Colorado 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 4,923 56.45% 3,798 43.55%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,167 13.38% 1,154 13.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 752 8.62% 337 3.86%
Management, except farm managers 331 3.80% 190 2.18%
Farmers & farm managers 320 3.67% 56 0.64%
Business & financial operations: 101 1.16% 91 1.04%
Business operations specialists 71 0.81% 23 0.26%
Financial specialists 30 0.34% 68 0.78%
Professional & related occupations: 415 4.76% 817 9.37%
Computer & mathematical 18 0.21% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 70 0.80% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 33 0.38% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 37 0.42% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 17 0.19% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 72 0.83% 72 0.83%
Legal 19 0.22% 18 0.21%
Education, training, & library 80 0.92% 471 5.40%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 38 0.44% 26 0.30%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 101 1.16% 230 2.64%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 82 0.94% 109 1.25%
Health technologists & technicians 19 0.22% 121 1.39%
Service occupations: 505 5.79% 996 11.42%
Healthcare support 17 0.19% 245 2.81%
Protective services: 111 1.27% 12 0.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 109 1.25% 12 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 121 1.39% 318 3.65%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 189 2.17% 219 2.51%
Personal care & service 67 0.77% 202 2.32%
Sales & office occupations: 549 6.30% 1,313 15.06%
Sales & related occupations 384 4.40% 477 5.47%
Office & administrative support 165 1.89% 836 9.59%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 224 2.57% 19 0.22%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,036 11.88% 33 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 604 6.93% 13 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 97 1.11% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 472 5.41% 13 0.15%
Extraction 35 0.40% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 432 4.95% 20 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,442 16.53% 283 3.25%
Production 719 8.24% 220 2.52%
Transportation & material moving: 723 8.29% 63 0.72%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 21 0.24% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 26 0.30% 5 0.06%
Motor vehicle operators 424 4.86% 22 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 33 0.38% 6 0.07%
Material moving 219 2.51% 30 0.34%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,923 56.45% 3,798 43.55%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 779 8.93% 129 1.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 592 6.79% 105 1.20%
Mining 187 2.14% 24 0.28%
Construction 628 7.20% 96 1.10%
Manufacturing 886 10.16% 301 3.45%
Wholesale trade 318 3.65% 73 0.84%
Retail trade 492 5.64% 589 6.75%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 412 4.72% 86 0.99%
Transportation & warehousing 318 3.65% 67 0.77%
Utilities 94 1.08% 19 0.22%
Information 13 0.15% 19 0.22%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 132 1.51% 171 1.96%
Finance & insurance 74 0.85% 122 1.40%
Real estate & rental & leasing 58 0.67% 49 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 244 2.80% 204 2.34%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 148 1.70% 91 1.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 96 1.10% 113 1.30%
Educational, health & social services: 328 3.76% 1,484 17.02%
Educational services 184 2.11% 701 8.04%
Health care & social assistance 144 1.65% 783 8.98%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 190 2.18% 367 4.21%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 19 0.22% 34 0.39%
Accommodation & food services 171 1.96% 333 3.82%
Other services (except public administration) 303 3.47% 191 2.19%
Public administration 198 2.27% 88 1.01%

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

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