%
Farmers & farm managers 321 0.63% 75 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 789 1.56% 1,055 2.08%
Business operations specialists 394 0.78% 601 1.18%
Financial specialists 395 0.78% 454 0.89%
Professional & related occupations: 3,419 6.74% 4,684 9.23%
Computer & mathematical 394 0.78% 185 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 1,459 2.88% 87 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,022 2.01% 71 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 437 0.86% 16 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 110 0.22% 101 0.20%
Community & social services 271 0.53% 419 0.83%
Legal 201 0.40% 190 0.37%
Education, training, & library 450 0.89% 1,706 3.36%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 207 0.41% 266 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 327 0.64% 1,730 3.41%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 225 0.44% 1,162 2.29%
Health technologists & technicians 102 0.20% 568 1.12%
Service occupations: 2,311 4.55% 4,199 8.28%
Healthcare support 34 0.07% 933 1.84%
Protective services: 562 1.11% 148 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 374 0.74% 60 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 188 0.37% 88 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 812 1.60% 1,834 3.61%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 863 1.70% 510 1.01%
Personal care & service 40 0.08% 774 1.53%
Sales & office occupations: 4,361 8.59% 8,565 16.88%
Sales & related occupations 2,697 5.32% 2,676 5.27%
Office & administrative support 1,664 3.28% 5,889 11.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 161 0.32% 122 0.24%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,917 7.72% 147 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 2,096 4.13% 48 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 329 0.65% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,756 3.46% 48 0.09%
Extraction 11 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,821 3.59% 99 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,548 16.85% 3,656 7.21%
Production 5,557 10.95% 2,778 5.48%
Transportation & material moving: 2,991 5.89% 878 1.73%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 123 0.24% 22 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 68 0.13% 13 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 1,362 2.68% 173 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 40 0.08% 44 0.09%
Material moving 1,398 2.76% 626 1.23%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 26,864 52.95% 23,875 47.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 488 0.96% 142 0.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 439 0.87% 135 0.27%
Mining 49 0.10% 7 0.01%
Construction 2,677 5.28% 300 0.59%
Manufacturing 9,915 19.54% 4,995 9.84%
Wholesale trade 1,184 2.33% 688 1.36%
Retail trade 2,919 5.75% 3,007 5.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,884 3.71% 765 1.51%
Transportation & warehousing 1,542 3.04% 663 1.31%
Utilities 342 0.67% 102 0.20%
Information 399 0.79% 303 0.60%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 771 1.52% 1,252 2.47%
Finance & insurance 461 0.91% 904 1.78%
Real estate & rental & leasing 310 0.61% 348 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,875 3.70% 1,541 3.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 993 1.96% 858 1.69%
Management of companies & enterprises 23 0.05% 13 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 859 1.69% 670 1.32%
Educational, health & social services: 1,413 2.78% 6,627 13.06%
Educational services 817 1.61% 2,333 4.60%
Health care & social assistance 596 1.17% 4,294 8.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,317 2.60% 2,120 4.18%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 204 0.40% 213 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 1,113 2.19% 1,907 3.76%
Other services (except public administration) 970 1.91% 1,277 2.52%
Public administration 1,052 2.07% 858 1.69%

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

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