Fairfield 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 33,049 53.76% 28,427 46.24%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 10,006 16.28% 9,786 15.92%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,527 8.99% 3,715 6.04%
Management, except farm managers 3,858 6.28% 2,002 3.26%
Farmers & farm managers 347 0.56% 69 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 1,322 2.15% 1,644 2.67%
Business operations specialists 590 0.96% 914 1.49%
Financial specialists 732 1.19% 730 1.19%
Professional & related occupations: 4,479 7.29% 6,071 9.88%
Computer & mathematical 1,081 1.76% 387 0.63%
Architecture & engineering: 1,184 1.93% 162 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 873 1.42% 106 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 311 0.51% 56 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 190 0.31% 146 0.24%
Community & social services 284 0.46% 447 0.73%
Legal 171 0.28% 189 0.31%
Education, training, & library 711 1.16% 1,944 3.16%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 284 0.46% 324 0.53%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 574 0.93% 2,472 4.02%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 451 0.73% 1,822 2.96%
Health technologists & technicians 123 0.20% 650 1.06%
Service occupations: 3,770 6.13% 4,472 7.27%
Healthcare support 80 0.13% 1,087 1.77%
Protective services: 1,392 2.26% 147 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,023 1.66% 84 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 369 0.60% 63 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,060 1.72% 1,604 2.61%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 988 1.61% 483 0.79%
Personal care & service 250 0.41% 1,151 1.87%
Sales & office occupations: 6,079 9.89% 11,537 18.77%
Sales & related occupations 3,815 6.21% 3,608 5.87%
Office & administrative support 2,264 3.68% 7,929 12.90%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 102 0.17% 52 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,031 9.81% 231 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 3,451 5.61% 116 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 404 0.66% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 3,040 4.95% 116 0.19%
Extraction 7 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,580 4.20% 115 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,061 11.49% 2,349 3.82%
Production 3,756 6.11% 1,519 2.47%
Transportation & material moving: 3,305 5.38% 830 1.35%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 114 0.19% 33 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 113 0.18% 24 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 1,516 2.47% 182 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 93 0.15% 6 0.01%
Material moving 1,469 2.39% 585 0.95%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 33,049 53.76% 28,427 46.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 521 0.85% 100 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 472 0.77% 100 0.16%
Mining 49 0.08% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,418 7.19% 466 0.76%
Manufacturing 6,489 10.56% 2,515 4.09%
Wholesale trade 1,572 2.56% 709 1.15%
Retail trade 4,540 7.38% 4,833 7.86%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,595 4.22% 812 1.32%
Transportation & warehousing 1,949 3.17% 647 1.05%
Utilities 646 1.05% 165 0.27%
Information 822 1.34% 627 1.02%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,807 2.94% 2,796 4.55%
Finance & insurance 1,293 2.10% 2,240 3.64%
Real estate & rental & leasing 514 0.84% 556 0.90%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,333 3.79% 2,118 3.45%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,391 2.26% 1,285 2.09%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.02% 38 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 932 1.52% 795 1.29%
Educational, health & social services: 2,297 3.74% 8,560 13.92%
Educational services 1,217 1.98% 2,909 4.73%
Health care & social assistance 1,080 1.76% 5,651 9.19%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,965 3.20% 2,075 3.38%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 470 0.76% 276 0.45%
Accommodation & food services 1,495 2.43% 1,799 2.93%
Other services (except public administration) 1,455 2.37% 1,300 2.11%
Public administration 2,235 3.64% 1,516 2.47%

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

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