Beaver 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 43,721 53.00% 38,772 47.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 10,004 12.13% 11,621 14.09%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,464 5.41% 3,493 4.23%
Management, except farm managers 3,205 3.89% 1,986 2.41%
Farmers & farm managers 126 0.15% 28 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 1,133 1.37% 1,479 1.79%
Business operations specialists 537 0.65% 587 0.71%
Financial specialists 596 0.72% 892 1.08%
Professional & related occupations: 5,540 6.72% 8,128 9.85%
Computer & mathematical 759 0.92% 417 0.51%
Architecture & engineering: 1,397 1.69% 129 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 912 1.11% 71 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 485 0.59% 58 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 322 0.39% 148 0.18%
Community & social services 531 0.64% 742 0.90%
Legal 171 0.21% 193 0.23%
Education, training, & library 1,162 1.41% 2,671 3.24%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 469 0.57% 461 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 729 0.88% 3,367 4.08%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 468 0.57% 2,171 2.63%
Health technologists & technicians 261 0.32% 1,196 1.45%
Service occupations: 5,776 7.00% 8,371 10.15%
Healthcare support 297 0.36% 1,939 2.35%
Protective services: 1,065 1.29% 220 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 525 0.64% 76 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 540 0.65% 144 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,944 2.36% 3,180 3.85%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,806 2.19% 1,073 1.30%
Personal care & service 664 0.80% 1,959 2.37%
Sales & office occupations: 7,308 8.86% 15,701 19.03%
Sales & related occupations 3,594 4.36% 5,475 6.64%
Office & administrative support 3,714 4.50% 10,226 12.40%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 112 0.14% 59 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,370 10.15% 229 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 4,560 5.53% 79 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 489 0.59% 15 0.02%
Construction trades 4,060 4.92% 64 0.08%
Extraction 11 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,810 4.62% 150 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,151 14.73% 2,791 3.38%
Production 5,898 7.15% 1,676 2.03%
Transportation & material moving: 6,253 7.58% 1,115 1.35%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 142 0.17% 84 0.10%
Aircraft & traffic control 331 0.40% 19 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 2,505 3.04% 281 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 569 0.69% 100 0.12%
Material moving 2,706 3.28% 631 0.76%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 43,721 53.00% 38,772 47.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 285 0.35% 115 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 224 0.27% 100 0.12%
Mining 61 0.07% 15 0.02%
Construction 4,765 5.78% 447 0.54%
Manufacturing 9,789 11.87% 2,777 3.37%
Wholesale trade 1,804 2.19% 648 0.79%
Retail trade 4,709 5.71% 6,221 7.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,814 8.26% 2,702 3.28%
Transportation & warehousing 5,591 6.78% 2,329 2.82%
Utilities 1,223 1.48% 373 0.45%
Information 742 0.90% 545 0.66%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,561 1.89% 2,651 3.21%
Finance & insurance 939 1.14% 2,222 2.69%
Real estate & rental & leasing 622 0.75% 429 0.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,021 3.66% 2,827 3.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,657 2.01% 1,726 2.09%
Management of companies & enterprises 33 0.04% 112 0.14%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,331 1.61% 989 1.20%
Educational, health & social services: 4,030 4.89% 13,063 15.84%
Educational services 2,138 2.59% 4,271 5.18%
Health care & social assistance 1,892 2.29% 8,792 10.66%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,897 3.51% 3,645 4.42%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 499 0.60% 306 0.37%
Accommodation & food services 2,398 2.91% 3,339 4.05%
Other services (except public administration) 1,956 2.37% 2,177 2.64%
Public administration 1,348 1.63% 954 1.16%

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

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