Tarrant 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 391,793 54.77% 323,594 45.23%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 128,026 17.90% 118,590 16.58%
Management, business, & financial operations: 62,469 8.73% 45,262 6.33%
Management, except farm managers 45,833 6.41% 25,103 3.51%
Farmers & farm managers 344 0.05% 59 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 16,292 2.28% 20,100 2.81%
Business operations specialists 8,870 1.24% 10,265 1.43%
Financial specialists 7,422 1.04% 9,835 1.37%
Professional & related occupations: 65,557 9.16% 73,328 10.25%
Computer & mathematical 17,331 2.42% 6,885 0.96%
Architecture & engineering: 16,133 2.26% 2,066 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 12,506 1.75% 1,308 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,627 0.51% 758 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 2,341 0.33% 1,809 0.25%
Community & social services 3,941 0.55% 5,027 0.70%
Legal 3,205 0.45% 3,394 0.47%
Education, training, & library 8,812 1.23% 29,650 4.14%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 6,562 0.92% 5,418 0.76%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 7,232 1.01% 19,079 2.67%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,474 0.77% 12,690 1.77%
Health technologists & technicians 1,758 0.25% 6,389 0.89%
Service occupations: 40,962 5.73% 50,447 7.05%
Healthcare support 1,027 0.14% 8,625 1.21%
Protective services: 10,321 1.44% 2,581 0.36%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 6,212 0.87% 1,190 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,109 0.57% 1,391 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 13,161 1.84% 16,611 2.32%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 12,422 1.74% 7,082 0.99%
Personal care & service 4,031 0.56% 15,548 2.17%
Sales & office occupations: 82,545 11.54% 129,659 18.12%
Sales & related occupations 46,957 6.56% 40,379 5.64%
Office & administrative support 35,588 4.97% 89,280 12.48%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 448 0.06% 156 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 66,641 9.32% 2,493 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 37,505 5.24% 1,095 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 5,012 0.70% 149 0.02%
Construction trades 32,262 4.51% 946 0.13%
Extraction 231 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 29,136 4.07% 1,398 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 73,171 10.23% 22,249 3.11%
Production 35,606 4.98% 16,115 2.25%
Transportation & material moving: 37,565 5.25% 6,134 0.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,525 0.21% 368 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 3,577 0.50% 193 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 16,159 2.26% 1,633 0.23%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,873 0.26% 282 0.04%
Material moving 14,431 2.02% 3,658 0.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 391,793 54.77% 323,594 45.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,315 0.32% 1,023 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 872 0.12% 260 0.04%
Mining 1,443 0.20% 763 0.11%
Construction 46,003 6.43% 5,182 0.72%
Manufacturing 70,502 9.86% 29,451 4.12%
Wholesale trade 21,376 2.99% 10,425 1.46%
Retail trade 46,711 6.53% 42,567 5.95%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 41,878 5.85% 18,795 2.63%
Transportation & warehousing 38,770 5.42% 17,983 2.51%
Utilities 3,108 0.43% 812 0.11%
Information 15,503 2.17% 12,077 1.69%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 23,535 3.29% 32,913 4.60%
Finance & insurance 15,778 2.21% 25,076 3.51%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,757 1.08% 7,837 1.10%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 39,457 5.52% 30,961 4.33%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 23,175 3.24% 17,957 2.51%
Management of companies & enterprises 183 0.03% 348 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 16,099 2.25% 12,656 1.77%
Educational, health & social services: 27,417 3.83% 88,079 12.31%
Educational services 15,052 2.10% 39,416 5.51%
Health care & social assistance 12,365 1.73% 48,663 6.80%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 25,898 3.62% 24,934 3.49%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5,716 0.80% 4,416 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 20,182 2.82% 20,518 2.87%
Other services (except public administration) 17,664 2.47% 16,306 2.28%
Public administration 13,534 1.89% 10,881 1.52%

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

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