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Henderson County

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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 16,395 55.40% 13,199 44.60%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,343 11.30% 3,916 13.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,798 6.08% 990 3.35%
Management, except farm managers 1,208 4.08% 552 1.87%
Farmers & farm managers 236 0.80% 40 0.14%
Business & financial operations: 354 1.20% 398 1.34%
Business operations specialists 209 0.71% 173 0.58%
Financial specialists 145 0.49% 225 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 1,545 5.22% 2,926 9.89%
Computer & mathematical 173 0.58% 42 0.14%
Architecture & engineering: 230 0.78% 30 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 155 0.52% 8 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 75 0.25% 22 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 58 0.20% 38 0.13%
Community & social services 258 0.87% 162 0.55%
Legal 75 0.25% 119 0.40%
Education, training, & library 341 1.15% 1,324 4.47%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 112 0.38% 164 0.55%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 298 1.01% 1,047 3.54%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 200 0.68% 610 2.06%
Health technologists & technicians 98 0.33% 437 1.48%
Service occupations: 1,786 6.04% 2,912 9.84%
Healthcare support 38 0.13% 651 2.20%
Protective services: 561 1.90% 124 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 421 1.42% 76 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 140 0.47% 48 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 384 1.30% 1,036 3.50%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 665 2.25% 463 1.56%
Personal care & service 138 0.47% 638 2.16%
Sales & office occupations: 2,469 8.34% 5,044 17.04%
Sales & related occupations 1,712 5.78% 1,915 6.47%
Office & administrative support 757 2.56% 3,129 10.57%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 271 0.92% 8 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,826 16.31% 111 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 3,004 10.15% 66 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 345 1.17% 3 0.01%
Construction trades 2,587 8.74% 63 0.21%
Extraction 72 0.24% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,822 6.16% 45 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,700 12.50% 1,208 4.08%
Production 1,782 6.02% 953 3.22%
Transportation & material moving: 1,918 6.48% 255 0.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 42 0.14% 20 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 26 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,092 3.69% 91 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 76 0.26% 2 0.01%
Material moving 682 2.30% 142 0.48%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 16,395 55.40% 13,199 44.60%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 827 2.79% 149 0.50%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 561 1.90% 110 0.37%
Mining 266 0.90% 39 0.13%
Construction 3,336 11.27% 212 0.72%
Manufacturing 2,395 8.09% 1,216 4.11%
Wholesale trade 659 2.23% 116 0.39%
Retail trade 2,014 6.81% 2,146 7.25%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,645 5.56% 276 0.93%
Transportation & warehousing 1,132 3.83% 201 0.68%
Utilities 513 1.73% 75 0.25%
Information 380 1.28% 276 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 502 1.70% 1,083 3.66%
Finance & insurance 214 0.72% 745 2.52%
Real estate & rental & leasing 288 0.97% 338 1.14%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 930 3.14% 792 2.68%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 350 1.18% 544 1.84%
Management of companies & enterprises 9 0.03% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 571 1.93% 248 0.84%
Educational, health & social services: 1,216 4.11% 4,308 14.56%
Educational services 770 2.60% 1,766 5.97%
Health care & social assistance 446 1.51% 2,542 8.59%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 634 2.14% 1,208 4.08%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 131 0.44% 130 0.44%
Accommodation & food services 503 1.70% 1,078 3.64%
Other services (except public administration) 1,123 3.79% 863 2.92%
Public administration 734 2.48% 554 1.87%

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

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