Sandusky 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 16,094 52.79% 14,395 47.21%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,067 10.06% 3,929 12.89%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,534 5.03% 1,114 3.65%
Management, except farm managers 984 3.23% 668 2.19%
Farmers & farm managers 237 0.78% 25 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 313 1.03% 421 1.38%
Business operations specialists 159 0.52% 217 0.71%
Financial specialists 154 0.51% 204 0.67%
Professional & related occupations: 1,533 5.03% 2,815 9.23%
Computer & mathematical 86 0.28% 66 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 402 1.32% 99 0.32%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 218 0.72% 46 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 184 0.60% 53 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 80 0.26% 46 0.15%
Community & social services 159 0.52% 261 0.86%
Legal 38 0.12% 38 0.12%
Education, training, & library 483 1.58% 1,050 3.44%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 76 0.25% 155 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 209 0.69% 1,100 3.61%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 161 0.53% 627 2.06%
Health technologists & technicians 48 0.16% 473 1.55%
Service occupations: 1,272 4.17% 2,719 8.92%
Healthcare support 36 0.12% 664 2.18%
Protective services: 307 1.01% 43 0.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 201 0.66% 10 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 106 0.35% 33 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 412 1.35% 1,162 3.81%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 464 1.52% 351 1.15%
Personal care & service 53 0.17% 499 1.64%
Sales & office occupations: 1,758 5.77% 4,253 13.95%
Sales & related occupations 980 3.21% 1,496 4.91%
Office & administrative support 778 2.55% 2,757 9.04%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 108 0.35% 73 0.24%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,167 10.39% 114 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 1,686 5.53% 53 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 216 0.71% 10 0.03%
Construction trades 1,418 4.65% 43 0.14%
Extraction 52 0.17% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,481 4.86% 61 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,722 22.05% 3,307 10.85%
Production 4,296 14.09% 2,579 8.46%
Transportation & material moving: 2,426 7.96% 728 2.39%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 44 0.14% 19 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,037 3.40% 168 0.55%
Rail, water & other transportation 111 0.36% 22 0.07%
Material moving 1,226 4.02% 519 1.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 16,094 52.79% 14,395 47.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 587 1.93% 171 0.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 390 1.28% 135 0.44%
Mining 197 0.65% 36 0.12%
Construction 1,698 5.57% 148 0.49%
Manufacturing 7,220 23.68% 3,451 11.32%
Wholesale trade 399 1.31% 214 0.70%
Retail trade 1,291 4.23% 1,642 5.39%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,153 3.78% 233 0.76%
Transportation & warehousing 987 3.24% 193 0.63%
Utilities 166 0.54% 40 0.13%
Information 121 0.40% 208 0.68%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 317 1.04% 737 2.42%
Finance & insurance 209 0.69% 589 1.93%
Real estate & rental & leasing 108 0.35% 148 0.49%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 581 1.91% 574 1.88%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 274 0.90% 294 0.96%
Management of companies & enterprises 4 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 303 0.99% 280 0.92%
Educational, health & social services: 1,105 3.62% 4,453 14.61%
Educational services 721 2.36% 1,608 5.27%
Health care & social assistance 384 1.26% 2,845 9.33%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 633 2.08% 1,432 4.70%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 125 0.41% 155 0.51%
Accommodation & food services 508 1.67% 1,277 4.19%
Other services (except public administration) 627 2.06% 732 2.40%
Public administration 362 1.19% 400 1.31%

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

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