Brewster 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 2,137 52.71% 1,917 47.29%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 642 15.84% 653 16.11%
Management, business, & financial operations: 286 7.05% 212 5.23%
Management, except farm managers 180 4.44% 132 3.26%
Farmers & farm managers 56 1.38% 9 0.22%
Business & financial operations: 50 1.23% 71 1.75%
Business operations specialists 47 1.16% 19 0.47%
Financial specialists 3 0.07% 52 1.28%
Professional & related occupations: 356 8.78% 441 10.88%
Computer & mathematical 13 0.32% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 39 0.96% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 29 0.72% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 10 0.25% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 9 0.22% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 65 1.60% 59 1.46%
Legal 10 0.25% 6 0.15%
Education, training, & library 150 3.70% 234 5.77%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 49 1.21% 47 1.16%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 21 0.52% 95 2.34%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 21 0.52% 49 1.21%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 46 1.13%
Service occupations: 398 9.82% 477 11.77%
Healthcare support 12 0.30% 31 0.76%
Protective services: 149 3.68% 17 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 91 2.24% 17 0.42%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 58 1.43% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 106 2.61% 174 4.29%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 99 2.44% 118 2.91%
Personal care & service 32 0.79% 137 3.38%
Sales & office occupations: 337 8.31% 678 16.72%
Sales & related occupations 148 3.65% 227 5.60%
Office & administrative support 189 4.66% 451 11.12%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 85 2.10% 23 0.57%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 437 10.78% 17 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 351 8.66% 9 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 55 1.36% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 280 6.91% 9 0.22%
Extraction 16 0.39% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 86 2.12% 8 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 238 5.87% 69 1.70%
Production 141 3.48% 51 1.26%
Transportation & material moving: 97 2.39% 18 0.44%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.17% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 34 0.84% 3 0.07%
Rail, water & other transportation 4 0.10% 4 0.10%
Material moving 52 1.28% 11 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,137 52.71% 1,917 47.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 193 4.76% 25 0.62%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 150 3.70% 25 0.62%
Mining 43 1.06% 0 0.00%
Construction 293 7.23% 19 0.47%
Manufacturing 108 2.66% 41 1.01%
Wholesale trade 37 0.91% 24 0.59%
Retail trade 264 6.51% 239 5.90%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 138 3.40% 15 0.37%
Transportation & warehousing 92 2.27% 11 0.27%
Utilities 46 1.13% 4 0.10%
Information 74 1.83% 80 1.97%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 20 0.49% 55 1.36%
Finance & insurance 14 0.35% 31 0.76%
Real estate & rental & leasing 6 0.15% 24 0.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 79 1.95% 67 1.65%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 59 1.46% 53 1.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 20 0.49% 14 0.35%
Educational, health & social services: 377 9.30% 748 18.45%
Educational services 327 8.07% 533 13.15%
Health care & social assistance 50 1.23% 215 5.30%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 262 6.46% 346 8.53%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 107 2.64% 47 1.16%
Accommodation & food services 155 3.82% 299 7.38%
Other services (except public administration) 95 2.34% 160 3.95%
Public administration 197 4.86% 98 2.42%

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

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