Darlington 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 14,654 50.92% 14,125 49.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,793 9.70% 4,292 14.91%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,483 5.15% 1,309 4.55%
Management, except farm managers 870 3.02% 723 2.51%
Farmers & farm managers 191 0.66% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 422 1.47% 586 2.04%
Business operations specialists 227 0.79% 249 0.87%
Financial specialists 195 0.68% 337 1.17%
Professional & related occupations: 1,310 4.55% 2,983 10.37%
Computer & mathematical 123 0.43% 66 0.23%
Architecture & engineering: 292 1.01% 58 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 170 0.59% 27 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 122 0.42% 31 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 89 0.31% 55 0.19%
Community & social services 177 0.62% 266 0.92%
Legal 70 0.24% 89 0.31%
Education, training, & library 219 0.76% 1,184 4.11%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 116 0.40% 138 0.48%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 224 0.78% 1,127 3.92%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 155 0.54% 618 2.15%
Health technologists & technicians 69 0.24% 509 1.77%
Service occupations: 1,333 4.63% 2,934 10.19%
Healthcare support 72 0.25% 551 1.91%
Protective services: 416 1.45% 133 0.46%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 182 0.63% 61 0.21%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 234 0.81% 72 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 224 0.78% 991 3.44%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 531 1.85% 611 2.12%
Personal care & service 90 0.31% 648 2.25%
Sales & office occupations: 2,346 8.15% 4,680 16.26%
Sales & related occupations 1,412 4.91% 1,623 5.64%
Office & administrative support 934 3.25% 3,057 10.62%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 175 0.61% 74 0.26%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,892 10.05% 182 0.63%
Construction & extraction: 1,434 4.98% 66 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 169 0.59% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,265 4.40% 66 0.23%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,458 5.07% 116 0.40%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,115 17.77% 1,963 6.82%
Production 3,087 10.73% 1,555 5.40%
Transportation & material moving: 2,028 7.05% 408 1.42%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 75 0.26% 15 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,023 3.55% 227 0.79%
Rail, water & other transportation 60 0.21% 0 0.00%
Material moving 870 3.02% 166 0.58%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,654 50.92% 14,125 49.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 504 1.75% 154 0.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 496 1.72% 154 0.54%
Mining 8 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,443 5.01% 178 0.62%
Manufacturing 4,898 17.02% 2,504 8.70%
Wholesale trade 816 2.84% 299 1.04%
Retail trade 1,652 5.74% 1,703 5.92%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,293 4.49% 299 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 811 2.82% 184 0.64%
Utilities 482 1.67% 115 0.40%
Information 140 0.49% 144 0.50%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 515 1.79% 1,288 4.48%
Finance & insurance 406 1.41% 1,170 4.07%
Real estate & rental & leasing 109 0.38% 118 0.41%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 788 2.74% 620 2.15%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 215 0.75% 352 1.22%
Management of companies & enterprises 5 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 568 1.97% 268 0.93%
Educational, health & social services: 898 3.12% 4,283 14.88%
Educational services 443 1.54% 1,798 6.25%
Health care & social assistance 455 1.58% 2,485 8.63%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 482 1.67% 1,312 4.56%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 145 0.50% 108 0.38%
Accommodation & food services 337 1.17% 1,204 4.18%
Other services (except public administration) 707 2.46% 796 2.77%
Public administration 518 1.80% 545 1.89%

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

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