Adams 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 24,983 54.09% 21,205 45.91%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,791 12.54% 5,699 12.34%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,863 6.20% 1,659 3.59%
Management, except farm managers 1,835 3.97% 848 1.84%
Farmers & farm managers 465 1.01% 67 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 563 1.22% 744 1.61%
Business operations specialists 333 0.72% 366 0.79%
Financial specialists 230 0.50% 378 0.82%
Professional & related occupations: 2,928 6.34% 4,040 8.75%
Computer & mathematical 434 0.94% 187 0.40%
Architecture & engineering: 616 1.33% 97 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 341 0.74% 9 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 275 0.60% 88 0.19%
Life, physical, & social science 148 0.32% 94 0.20%
Community & social services 271 0.59% 262 0.57%
Legal 49 0.11% 76 0.16%
Education, training, & library 705 1.53% 1,631 3.53%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 349 0.76% 279 0.60%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 356 0.77% 1,414 3.06%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 284 0.61% 758 1.64%
Health technologists & technicians 72 0.16% 656 1.42%
Service occupations: 2,533 5.48% 4,353 9.42%
Healthcare support 65 0.14% 1,059 2.29%
Protective services: 504 1.09% 98 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 280 0.61% 55 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 224 0.48% 43 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 879 1.90% 1,578 3.42%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 922 2.00% 584 1.26%
Personal care & service 163 0.35% 1,034 2.24%
Sales & office occupations: 3,237 7.01% 7,742 16.76%
Sales & related occupations 1,797 3.89% 2,304 4.99%
Office & administrative support 1,440 3.12% 5,438 11.77%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 611 1.32% 169 0.37%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,257 11.38% 179 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 2,902 6.28% 97 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 457 0.99% 13 0.03%
Construction trades 2,417 5.23% 84 0.18%
Extraction 28 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,355 5.10% 82 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,554 16.35% 3,063 6.63%
Production 3,713 8.04% 2,071 4.48%
Transportation & material moving: 3,841 8.32% 992 2.15%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 25 0.05% 8 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 12 0.03% 8 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,599 3.46% 185 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 88 0.19% 0 0.00%
Material moving 2,117 4.58% 791 1.71%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 24,983 54.09% 21,205 45.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,291 2.80% 332 0.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,156 2.50% 318 0.69%
Mining 135 0.29% 14 0.03%
Construction 3,409 7.38% 309 0.67%
Manufacturing 6,999 15.15% 3,440 7.45%
Wholesale trade 1,107 2.40% 666 1.44%
Retail trade 2,448 5.30% 2,933 6.35%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,522 3.30% 432 0.94%
Transportation & warehousing 1,264 2.74% 373 0.81%
Utilities 258 0.56% 59 0.13%
Information 574 1.24% 614 1.33%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 606 1.31% 1,113 2.41%
Finance & insurance 383 0.83% 910 1.97%
Real estate & rental & leasing 223 0.48% 203 0.44%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,259 2.73% 1,013 2.19%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 644 1.39% 550 1.19%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 615 1.33% 463 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 2,024 4.38% 6,610 14.31%
Educational services 1,356 2.94% 2,663 5.77%
Health care & social assistance 668 1.45% 3,947 8.55%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,416 3.07% 2,029 4.39%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 324 0.70% 391 0.85%
Accommodation & food services 1,092 2.36% 1,638 3.55%
Other services (except public administration) 1,155 2.50% 891 1.93%
Public administration 1,173 2.54% 823 1.78%

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

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