Beaufort 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 25,323 52.91% 22,539 47.09%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,645 15.97% 7,809 16.32%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,403 9.20% 2,709 5.66%
Management, except farm managers 3,428 7.16% 1,874 3.92%
Farmers & farm managers 65 0.14% 18 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 910 1.90% 817 1.71%
Business operations specialists 426 0.89% 326 0.68%
Financial specialists 484 1.01% 491 1.03%
Professional & related occupations: 3,242 6.77% 5,100 10.66%
Computer & mathematical 212 0.44% 163 0.34%
Architecture & engineering: 514 1.07% 60 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 324 0.68% 26 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 190 0.40% 34 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 157 0.33% 73 0.15%
Community & social services 191 0.40% 308 0.64%
Legal 226 0.47% 325 0.68%
Education, training, & library 567 1.18% 2,067 4.32%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 721 1.51% 434 0.91%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 654 1.37% 1,670 3.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 541 1.13% 1,117 2.33%
Health technologists & technicians 113 0.24% 553 1.16%
Service occupations: 4,492 9.39% 4,593 9.60%
Healthcare support 84 0.18% 635 1.33%
Protective services: 1,094 2.29% 105 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 796 1.66% 56 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 298 0.62% 49 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,243 2.60% 1,827 3.82%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,636 3.42% 913 1.91%
Personal care & service 435 0.91% 1,113 2.33%
Sales & office occupations: 4,092 8.55% 8,650 18.07%
Sales & related occupations 3,071 6.42% 3,786 7.91%
Office & administrative support 1,021 2.13% 4,864 10.16%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 282 0.59% 43 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,078 12.70% 323 0.67%
Construction & extraction: 4,582 9.57% 165 0.34%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 626 1.31% 21 0.04%
Construction trades 3,943 8.24% 132 0.28%
Extraction 13 0.03% 12 0.03%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,496 3.13% 158 0.33%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,734 5.71% 1,121 2.34%
Production 1,230 2.57% 808 1.69%
Transportation & material moving: 1,504 3.14% 313 0.65%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 38 0.08% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 70 0.15% 6 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 729 1.52% 166 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 150 0.31% 35 0.07%
Material moving 517 1.08% 106 0.22%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 25,323 52.91% 22,539 47.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 363 0.76% 82 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 350 0.73% 82 0.17%
Mining 13 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 5,814 12.15% 694 1.45%
Manufacturing 1,387 2.90% 771 1.61%
Wholesale trade 916 1.91% 233 0.49%
Retail trade 2,780 5.81% 3,671 7.67%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,284 2.68% 414 0.86%
Transportation & warehousing 938 1.96% 240 0.50%
Utilities 346 0.72% 174 0.36%
Information 700 1.46% 603 1.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,481 3.09% 2,271 4.74%
Finance & insurance 558 1.17% 1,052 2.20%
Real estate & rental & leasing 923 1.93% 1,219 2.55%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,568 5.37% 1,970 4.12%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,242 2.59% 1,268 2.65%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,320 2.76% 702 1.47%
Educational, health & social services: 1,923 4.02% 6,226 13.01%
Educational services 933 1.95% 2,760 5.77%
Health care & social assistance 990 2.07% 3,466 7.24%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,463 7.24% 3,308 6.91%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,301 2.72% 716 1.50%
Accommodation & food services 2,162 4.52% 2,592 5.42%
Other services (except public administration) 897 1.87% 1,293 2.70%
Public administration 1,747 3.65% 1,003 2.10%

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

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