Smith 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 4,686 56.90% 3,550 43.10%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 865 10.50% 972 11.80%
Management, business, & financial operations: 528 6.41% 344 4.18%
Management, except farm managers 251 3.05% 165 2.00%
Farmers & farm managers 195 2.37% 26 0.32%
Business & financial operations: 82 1.00% 153 1.86%
Business operations specialists 53 0.64% 54 0.66%
Financial specialists 29 0.35% 99 1.20%
Professional & related occupations: 337 4.09% 628 7.63%
Computer & mathematical 42 0.51% 8 0.10%
Architecture & engineering: 85 1.03% 30 0.36%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 46 0.56% 17 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 39 0.47% 13 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 4 0.05% 2 0.02%
Community & social services 15 0.18% 38 0.46%
Legal 2 0.02% 26 0.32%
Education, training, & library 74 0.90% 158 1.92%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 30 0.36% 51 0.62%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 85 1.03% 315 3.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 77 0.93% 194 2.36%
Health technologists & technicians 8 0.10% 121 1.47%
Service occupations: 353 4.29% 565 6.86%
Healthcare support 17 0.21% 124 1.51%
Protective services: 114 1.38% 20 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 80 0.97% 20 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 34 0.41% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 84 1.02% 218 2.65%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 115 1.40% 60 0.73%
Personal care & service 23 0.28% 143 1.74%
Sales & office occupations: 497 6.03% 1,234 14.98%
Sales & related occupations 256 3.11% 334 4.06%
Office & administrative support 241 2.93% 900 10.93%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 118 1.43% 13 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,150 13.96% 31 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 688 8.35% 18 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 98 1.19% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 550 6.68% 18 0.22%
Extraction 40 0.49% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 462 5.61% 13 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,703 20.68% 735 8.92%
Production 1,004 12.19% 641 7.78%
Transportation & material moving: 699 8.49% 94 1.14%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 17 0.21% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 370 4.49% 41 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 13 0.16% 0 0.00%
Material moving 294 3.57% 53 0.64%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,686 56.90% 3,550 43.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 436 5.29% 48 0.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 307 3.73% 33 0.40%
Mining 129 1.57% 15 0.18%
Construction 821 9.97% 42 0.51%
Manufacturing 1,353 16.43% 855 10.38%
Wholesale trade 136 1.65% 83 1.01%
Retail trade 409 4.97% 432 5.25%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 517 6.28% 150 1.82%
Transportation & warehousing 396 4.81% 100 1.21%
Utilities 121 1.47% 50 0.61%
Information 31 0.38% 62 0.75%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 80 0.97% 248 3.01%
Finance & insurance 38 0.46% 202 2.45%
Real estate & rental & leasing 42 0.51% 46 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 154 1.87% 149 1.81%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 74 0.90% 90 1.09%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 80 0.97% 59 0.72%
Educational, health & social services: 270 3.28% 912 11.07%
Educational services 115 1.40% 249 3.02%
Health care & social assistance 155 1.88% 663 8.05%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 148 1.80% 270 3.28%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 32 0.39% 9 0.11%
Accommodation & food services 116 1.41% 261 3.17%
Other services (except public administration) 180 2.19% 131 1.59%
Public administration 151 1.83% 168 2.04%

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

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