Marion 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 7,031 49.87% 7,069 50.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,129 8.01% 1,949 13.82%
Management, business, & financial operations: 610 4.33% 557 3.95%
Management, except farm managers 349 2.48% 310 2.20%
Farmers & farm managers 112 0.79% 11 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 149 1.06% 236 1.67%
Business operations specialists 80 0.57% 119 0.84%
Financial specialists 69 0.49% 117 0.83%
Professional & related occupations: 519 3.68% 1,392 9.87%
Computer & mathematical 41 0.29% 21 0.15%
Architecture & engineering: 95 0.67% 40 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 26 0.18% 18 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 69 0.49% 22 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 64 0.45% 25 0.18%
Community & social services 69 0.49% 131 0.93%
Legal 17 0.12% 9 0.06%
Education, training, & library 92 0.65% 644 4.57%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 20 0.14% 45 0.32%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 121 0.86% 477 3.38%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 68 0.48% 274 1.94%
Health technologists & technicians 53 0.38% 203 1.44%
Service occupations: 831 5.89% 1,239 8.79%
Healthcare support 27 0.19% 313 2.22%
Protective services: 163 1.16% 52 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 84 0.60% 29 0.21%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 79 0.56% 23 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 191 1.35% 360 2.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 384 2.72% 240 1.70%
Personal care & service 66 0.47% 274 1.94%
Sales & office occupations: 933 6.62% 2,108 14.95%
Sales & related occupations 541 3.84% 795 5.64%
Office & administrative support 392 2.78% 1,313 9.31%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 187 1.33% 34 0.24%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,438 10.20% 46 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 751 5.33% 19 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 67 0.48% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 679 4.82% 17 0.12%
Extraction 5 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 687 4.87% 27 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,513 17.82% 1,693 12.01%
Production 1,489 10.56% 1,431 10.15%
Transportation & material moving: 1,024 7.26% 262 1.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 11 0.08% 4 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 516 3.66% 53 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 40 0.28% 0 0.00%
Material moving 452 3.21% 205 1.45%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,031 49.87% 7,069 50.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 320 2.27% 51 0.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 320 2.27% 51 0.36%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 908 6.44% 79 0.56%
Manufacturing 2,275 16.13% 1,898 13.46%
Wholesale trade 280 1.99% 116 0.82%
Retail trade 691 4.90% 847 6.01%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 471 3.34% 87 0.62%
Transportation & warehousing 375 2.66% 68 0.48%
Utilities 96 0.68% 19 0.13%
Information 93 0.66% 42 0.30%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 247 1.75% 341 2.42%
Finance & insurance 174 1.23% 308 2.18%
Real estate & rental & leasing 73 0.52% 33 0.23%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 324 2.30% 207 1.47%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 37 0.26% 125 0.89%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 281 1.99% 82 0.58%
Educational, health & social services: 525 3.72% 2,250 15.96%
Educational services 252 1.79% 878 6.23%
Health care & social assistance 273 1.94% 1,372 9.73%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 369 2.62% 553 3.92%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 89 0.63% 60 0.43%
Accommodation & food services 280 1.99% 493 3.50%
Other services (except public administration) 314 2.23% 281 1.99%
Public administration 214 1.52% 317 2.25%

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

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