Ouachita 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 5,804 50.98% 5,580 49.02%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,136 9.98% 1,628 14.30%
Management, business, & financial operations: 562 4.94% 400 3.51%
Management, except farm managers 425 3.73% 268 2.35%
Farmers & farm managers 37 0.33% 7 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 100 0.88% 125 1.10%
Business operations specialists 54 0.47% 49 0.43%
Financial specialists 46 0.40% 76 0.67%
Professional & related occupations: 574 5.04% 1,228 10.79%
Computer & mathematical 5 0.04% 8 0.07%
Architecture & engineering: 217 1.91% 1 0.01%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 153 1.34% 1 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 64 0.56% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 56 0.49% 12 0.11%
Community & social services 73 0.64% 117 1.03%
Legal 11 0.10% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 106 0.93% 580 5.09%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 24 0.21% 46 0.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 82 0.72% 464 4.08%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 71 0.62% 287 2.52%
Health technologists & technicians 11 0.10% 177 1.55%
Service occupations: 489 4.30% 1,117 9.81%
Healthcare support 12 0.11% 290 2.55%
Protective services: 119 1.05% 53 0.47%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 91 0.80% 6 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 28 0.25% 47 0.41%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 103 0.90% 301 2.64%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 216 1.90% 244 2.14%
Personal care & service 39 0.34% 229 2.01%
Sales & office occupations: 798 7.01% 1,889 16.59%
Sales & related occupations 510 4.48% 674 5.92%
Office & administrative support 288 2.53% 1,215 10.67%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 169 1.48% 39 0.34%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,040 9.14% 41 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 476 4.18% 24 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 31 0.27% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 437 3.84% 18 0.16%
Extraction 8 0.07% 6 0.05%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 564 4.95% 17 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,172 19.08% 866 7.61%
Production 1,337 11.74% 756 6.64%
Transportation & material moving: 835 7.33% 110 0.97%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 11 0.10% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 474 4.16% 29 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 3 0.03% 4 0.04%
Material moving 347 3.05% 77 0.68%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,804 50.98% 5,580 49.02%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 244 2.14% 51 0.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 204 1.79% 44 0.39%
Mining 40 0.35% 7 0.06%
Construction 572 5.02% 46 0.40%
Manufacturing 2,311 20.30% 1,176 10.33%
Wholesale trade 189 1.66% 48 0.42%
Retail trade 651 5.72% 793 6.97%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 430 3.78% 164 1.44%
Transportation & warehousing 325 2.85% 144 1.26%
Utilities 105 0.92% 20 0.18%
Information 70 0.61% 56 0.49%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 207 1.82% 244 2.14%
Finance & insurance 94 0.83% 177 1.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 113 0.99% 67 0.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 136 1.19% 130 1.14%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 65 0.57% 68 0.60%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 71 0.62% 62 0.54%
Educational, health & social services: 373 3.28% 2,091 18.37%
Educational services 225 1.98% 835 7.33%
Health care & social assistance 148 1.30% 1,256 11.03%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 141 1.24% 332 2.92%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 29 0.25% 28 0.25%
Accommodation & food services 112 0.98% 304 2.67%
Other services (except public administration) 261 2.29% 231 2.03%
Public administration 219 1.92% 218 1.91%

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

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