Aiken 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 33,879 53.14% 29,877 46.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,428 14.79% 10,228 16.04%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,802 5.96% 2,796 4.39%
Management, except farm managers 2,830 4.44% 1,652 2.59%
Farmers & farm managers 96 0.15% 52 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 876 1.37% 1,092 1.71%
Business operations specialists 479 0.75% 580 0.91%
Financial specialists 397 0.62% 512 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 5,626 8.82% 7,432 11.66%
Computer & mathematical 544 0.85% 358 0.56%
Architecture & engineering: 2,266 3.55% 414 0.65%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,003 3.14% 206 0.32%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 263 0.41% 208 0.33%
Life, physical, & social science 568 0.89% 200 0.31%
Community & social services 339 0.53% 536 0.84%
Legal 138 0.22% 208 0.33%
Education, training, & library 642 1.01% 2,704 4.24%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 394 0.62% 338 0.53%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 735 1.15% 2,674 4.19%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 529 0.83% 1,620 2.54%
Health technologists & technicians 206 0.32% 1,054 1.65%
Service occupations: 3,962 6.21% 5,374 8.43%
Healthcare support 95 0.15% 1,254 1.97%
Protective services: 1,111 1.74% 195 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 553 0.87% 81 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 558 0.88% 114 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 999 1.57% 1,813 2.84%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,464 2.30% 948 1.49%
Personal care & service 293 0.46% 1,164 1.83%
Sales & office occupations: 4,133 6.48% 10,323 16.19%
Sales & related occupations 2,376 3.73% 3,506 5.50%
Office & administrative support 1,757 2.76% 6,817 10.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 386 0.61% 68 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,569 11.87% 348 0.55%
Construction & extraction: 4,042 6.34% 148 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 525 0.82% 31 0.05%
Construction trades 3,445 5.40% 117 0.18%
Extraction 72 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,527 5.53% 200 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,401 13.18% 3,536 5.55%
Production 5,011 7.86% 2,798 4.39%
Transportation & material moving: 3,390 5.32% 738 1.16%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 98 0.15% 14 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 15 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,588 2.49% 261 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 126 0.20% 10 0.02%
Material moving 1,563 2.45% 453 0.71%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 33,879 53.14% 29,877 46.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 809 1.27% 237 0.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 617 0.97% 231 0.36%
Mining 192 0.30% 6 0.01%
Construction 4,644 7.28% 643 1.01%
Manufacturing 7,669 12.03% 3,505 5.50%
Wholesale trade 1,030 1.62% 371 0.58%
Retail trade 3,047 4.78% 4,099 6.43%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,472 8.58% 1,862 2.92%
Transportation & warehousing 1,256 1.97% 356 0.56%
Utilities 4,216 6.61% 1,506 2.36%
Information 391 0.61% 423 0.66%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 777 1.22% 1,467 2.30%
Finance & insurance 376 0.59% 1,138 1.78%
Real estate & rental & leasing 401 0.63% 329 0.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,024 4.74% 2,030 3.18%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,234 1.94% 1,039 1.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 3 0.00% 6 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,787 2.80% 985 1.54%
Educational, health & social services: 2,339 3.67% 10,180 15.97%
Educational services 1,163 1.82% 4,100 6.43%
Health care & social assistance 1,176 1.84% 6,080 9.54%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,924 3.02% 2,561 4.02%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 598 0.94% 318 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 1,326 2.08% 2,243 3.52%
Other services (except public administration) 1,341 2.10% 1,295 2.03%
Public administration 1,412 2.21% 1,204 1.89%

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

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