Darke 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 14,158 54.86% 11,650 45.14%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,991 11.59% 3,107 12.04%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,820 7.05% 975 3.78%
Management, except farm managers 984 3.81% 518 2.01%
Farmers & farm managers 594 2.30% 68 0.26%
Business & financial operations: 242 0.94% 389 1.51%
Business operations specialists 128 0.50% 157 0.61%
Financial specialists 114 0.44% 232 0.90%
Professional & related occupations: 1,171 4.54% 2,132 8.26%
Computer & mathematical 142 0.55% 75 0.29%
Architecture & engineering: 387 1.50% 54 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 240 0.93% 33 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 147 0.57% 21 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 56 0.22% 40 0.15%
Community & social services 141 0.55% 118 0.46%
Legal 34 0.13% 55 0.21%
Education, training, & library 174 0.67% 772 2.99%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 130 0.50% 116 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 107 0.41% 902 3.50%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 70 0.27% 563 2.18%
Health technologists & technicians 37 0.14% 339 1.31%
Service occupations: 1,081 4.19% 2,293 8.88%
Healthcare support 27 0.10% 586 2.27%
Protective services: 203 0.79% 44 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 160 0.62% 20 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 43 0.17% 24 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 350 1.36% 884 3.43%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 432 1.67% 343 1.33%
Personal care & service 69 0.27% 436 1.69%
Sales & office occupations: 1,864 7.22% 3,839 14.88%
Sales & related occupations 1,070 4.15% 1,201 4.65%
Office & administrative support 794 3.08% 2,638 10.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 249 0.96% 108 0.42%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,774 10.75% 90 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 1,602 6.21% 54 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 254 0.98% 5 0.02%
Construction trades 1,341 5.20% 49 0.19%
Extraction 7 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,172 4.54% 36 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,199 20.14% 2,213 8.57%
Production 3,389 13.13% 1,685 6.53%
Transportation & material moving: 1,810 7.01% 528 2.05%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 55 0.21% 9 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 828 3.21% 144 0.56%
Rail, water & other transportation 24 0.09% 16 0.06%
Material moving 895 3.47% 359 1.39%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,158 54.86% 11,650 45.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 978 3.79% 199 0.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 943 3.65% 198 0.77%
Mining 35 0.14% 1 0.00%
Construction 1,813 7.02% 166 0.64%
Manufacturing 5,088 19.71% 2,592 10.04%
Wholesale trade 745 2.89% 247 0.96%
Retail trade 1,338 5.18% 1,412 5.47%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,002 3.88% 319 1.24%
Transportation & warehousing 934 3.62% 264 1.02%
Utilities 68 0.26% 55 0.21%
Information 192 0.74% 166 0.64%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 287 1.11% 600 2.32%
Finance & insurance 192 0.74% 503 1.95%
Real estate & rental & leasing 95 0.37% 97 0.38%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 583 2.26% 584 2.26%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 286 1.11% 341 1.32%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 297 1.15% 243 0.94%
Educational, health & social services: 563 2.18% 3,301 12.79%
Educational services 267 1.03% 1,122 4.35%
Health care & social assistance 296 1.15% 2,179 8.44%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 584 2.26% 1,008 3.91%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 122 0.47% 78 0.30%
Accommodation & food services 462 1.79% 930 3.60%
Other services (except public administration) 644 2.50% 685 2.65%
Public administration 341 1.32% 371 1.44%

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

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