Mohave 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 31,998 52.87% 28,519 47.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,500 9.09% 6,866 11.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,682 4.43% 2,419 4.00%
Management, except farm managers 2,115 3.49% 1,679 2.77%
Farmers & farm managers 87 0.14% 23 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 480 0.79% 717 1.18%
Business operations specialists 289 0.48% 300 0.50%
Financial specialists 191 0.32% 417 0.69%
Professional & related occupations: 2,818 4.66% 4,447 7.35%
Computer & mathematical 215 0.36% 36 0.06%
Architecture & engineering: 538 0.89% 84 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 277 0.46% 65 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 261 0.43% 19 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 101 0.17% 62 0.10%
Community & social services 230 0.38% 373 0.62%
Legal 146 0.24% 261 0.43%
Education, training, & library 531 0.88% 2,010 3.32%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 390 0.64% 149 0.25%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 667 1.10% 1,472 2.43%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 410 0.68% 854 1.41%
Health technologists & technicians 257 0.42% 618 1.02%
Service occupations: 7,131 11.78% 8,106 13.39%
Healthcare support 57 0.09% 908 1.50%
Protective services: 1,472 2.43% 257 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 786 1.30% 93 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 686 1.13% 164 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,277 3.76% 3,490 5.77%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,903 3.14% 1,492 2.47%
Personal care & service 1,422 2.35% 1,959 3.24%
Sales & office occupations: 5,389 8.90% 11,503 19.01%
Sales & related occupations 3,427 5.66% 4,559 7.53%
Office & administrative support 1,962 3.24% 6,944 11.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 208 0.34% 53 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,639 12.62% 350 0.58%
Construction & extraction: 4,667 7.71% 218 0.36%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 668 1.10% 16 0.03%
Construction trades 3,924 6.48% 202 0.33%
Extraction 75 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,972 4.91% 132 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,131 10.13% 1,641 2.71%
Production 2,594 4.29% 919 1.52%
Transportation & material moving: 3,537 5.84% 722 1.19%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 64 0.11% 17 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 53 0.09% 8 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,877 3.10% 305 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 412 0.68% 43 0.07%
Material moving 1,131 1.87% 349 0.58%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 31,998 52.87% 28,519 47.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 514 0.85% 88 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 374 0.62% 88 0.15%
Mining 140 0.23% 0 0.00%
Construction 5,160 8.53% 689 1.14%
Manufacturing 3,202 5.29% 1,064 1.76%
Wholesale trade 1,033 1.71% 275 0.45%
Retail trade 4,121 6.81% 4,207 6.95%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,662 4.40% 814 1.35%
Transportation & warehousing 1,852 3.06% 654 1.08%
Utilities 810 1.34% 160 0.26%
Information 524 0.87% 454 0.75%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,078 1.78% 1,692 2.80%
Finance & insurance 381 0.63% 1,029 1.70%
Real estate & rental & leasing 697 1.15% 663 1.10%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,679 2.77% 1,454 2.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 594 0.98% 833 1.38%
Management of companies & enterprises 17 0.03% 8 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,068 1.76% 613 1.01%
Educational, health & social services: 2,038 3.37% 7,032 11.62%
Educational services 1,040 1.72% 2,683 4.43%
Health care & social assistance 998 1.65% 4,349 7.19%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 6,619 10.94% 8,401 13.88%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,447 5.70% 3,622 5.99%
Accommodation & food services 3,172 5.24% 4,779 7.90%
Other services (except public administration) 1,917 3.17% 1,063 1.76%
Public administration 1,451 2.40% 1,286 2.13%

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

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