Lamar 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 10,887 53.33% 9,529 46.67%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,367 11.59% 3,137 15.37%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,231 6.03% 705 3.45%
Management, except farm managers 812 3.98% 428 2.10%
Farmers & farm managers 242 1.19% 4 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 177 0.87% 273 1.34%
Business operations specialists 140 0.69% 122 0.60%
Financial specialists 37 0.18% 151 0.74%
Professional & related occupations: 1,136 5.56% 2,432 11.91%
Computer & mathematical 41 0.20% 10 0.05%
Architecture & engineering: 221 1.08% 44 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 145 0.71% 24 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 76 0.37% 20 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 30 0.15% 8 0.04%
Community & social services 148 0.72% 190 0.93%
Legal 52 0.25% 30 0.15%
Education, training, & library 231 1.13% 958 4.69%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 116 0.57% 100 0.49%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 297 1.45% 1,092 5.35%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 229 1.12% 672 3.29%
Health technologists & technicians 68 0.33% 420 2.06%
Service occupations: 1,341 6.57% 2,132 10.44%
Healthcare support 80 0.39% 644 3.15%
Protective services: 341 1.67% 35 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 283 1.39% 9 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 58 0.28% 26 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 424 2.08% 637 3.12%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 422 2.07% 321 1.57%
Personal care & service 74 0.36% 495 2.42%
Sales & office occupations: 1,679 8.22% 3,428 16.79%
Sales & related occupations 1,127 5.52% 1,221 5.98%
Office & administrative support 552 2.70% 2,207 10.81%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 139 0.68% 23 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,207 10.81% 72 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 1,312 6.43% 24 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 235 1.15% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,067 5.23% 24 0.12%
Extraction 10 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 895 4.38% 48 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,154 15.45% 737 3.61%
Production 1,533 7.51% 503 2.46%
Transportation & material moving: 1,621 7.94% 234 1.15%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 25 0.12% 9 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 10 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 883 4.33% 63 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 17 0.08% 0 0.00%
Material moving 686 3.36% 162 0.79%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 10,887 53.33% 9,529 46.67%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 426 2.09% 55 0.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 403 1.97% 45 0.22%
Mining 23 0.11% 10 0.05%
Construction 1,555 7.62% 97 0.48%
Manufacturing 2,690 13.18% 831 4.07%
Wholesale trade 431 2.11% 94 0.46%
Retail trade 1,239 6.07% 1,390 6.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 962 4.71% 250 1.22%
Transportation & warehousing 699 3.42% 190 0.93%
Utilities 263 1.29% 60 0.29%
Information 296 1.45% 175 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 272 1.33% 690 3.38%
Finance & insurance 131 0.64% 569 2.79%
Real estate & rental & leasing 141 0.69% 121 0.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 460 2.25% 359 1.76%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 154 0.75% 242 1.19%
Management of companies & enterprises 9 0.04% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 297 1.45% 117 0.57%
Educational, health & social services: 923 4.52% 3,882 19.01%
Educational services 409 2.00% 1,426 6.98%
Health care & social assistance 514 2.52% 2,456 12.03%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 588 2.88% 733 3.59%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 53 0.26% 55 0.27%
Accommodation & food services 535 2.62% 678 3.32%
Other services (except public administration) 550 2.69% 608 2.98%
Public administration 495 2.42% 365 1.79%

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

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