Taylor 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 28,198 51.00% 27,092 49.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,182 14.80% 9,554 17.28%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,551 6.42% 2,769 5.01%
Management, except farm managers 2,565 4.64% 1,553 2.81%
Farmers & farm managers 223 0.40% 15 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 763 1.38% 1,201 2.17%
Business operations specialists 399 0.72% 695 1.26%
Financial specialists 364 0.66% 506 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 4,631 8.38% 6,785 12.27%
Computer & mathematical 341 0.62% 122 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 484 0.88% 62 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 256 0.46% 33 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 228 0.41% 29 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 161 0.29% 98 0.18%
Community & social services 677 1.22% 663 1.20%
Legal 192 0.35% 95 0.17%
Education, training, & library 1,248 2.26% 3,002 5.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 546 0.99% 469 0.85%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 982 1.78% 2,274 4.11%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 673 1.22% 1,340 2.42%
Health technologists & technicians 309 0.56% 934 1.69%
Service occupations: 4,337 7.84% 6,433 11.64%
Healthcare support 294 0.53% 1,376 2.49%
Protective services: 1,066 1.93% 293 0.53%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 907 1.64% 145 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 159 0.29% 148 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,335 2.41% 2,089 3.78%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,331 2.41% 844 1.53%
Personal care & service 311 0.56% 1,831 3.31%
Sales & office occupations: 4,997 9.04% 9,887 17.88%
Sales & related occupations 3,210 5.81% 3,514 6.36%
Office & administrative support 1,787 3.23% 6,373 11.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 207 0.37% 31 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,343 9.66% 197 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 2,769 5.01% 76 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 416 0.75% 39 0.07%
Construction trades 2,178 3.94% 37 0.07%
Extraction 175 0.32% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,574 4.66% 121 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,132 9.28% 990 1.79%
Production 2,304 4.17% 804 1.45%
Transportation & material moving: 2,828 5.11% 186 0.34%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 121 0.22% 9 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 96 0.17% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,765 3.19% 65 0.12%
Rail, water & other transportation 97 0.18% 3 0.01%
Material moving 749 1.35% 109 0.20%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 28,198 51.00% 27,092 49.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,017 1.84% 173 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 435 0.79% 83 0.15%
Mining 582 1.05% 90 0.16%
Construction 3,167 5.73% 271 0.49%
Manufacturing 2,427 4.39% 850 1.54%
Wholesale trade 1,088 1.97% 331 0.60%
Retail trade 3,354 6.07% 3,491 6.31%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,426 4.39% 619 1.12%
Transportation & warehousing 1,873 3.39% 449 0.81%
Utilities 553 1.00% 170 0.31%
Information 798 1.44% 500 0.90%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,438 2.60% 2,241 4.05%
Finance & insurance 906 1.64% 1,791 3.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 532 0.96% 450 0.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,898 3.43% 1,460 2.64%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 817 1.48% 768 1.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.00% 5 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,079 1.95% 687 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 4,310 7.80% 11,225 20.30%
Educational services 2,465 4.46% 4,942 8.94%
Health care & social assistance 1,845 3.34% 6,283 11.36%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,268 4.10% 2,726 4.93%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 486 0.88% 378 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 1,782 3.22% 2,348 4.25%
Other services (except public administration) 2,013 3.64% 1,884 3.41%
Public administration 1,994 3.61% 1,321 2.39%

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

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