Newberry 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 8,110 51.14% 7,747 48.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,576 9.94% 2,185 13.78%
Management, business, & financial operations: 805 5.08% 687 4.33%
Management, except farm managers 533 3.36% 356 2.25%
Farmers & farm managers 97 0.61% 19 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 175 1.10% 312 1.97%
Business operations specialists 128 0.81% 121 0.76%
Financial specialists 47 0.30% 191 1.20%
Professional & related occupations: 771 4.86% 1,498 9.45%
Computer & mathematical 56 0.35% 85 0.54%
Architecture & engineering: 169 1.07% 47 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 101 0.64% 13 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 68 0.43% 34 0.21%
Life, physical, & social science 98 0.62% 49 0.31%
Community & social services 114 0.72% 186 1.17%
Legal 12 0.08% 19 0.12%
Education, training, & library 157 0.99% 573 3.61%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 44 0.28% 30 0.19%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 121 0.76% 509 3.21%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 79 0.50% 242 1.53%
Health technologists & technicians 42 0.26% 267 1.68%
Service occupations: 831 5.24% 1,258 7.93%
Healthcare support 47 0.30% 305 1.92%
Protective services: 221 1.39% 64 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 176 1.11% 49 0.31%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 45 0.28% 15 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 154 0.97% 411 2.59%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 327 2.06% 217 1.37%
Personal care & service 82 0.52% 261 1.65%
Sales & office occupations: 1,080 6.81% 2,780 17.53%
Sales & related occupations 606 3.82% 1,001 6.31%
Office & administrative support 474 2.99% 1,779 11.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 283 1.78% 54 0.34%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,799 11.35% 103 0.65%
Construction & extraction: 868 5.47% 35 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 145 0.91% 9 0.06%
Construction trades 718 4.53% 26 0.16%
Extraction 5 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 931 5.87% 68 0.43%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,541 16.02% 1,367 8.62%
Production 1,678 10.58% 1,078 6.80%
Transportation & material moving: 863 5.44% 289 1.82%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 27 0.17% 4 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 399 2.52% 114 0.72%
Rail, water & other transportation 11 0.07% 10 0.06%
Material moving 426 2.69% 161 1.02%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,110 51.14% 7,747 48.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 506 3.19% 110 0.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 501 3.16% 102 0.64%
Mining 5 0.03% 8 0.05%
Construction 1,007 6.35% 83 0.52%
Manufacturing 2,534 15.98% 1,519 9.58%
Wholesale trade 249 1.57% 246 1.55%
Retail trade 807 5.09% 942 5.94%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 657 4.14% 294 1.85%
Transportation & warehousing 331 2.09% 191 1.20%
Utilities 326 2.06% 103 0.65%
Information 129 0.81% 122 0.77%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 243 1.53% 425 2.68%
Finance & insurance 161 1.02% 309 1.95%
Real estate & rental & leasing 82 0.52% 116 0.73%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 311 1.96% 373 2.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 98 0.62% 236 1.49%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 207 1.31% 137 0.86%
Educational, health & social services: 592 3.73% 2,223 14.02%
Educational services 295 1.86% 890 5.61%
Health care & social assistance 297 1.87% 1,333 8.41%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 248 1.56% 499 3.15%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 48 0.30% 50 0.32%
Accommodation & food services 200 1.26% 449 2.83%
Other services (except public administration) 337 2.13% 361 2.28%
Public administration 490 3.09% 550 3.47%

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

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