York 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 43,485 53.37% 37,991 46.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 11,257 13.82% 12,843 15.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,097 7.48% 4,009 4.92%
Management, except farm managers 4,631 5.68% 2,336 2.87%
Farmers & farm managers 119 0.15% 19 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 1,347 1.65% 1,654 2.03%
Business operations specialists 685 0.84% 672 0.82%
Financial specialists 662 0.81% 982 1.21%
Professional & related occupations: 5,160 6.33% 8,834 10.84%
Computer & mathematical 884 1.08% 674 0.83%
Architecture & engineering: 1,438 1.76% 253 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 997 1.22% 118 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 441 0.54% 135 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 317 0.39% 185 0.23%
Community & social services 425 0.52% 678 0.83%
Legal 154 0.19% 291 0.36%
Education, training, & library 853 1.05% 3,666 4.50%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 470 0.58% 637 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 619 0.76% 2,450 3.01%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 473 0.58% 1,527 1.87%
Health technologists & technicians 146 0.18% 923 1.13%
Service occupations: 4,060 4.98% 6,078 7.46%
Healthcare support 90 0.11% 926 1.14%
Protective services: 1,132 1.39% 174 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 607 0.75% 40 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 525 0.64% 134 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,198 1.47% 2,250 2.76%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,336 1.64% 857 1.05%
Personal care & service 304 0.37% 1,871 2.30%
Sales & office occupations: 7,517 9.23% 13,919 17.08%
Sales & related occupations 4,540 5.57% 4,710 5.78%
Office & administrative support 2,977 3.65% 9,209 11.30%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 226 0.28% 68 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,172 11.26% 338 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 4,842 5.94% 172 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 687 0.84% 23 0.03%
Construction trades 4,130 5.07% 149 0.18%
Extraction 25 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,330 5.31% 166 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,253 13.81% 4,745 5.82%
Production 6,541 8.03% 3,775 4.63%
Transportation & material moving: 4,712 5.78% 970 1.19%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 178 0.22% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 167 0.20% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,051 2.52% 245 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 92 0.11% 13 0.02%
Material moving 2,224 2.73% 712 0.87%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 43,485 53.37% 37,991 46.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 406 0.50% 90 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 372 0.46% 90 0.11%
Mining 34 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 5,769 7.08% 668 0.82%
Manufacturing 11,897 14.60% 5,578 6.85%
Wholesale trade 2,763 3.39% 1,542 1.89%
Retail trade 4,631 5.68% 5,227 6.42%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,847 4.72% 1,231 1.51%
Transportation & warehousing 2,279 2.80% 911 1.12%
Utilities 1,568 1.92% 320 0.39%
Information 1,096 1.35% 1,033 1.27%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,878 2.30% 2,963 3.64%
Finance & insurance 1,343 1.65% 2,328 2.86%
Real estate & rental & leasing 535 0.66% 635 0.78%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,231 3.97% 2,678 3.29%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,643 2.02% 1,572 1.93%
Management of companies & enterprises 15 0.02% 30 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,573 1.93% 1,076 1.32%
Educational, health & social services: 2,573 3.16% 10,494 12.88%
Educational services 1,431 1.76% 4,964 6.09%
Health care & social assistance 1,142 1.40% 5,530 6.79%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,343 2.88% 3,559 4.37%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 648 0.80% 875 1.07%
Accommodation & food services 1,695 2.08% 2,684 3.29%
Other services (except public administration) 1,925 2.36% 1,912 2.35%
Public administration 1,126 1.38% 1,016 1.25%

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

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