Grainger 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 5,128 57.38% 3,809 42.62%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 745 8.34% 863 9.66%
Management, business, & financial operations: 408 4.57% 228 2.55%
Management, except farm managers 208 2.33% 139 1.56%
Farmers & farm managers 142 1.59% 32 0.36%
Business & financial operations: 58 0.65% 57 0.64%
Business operations specialists 32 0.36% 36 0.40%
Financial specialists 26 0.29% 21 0.23%
Professional & related occupations: 337 3.77% 635 7.11%
Computer & mathematical 31 0.35% 14 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 30 0.34% 35 0.39%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 24 0.27% 14 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 6 0.07% 21 0.23%
Life, physical, & social science 34 0.38% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 13 0.15% 45 0.50%
Legal 11 0.12% 22 0.25%
Education, training, & library 139 1.56% 278 3.11%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 11 0.12% 21 0.23%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 68 0.76% 220 2.46%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 55 0.62% 113 1.26%
Health technologists & technicians 13 0.15% 107 1.20%
Service occupations: 296 3.31% 697 7.80%
Healthcare support 16 0.18% 133 1.49%
Protective services: 69 0.77% 5 0.06%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 27 0.30% 2 0.02%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 42 0.47% 3 0.03%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 53 0.59% 244 2.73%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 108 1.21% 174 1.95%
Personal care & service 50 0.56% 141 1.58%
Sales & office occupations: 610 6.83% 1,209 13.53%
Sales & related occupations 383 4.29% 403 4.51%
Office & administrative support 227 2.54% 806 9.02%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 157 1.76% 36 0.40%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,269 14.20% 46 0.51%
Construction & extraction: 707 7.91% 26 0.29%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 104 1.16% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 561 6.28% 26 0.29%
Extraction 42 0.47% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 562 6.29% 20 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,051 22.95% 958 10.72%
Production 1,218 13.63% 836 9.35%
Transportation & material moving: 833 9.32% 122 1.37%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 34 0.38% 9 0.10%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 482 5.39% 29 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 6 0.07% 6 0.07%
Material moving 311 3.48% 78 0.87%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,128 57.38% 3,809 42.62%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 468 5.24% 60 0.67%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 324 3.63% 60 0.67%
Mining 144 1.61% 0 0.00%
Construction 711 7.96% 59 0.66%
Manufacturing 1,770 19.81% 1,025 11.47%
Wholesale trade 204 2.28% 88 0.98%
Retail trade 460 5.15% 538 6.02%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 511 5.72% 114 1.28%
Transportation & warehousing 413 4.62% 105 1.17%
Utilities 98 1.10% 9 0.10%
Information 52 0.58% 22 0.25%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 51 0.57% 184 2.06%
Finance & insurance 46 0.51% 135 1.51%
Real estate & rental & leasing 5 0.06% 49 0.55%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 156 1.75% 137 1.53%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 51 0.57% 51 0.57%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 105 1.17% 86 0.96%
Educational, health & social services: 359 4.02% 1,079 12.07%
Educational services 257 2.88% 474 5.30%
Health care & social assistance 102 1.14% 605 6.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 127 1.42% 288 3.22%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 13 0.15% 23 0.26%
Accommodation & food services 114 1.28% 265 2.97%
Other services (except public administration) 189 2.11% 139 1.56%
Public administration 70 0.78% 76 0.85%

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

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