Wyandot 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 6,150 53.47% 5,351 46.53%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,150 10.00% 1,228 10.68%
Management, business, & financial operations: 646 5.62% 371 3.23%
Management, except farm managers 313 2.72% 230 2.00%
Farmers & farm managers 217 1.89% 19 0.17%
Business & financial operations: 116 1.01% 122 1.06%
Business operations specialists 55 0.48% 71 0.62%
Financial specialists 61 0.53% 51 0.44%
Professional & related occupations: 504 4.38% 857 7.45%
Computer & mathematical 21 0.18% 19 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 169 1.47% 17 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 133 1.16% 9 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 36 0.31% 8 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 18 0.16% 5 0.04%
Community & social services 70 0.61% 81 0.70%
Legal 35 0.30% 9 0.08%
Education, training, & library 64 0.56% 317 2.76%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 44 0.38% 72 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 83 0.72% 337 2.93%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 63 0.55% 188 1.63%
Health technologists & technicians 20 0.17% 149 1.30%
Service occupations: 516 4.49% 1,123 9.76%
Healthcare support 6 0.05% 334 2.90%
Protective services: 123 1.07% 23 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 90 0.78% 14 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 33 0.29% 9 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 137 1.19% 477 4.15%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 214 1.86% 102 0.89%
Personal care & service 36 0.31% 187 1.63%
Sales & office occupations: 578 5.03% 1,584 13.77%
Sales & related occupations 314 2.73% 523 4.55%
Office & administrative support 264 2.30% 1,061 9.23%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 82 0.71% 15 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,282 11.15% 57 0.50%
Construction & extraction: 707 6.15% 24 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 74 0.64% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 617 5.36% 24 0.21%
Extraction 16 0.14% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 575 5.00% 33 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,542 22.10% 1,344 11.69%
Production 1,461 12.70% 1,038 9.03%
Transportation & material moving: 1,081 9.40% 306 2.66%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 30 0.26% 2 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 419 3.64% 59 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 62 0.54% 15 0.13%
Material moving 570 4.96% 230 2.00%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,150 53.47% 5,351 46.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 482 4.19% 71 0.62%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 319 2.77% 61 0.53%
Mining 163 1.42% 10 0.09%
Construction 681 5.92% 67 0.58%
Manufacturing 2,559 22.25% 1,495 13.00%
Wholesale trade 177 1.54% 87 0.76%
Retail trade 468 4.07% 639 5.56%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 424 3.69% 86 0.75%
Transportation & warehousing 382 3.32% 75 0.65%
Utilities 42 0.37% 11 0.10%
Information 70 0.61% 70 0.61%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 93 0.81% 222 1.93%
Finance & insurance 64 0.56% 197 1.71%
Real estate & rental & leasing 29 0.25% 25 0.22%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 207 1.80% 193 1.68%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 70 0.61% 92 0.80%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 137 1.19% 101 0.88%
Educational, health & social services: 301 2.62% 1,475 12.82%
Educational services 149 1.30% 468 4.07%
Health care & social assistance 152 1.32% 1,007 8.76%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 238 2.07% 491 4.27%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 65 0.57% 41 0.36%
Accommodation & food services 173 1.50% 450 3.91%
Other services (except public administration) 261 2.27% 280 2.43%
Public administration 189 1.64% 175 1.52%

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

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