Lancaster 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 14,801 52.65% 13,309 47.35%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,232 7.94% 3,288 11.70%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,066 3.79% 1,015 3.61%
Management, except farm managers 683 2.43% 567 2.02%
Farmers & farm managers 71 0.25% 9 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 312 1.11% 439 1.56%
Business operations specialists 157 0.56% 226 0.80%
Financial specialists 155 0.55% 213 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 1,166 4.15% 2,273 8.09%
Computer & mathematical 128 0.46% 83 0.30%
Architecture & engineering: 257 0.91% 39 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 135 0.48% 21 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 122 0.43% 18 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 67 0.24% 25 0.09%
Community & social services 203 0.72% 168 0.60%
Legal 29 0.10% 92 0.33%
Education, training, & library 195 0.69% 978 3.48%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 115 0.41% 88 0.31%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 172 0.61% 800 2.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 117 0.42% 402 1.43%
Health technologists & technicians 55 0.20% 398 1.42%
Service occupations: 1,145 4.07% 1,870 6.65%
Healthcare support 18 0.06% 329 1.17%
Protective services: 370 1.32% 72 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 197 0.70% 39 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 173 0.62% 33 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 222 0.79% 657 2.34%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 404 1.44% 345 1.23%
Personal care & service 131 0.47% 467 1.66%
Sales & office occupations: 2,045 7.27% 4,897 17.42%
Sales & related occupations 1,017 3.62% 1,665 5.92%
Office & administrative support 1,028 3.66% 3,232 11.50%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 114 0.41% 5 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,243 15.09% 155 0.55%
Construction & extraction: 2,286 8.13% 34 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 320 1.14% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,950 6.94% 34 0.12%
Extraction 16 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,957 6.96% 121 0.43%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,022 17.87% 3,094 11.01%
Production 3,095 11.01% 2,582 9.19%
Transportation & material moving: 1,927 6.86% 512 1.82%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 22 0.08% 9 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 885 3.15% 89 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 41 0.15% 0 0.00%
Material moving 979 3.48% 414 1.47%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,801 52.65% 13,309 47.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 258 0.92% 46 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 224 0.80% 46 0.16%
Mining 34 0.12% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,521 8.97% 141 0.50%
Manufacturing 5,448 19.38% 3,659 13.02%
Wholesale trade 733 2.61% 445 1.58%
Retail trade 1,671 5.94% 1,899 6.76%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 746 2.65% 286 1.02%
Transportation & warehousing 529 1.88% 218 0.78%
Utilities 217 0.77% 68 0.24%
Information 232 0.83% 187 0.67%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 331 1.18% 1,017 3.62%
Finance & insurance 203 0.72% 874 3.11%
Real estate & rental & leasing 128 0.46% 143 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 710 2.53% 572 2.03%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 289 1.03% 303 1.08%
Management of companies & enterprises 20 0.07% 8 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 401 1.43% 261 0.93%
Educational, health & social services: 718 2.55% 3,221 11.46%
Educational services 422 1.50% 1,394 4.96%
Health care & social assistance 296 1.05% 1,827 6.50%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 474 1.69% 866 3.08%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 153 0.54% 126 0.45%
Accommodation & food services 321 1.14% 740 2.63%
Other services (except public administration) 571 2.03% 509 1.81%
Public administration 388 1.38% 461 1.64%

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

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