Deaf 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 4,196 58.92% 2,926 41.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 893 12.54% 991 13.91%
Management, business, & financial operations: 643 9.03% 237 3.33%
Management, except farm managers 218 3.06% 101 1.42%
Farmers & farm managers 368 5.17% 43 0.60%
Business & financial operations: 57 0.80% 93 1.31%
Business operations specialists 27 0.38% 51 0.72%
Financial specialists 30 0.42% 42 0.59%
Professional & related occupations: 250 3.51% 754 10.59%
Computer & mathematical 32 0.45% 9 0.13%
Architecture & engineering: 19 0.27% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5 0.07% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 14 0.20% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 0 0.00% 10 0.14%
Community & social services 62 0.87% 107 1.50%
Legal 9 0.13% 13 0.18%
Education, training, & library 40 0.56% 357 5.01%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 43 0.60% 27 0.38%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 45 0.63% 231 3.24%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 29 0.41% 138 1.94%
Health technologists & technicians 16 0.22% 93 1.31%
Service occupations: 362 5.08% 823 11.56%
Healthcare support 34 0.48% 190 2.67%
Protective services: 85 1.19% 45 0.63%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 57 0.80% 25 0.35%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 28 0.39% 20 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 117 1.64% 274 3.85%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 110 1.54% 130 1.83%
Personal care & service 16 0.22% 184 2.58%
Sales & office occupations: 535 7.51% 888 12.47%
Sales & related occupations 378 5.31% 313 4.39%
Office & administrative support 157 2.20% 575 8.07%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 341 4.79% 44 0.62%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 705 9.90% 14 0.20%
Construction & extraction: 312 4.38% 0 0.00%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 54 0.76% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 249 3.50% 0 0.00%
Extraction 9 0.13% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 393 5.52% 14 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,360 19.10% 166 2.33%
Production 669 9.39% 134 1.88%
Transportation & material moving: 691 9.70% 32 0.45%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.32% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 350 4.91% 19 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 11 0.15% 0 0.00%
Material moving 307 4.31% 13 0.18%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,196 58.92% 2,926 41.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 852 11.96% 152 2.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 836 11.74% 152 2.13%
Mining 16 0.22% 0 0.00%
Construction 361 5.07% 6 0.08%
Manufacturing 923 12.96% 183 2.57%
Wholesale trade 251 3.52% 44 0.62%
Retail trade 386 5.42% 296 4.16%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 376 5.28% 40 0.56%
Transportation & warehousing 303 4.25% 22 0.31%
Utilities 73 1.02% 18 0.25%
Information 116 1.63% 20 0.28%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 102 1.43% 152 2.13%
Finance & insurance 68 0.95% 145 2.04%
Real estate & rental & leasing 34 0.48% 7 0.10%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 133 1.87% 101 1.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 58 0.81% 64 0.90%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 75 1.05% 37 0.52%
Educational, health & social services: 176 2.47% 1,283 18.01%
Educational services 96 1.35% 631 8.86%
Health care & social assistance 80 1.12% 652 9.15%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 182 2.56% 273 3.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 44 0.62% 18 0.25%
Accommodation & food services 138 1.94% 255 3.58%
Other services (except public administration) 260 3.65% 248 3.48%
Public administration 78 1.10% 128 1.80%

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

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