Orange 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 19,958 55.92% 15,735 44.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,803 10.65% 5,142 14.41%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,789 5.01% 1,290 3.61%
Management, except farm managers 1,408 3.94% 824 2.31%
Farmers & farm managers 26 0.07% 5 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 355 0.99% 461 1.29%
Business operations specialists 225 0.63% 245 0.69%
Financial specialists 130 0.36% 216 0.61%
Professional & related occupations: 2,014 5.64% 3,852 10.79%
Computer & mathematical 220 0.62% 84 0.24%
Architecture & engineering: 635 1.78% 83 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 388 1.09% 55 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 247 0.69% 28 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 212 0.59% 120 0.34%
Community & social services 174 0.49% 322 0.90%
Legal 89 0.25% 147 0.41%
Education, training, & library 283 0.79% 1,547 4.33%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 144 0.40% 151 0.42%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 257 0.72% 1,398 3.92%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 204 0.57% 678 1.90%
Health technologists & technicians 53 0.15% 720 2.02%
Service occupations: 1,789 5.01% 3,278 9.18%
Healthcare support 68 0.19% 551 1.54%
Protective services: 540 1.51% 115 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 399 1.12% 53 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 141 0.40% 62 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 560 1.57% 1,258 3.52%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 539 1.51% 526 1.47%
Personal care & service 82 0.23% 828 2.32%
Sales & office occupations: 2,551 7.15% 6,219 17.42%
Sales & related occupations 1,576 4.42% 2,083 5.84%
Office & administrative support 975 2.73% 4,136 11.59%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 79 0.22% 51 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,225 17.44% 130 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 3,793 10.63% 84 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 567 1.59% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 3,174 8.89% 84 0.24%
Extraction 52 0.15% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,432 6.81% 46 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,511 15.44% 915 2.56%
Production 3,638 10.19% 550 1.54%
Transportation & material moving: 1,873 5.25% 365 1.02%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 51 0.14% 15 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 862 2.42% 256 0.72%
Rail, water & other transportation 182 0.51% 6 0.02%
Material moving 772 2.16% 88 0.25%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 19,958 55.92% 15,735 44.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 493 1.38% 62 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 100 0.28% 37 0.10%
Mining 393 1.10% 25 0.07%
Construction 3,710 10.39% 413 1.16%
Manufacturing 6,193 17.35% 1,177 3.30%
Wholesale trade 730 2.05% 243 0.68%
Retail trade 1,883 5.28% 2,354 6.60%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,307 3.66% 511 1.43%
Transportation & warehousing 971 2.72% 444 1.24%
Utilities 336 0.94% 67 0.19%
Information 335 0.94% 237 0.66%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 550 1.54% 1,049 2.94%
Finance & insurance 268 0.75% 803 2.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 282 0.79% 246 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,090 3.05% 961 2.69%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 500 1.40% 547 1.53%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 590 1.65% 414 1.16%
Educational, health & social services: 916 2.57% 5,318 14.90%
Educational services 581 1.63% 2,196 6.15%
Health care & social assistance 335 0.94% 3,122 8.75%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 924 2.59% 1,458 4.08%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 125 0.35% 102 0.29%
Accommodation & food services 799 2.24% 1,356 3.80%
Other services (except public administration) 1,154 3.23% 1,154 3.23%
Public administration 673 1.89% 798 2.24%

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

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