Cumberland 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 56,128 52.60% 50,583 47.40%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 19,224 18.02% 17,741 16.63%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,033 8.46% 5,660 5.30%
Management, except farm managers 5,621 5.27% 2,872 2.69%
Farmers & farm managers 606 0.57% 123 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 2,806 2.63% 2,665 2.50%
Business operations specialists 1,459 1.37% 1,613 1.51%
Financial specialists 1,347 1.26% 1,052 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 10,191 9.55% 12,081 11.32%
Computer & mathematical 2,867 2.69% 1,386 1.30%
Architecture & engineering: 1,654 1.55% 172 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,156 1.08% 89 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 498 0.47% 83 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 541 0.51% 230 0.22%
Community & social services 970 0.91% 1,130 1.06%
Legal 917 0.86% 651 0.61%
Education, training, & library 1,530 1.43% 4,289 4.02%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 790 0.74% 667 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 922 0.86% 3,556 3.33%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 807 0.76% 2,506 2.35%
Health technologists & technicians 115 0.11% 1,050 0.98%
Service occupations: 5,545 5.20% 8,661 8.12%
Healthcare support 164 0.15% 1,589 1.49%
Protective services: 1,110 1.04% 310 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 660 0.62% 111 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 450 0.42% 199 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,955 1.83% 3,522 3.30%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,893 1.77% 1,179 1.10%
Personal care & service 423 0.40% 2,061 1.93%
Sales & office occupations: 11,362 10.65% 20,382 19.10%
Sales & related occupations 5,908 5.54% 5,682 5.32%
Office & administrative support 5,454 5.11% 14,700 13.78%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 294 0.28% 200 0.19%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,655 7.17% 181 0.17%
Construction & extraction: 4,119 3.86% 67 0.06%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 455 0.43% 6 0.01%
Construction trades 3,607 3.38% 61 0.06%
Extraction 57 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,536 3.31% 114 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,048 11.29% 3,418 3.20%
Production 3,964 3.71% 1,705 1.60%
Transportation & material moving: 8,084 7.58% 1,713 1.61%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 244 0.23% 61 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 110 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,795 2.62% 380 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 307 0.29% 27 0.03%
Material moving 4,628 4.34% 1,245 1.17%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 56,128 52.60% 50,583 47.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,054 0.99% 351 0.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 967 0.91% 347 0.33%
Mining 87 0.08% 4 0.00%
Construction 5,260 4.93% 669 0.63%
Manufacturing 8,051 7.54% 2,683 2.51%
Wholesale trade 2,895 2.71% 1,113 1.04%
Retail trade 6,376 5.98% 6,790 6.36%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,695 5.34% 1,588 1.49%
Transportation & warehousing 5,393 5.05% 1,498 1.40%
Utilities 302 0.28% 90 0.08%
Information 1,632 1.53% 1,315 1.23%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,489 3.27% 5,227 4.90%
Finance & insurance 2,579 2.42% 4,522 4.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 910 0.85% 705 0.66%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,865 4.56% 3,614 3.39%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,539 3.32% 2,537 2.38%
Management of companies & enterprises 32 0.03% 11 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,294 1.21% 1,066 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 4,865 4.56% 15,710 14.72%
Educational services 3,000 2.81% 6,881 6.45%
Health care & social assistance 1,865 1.75% 8,829 8.27%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,247 3.04% 4,308 4.04%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 622 0.58% 495 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 2,625 2.46% 3,813 3.57%
Other services (except public administration) 2,606 2.44% 2,617 2.45%
Public administration 6,093 5.71% 4,598 4.31%

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

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