Galveston 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 61,131 53.52% 53,090 46.48%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 20,075 17.58% 20,877 18.28%
Management, business, & financial operations: 8,539 7.48% 6,217 5.44%
Management, except farm managers 6,616 5.79% 3,783 3.31%
Farmers & farm managers 117 0.10% 42 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 1,806 1.58% 2,392 2.09%
Business operations specialists 1,010 0.88% 1,237 1.08%
Financial specialists 796 0.70% 1,155 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 11,536 10.10% 14,660 12.83%
Computer & mathematical 1,785 1.56% 777 0.68%
Architecture & engineering: 3,382 2.96% 625 0.55%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,581 2.26% 457 0.40%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 801 0.70% 168 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 1,052 0.92% 593 0.52%
Community & social services 580 0.51% 871 0.76%
Legal 431 0.38% 500 0.44%
Education, training, & library 1,651 1.45% 5,363 4.70%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 861 0.75% 702 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,794 1.57% 5,229 4.58%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,355 1.19% 3,557 3.11%
Health technologists & technicians 439 0.38% 1,672 1.46%
Service occupations: 7,844 6.87% 10,169 8.90%
Healthcare support 218 0.19% 1,893 1.66%
Protective services: 2,097 1.84% 723 0.63%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,415 1.24% 354 0.31%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 682 0.60% 369 0.32%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,585 2.26% 3,472 3.04%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,464 2.16% 1,901 1.66%
Personal care & service 480 0.42% 2,180 1.91%
Sales & office occupations: 9,450 8.27% 19,542 17.11%
Sales & related occupations 6,232 5.46% 6,659 5.83%
Office & administrative support 3,218 2.82% 12,883 11.28%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 443 0.39% 60 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,423 10.88% 426 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 7,402 6.48% 234 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 963 0.84% 25 0.02%
Construction trades 6,330 5.54% 209 0.18%
Extraction 109 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,021 4.40% 192 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,896 9.54% 2,016 1.76%
Production 6,113 5.35% 1,160 1.02%
Transportation & material moving: 4,783 4.19% 856 0.75%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 152 0.13% 35 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 341 0.30% 60 0.05%
Motor vehicle operators 1,827 1.60% 478 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 784 0.69% 50 0.04%
Material moving 1,679 1.47% 233 0.20%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 61,131 53.52% 53,090 46.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,464 1.28% 301 0.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 508 0.44% 112 0.10%
Mining 956 0.84% 189 0.17%
Construction 7,955 6.96% 976 0.85%
Manufacturing 11,255 9.85% 2,944 2.58%
Wholesale trade 2,479 2.17% 757 0.66%
Retail trade 5,763 5.05% 6,187 5.42%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,684 4.10% 1,503 1.32%
Transportation & warehousing 3,648 3.19% 1,231 1.08%
Utilities 1,036 0.91% 272 0.24%
Information 1,189 1.04% 823 0.72%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,441 2.14% 4,622 4.05%
Finance & insurance 1,412 1.24% 3,560 3.12%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,029 0.90% 1,062 0.93%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,876 5.14% 4,124 3.61%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,552 3.11% 2,671 2.34%
Management of companies & enterprises 34 0.03% 7 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,290 2.00% 1,446 1.27%
Educational, health & social services: 6,862 6.01% 20,615 18.05%
Educational services 3,278 2.87% 8,703 7.62%
Health care & social assistance 3,584 3.14% 11,912 10.43%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,777 4.18% 5,163 4.52%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 978 0.86% 749 0.66%
Accommodation & food services 3,799 3.33% 4,414 3.86%
Other services (except public administration) 2,764 2.42% 2,450 2.14%
Public administration 3,622 3.17% 2,625 2.30%

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

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