Benton 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 3,754 56.08% 2,940 43.92%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 566 8.46% 819 12.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 295 4.41% 206 3.08%
Management, except farm managers 221 3.30% 130 1.94%
Farmers & farm managers 42 0.63% 9 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 32 0.48% 67 1.00%
Business operations specialists 32 0.48% 18 0.27%
Financial specialists 0 0.00% 49 0.73%
Professional & related occupations: 271 4.05% 613 9.16%
Computer & mathematical 14 0.21% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 64 0.96% 6 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 58 0.87% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 6 0.09% 6 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 13 0.19% 4 0.06%
Community & social services 64 0.96% 44 0.66%
Legal 4 0.06% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 42 0.63% 289 4.32%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 25 0.37% 8 0.12%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 45 0.67% 262 3.91%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 21 0.31% 104 1.55%
Health technologists & technicians 24 0.36% 158 2.36%
Service occupations: 338 5.05% 701 10.47%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 195 2.91%
Protective services: 101 1.51% 24 0.36%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 76 1.14% 8 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 25 0.37% 16 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 90 1.34% 318 4.75%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 130 1.94% 84 1.25%
Personal care & service 17 0.25% 80 1.20%
Sales & office occupations: 347 5.18% 923 13.79%
Sales & related occupations 202 3.02% 342 5.11%
Office & administrative support 145 2.17% 581 8.68%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 87 1.30% 7 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 941 14.06% 56 0.84%
Construction & extraction: 515 7.69% 29 0.43%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 66 0.99% 4 0.06%
Construction trades 444 6.63% 25 0.37%
Extraction 5 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 426 6.36% 27 0.40%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,475 22.03% 434 6.48%
Production 771 11.52% 335 5.00%
Transportation & material moving: 704 10.52% 99 1.48%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4 0.06% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 474 7.08% 47 0.70%
Rail, water & other transportation 40 0.60% 0 0.00%
Material moving 186 2.78% 52 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,754 56.08% 2,940 43.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 207 3.09% 18 0.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 156 2.33% 12 0.18%
Mining 51 0.76% 6 0.09%
Construction 498 7.44% 31 0.46%
Manufacturing 1,183 17.67% 473 7.07%
Wholesale trade 135 2.02% 62 0.93%
Retail trade 287 4.29% 397 5.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 601 8.98% 79 1.18%
Transportation & warehousing 380 5.68% 74 1.11%
Utilities 221 3.30% 5 0.07%
Information 43 0.64% 79 1.18%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 26 0.39% 160 2.39%
Finance & insurance 5 0.07% 121 1.81%
Real estate & rental & leasing 21 0.31% 39 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 134 2.00% 129 1.93%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 40 0.60% 48 0.72%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 94 1.40% 81 1.21%
Educational, health & social services: 182 2.72% 1,036 15.48%
Educational services 92 1.37% 391 5.84%
Health care & social assistance 90 1.34% 645 9.64%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 161 2.41% 270 4.03%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 37 0.55% 2 0.03%
Accommodation & food services 124 1.85% 268 4.00%
Other services (except public administration) 159 2.38% 122 1.82%
Public administration 138 2.06% 84 1.25%

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

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