Clay 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 1,886 54.92% 1,548 45.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 288 8.39% 368 10.72%
Management, business, & financial operations: 162 4.72% 43 1.25%
Management, except farm managers 81 2.36% 18 0.52%
Farmers & farm managers 62 1.81% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 19 0.55% 25 0.73%
Business operations specialists 17 0.50% 11 0.32%
Financial specialists 2 0.06% 14 0.41%
Professional & related occupations: 126 3.67% 325 9.46%
Computer & mathematical 3 0.09% 9 0.26%
Architecture & engineering: 22 0.64% 12 0.35%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 8 0.23% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 14 0.41% 12 0.35%
Life, physical, & social science 3 0.09% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 22 0.64% 27 0.79%
Legal 6 0.17% 2 0.06%
Education, training, & library 32 0.93% 121 3.52%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 10 0.29% 7 0.20%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 28 0.82% 147 4.28%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 13 0.38% 85 2.48%
Health technologists & technicians 15 0.44% 62 1.81%
Service occupations: 88 2.56% 288 8.39%
Healthcare support 10 0.29% 56 1.63%
Protective services: 20 0.58% 9 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 18 0.52% 7 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2 0.06% 2 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 24 0.70% 99 2.88%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 34 0.99% 30 0.87%
Personal care & service 0 0.00% 94 2.74%
Sales & office occupations: 198 5.77% 447 13.02%
Sales & related occupations 89 2.59% 147 4.28%
Office & administrative support 109 3.17% 300 8.74%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 70 2.04% 12 0.35%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 459 13.37% 13 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 259 7.54% 0 0.00%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 59 1.72% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 196 5.71% 0 0.00%
Extraction 4 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 200 5.82% 13 0.38%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 783 22.80% 420 12.23%
Production 477 13.89% 381 11.09%
Transportation & material moving: 306 8.91% 39 1.14%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 185 5.39% 6 0.17%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Material moving 121 3.52% 33 0.96%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,886 54.92% 1,548 45.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 145 4.22% 12 0.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 135 3.93% 12 0.35%
Mining 10 0.29% 0 0.00%
Construction 256 7.45% 13 0.38%
Manufacturing 659 19.19% 490 14.27%
Wholesale trade 86 2.50% 13 0.38%
Retail trade 177 5.15% 184 5.36%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 143 4.16% 39 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 112 3.26% 39 1.14%
Utilities 31 0.90% 0 0.00%
Information 17 0.50% 9 0.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 7 0.20% 16 0.47%
Finance & insurance 2 0.06% 13 0.38%
Real estate & rental & leasing 5 0.15% 3 0.09%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 41 1.19% 22 0.64%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 10 0.29% 18 0.52%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 31 0.90% 4 0.12%
Educational, health & social services: 110 3.20% 515 15.00%
Educational services 76 2.21% 184 5.36%
Health care & social assistance 34 0.99% 331 9.64%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 35 1.02% 110 3.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 9 0.26% 9 0.26%
Accommodation & food services 26 0.76% 101 2.94%
Other services (except public administration) 134 3.90% 75 2.18%
Public administration 76 2.21% 50 1.46%

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

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