Williamson 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 36,665 55.92% 28,897 44.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 17,296 26.38% 12,882 19.65%
Management, business, & financial operations: 10,070 15.36% 4,834 7.37%
Management, except farm managers 7,248 11.06% 2,877 4.39%
Farmers & farm managers 235 0.36% 28 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 2,587 3.95% 1,929 2.94%
Business operations specialists 1,089 1.66% 950 1.45%
Financial specialists 1,498 2.28% 979 1.49%
Professional & related occupations: 7,226 11.02% 8,048 12.28%
Computer & mathematical 1,184 1.81% 511 0.78%
Architecture & engineering: 1,222 1.86% 163 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,078 1.64% 86 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 144 0.22% 77 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 321 0.49% 173 0.26%
Community & social services 393 0.60% 418 0.64%
Legal 651 0.99% 421 0.64%
Education, training, & library 695 1.06% 3,173 4.84%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,560 2.38% 873 1.33%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,200 1.83% 2,316 3.53%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,118 1.71% 1,881 2.87%
Health technologists & technicians 82 0.13% 435 0.66%
Service occupations: 2,793 4.26% 3,547 5.41%
Healthcare support 94 0.14% 450 0.69%
Protective services: 523 0.80% 146 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 334 0.51% 42 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 189 0.29% 104 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 964 1.47% 1,221 1.86%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 873 1.33% 488 0.74%
Personal care & service 339 0.52% 1,242 1.89%
Sales & office occupations: 7,487 11.42% 10,812 16.49%
Sales & related occupations 5,613 8.56% 4,222 6.44%
Office & administrative support 1,874 2.86% 6,590 10.05%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 186 0.28% 18 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,279 6.53% 191 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 2,696 4.11% 77 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 550 0.84% 22 0.03%
Construction trades 2,139 3.26% 55 0.08%
Extraction 7 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,583 2.41% 114 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,624 7.05% 1,447 2.21%
Production 2,596 3.96% 1,192 1.82%
Transportation & material moving: 2,028 3.09% 255 0.39%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 114 0.17% 9 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 144 0.22% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 814 1.24% 129 0.20%
Rail, water & other transportation 99 0.15% 9 0.01%
Material moving 857 1.31% 108 0.16%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 36,665 55.92% 28,897 44.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 505 0.77% 122 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 462 0.70% 122 0.19%
Mining 43 0.07% 0 0.00%
Construction 3,721 5.68% 488 0.74%
Manufacturing 5,954 9.08% 1,919 2.93%
Wholesale trade 2,133 3.25% 696 1.06%
Retail trade 3,924 5.99% 3,740 5.70%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,665 2.54% 390 0.59%
Transportation & warehousing 1,389 2.12% 306 0.47%
Utilities 276 0.42% 84 0.13%
Information 2,146 3.27% 1,409 2.15%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,753 5.72% 3,583 5.47%
Finance & insurance 2,913 4.44% 2,818 4.30%
Real estate & rental & leasing 840 1.28% 765 1.17%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,394 6.70% 2,852 4.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,145 4.80% 2,103 3.21%
Management of companies & enterprises 41 0.06% 54 0.08%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,208 1.84% 695 1.06%
Educational, health & social services: 3,416 5.21% 8,608 13.13%
Educational services 1,163 1.77% 3,761 5.74%
Health care & social assistance 2,253 3.44% 4,847 7.39%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,592 3.95% 2,194 3.35%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,183 1.80% 600 0.92%
Accommodation & food services 1,409 2.15% 1,594 2.43%
Other services (except public administration) 1,479 2.26% 1,926 2.94%
Public administration 983 1.50% 970 1.48%

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

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