Saline 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 21,453 53.57% 18,592 46.43%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,946 12.35% 6,178 15.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,513 6.28% 2,051 5.12%
Management, except farm managers 1,846 4.61% 1,123 2.80%
Farmers & farm managers 30 0.07% 15 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 637 1.59% 913 2.28%
Business operations specialists 411 1.03% 391 0.98%
Financial specialists 226 0.56% 522 1.30%
Professional & related occupations: 2,433 6.08% 4,127 10.31%
Computer & mathematical 384 0.96% 225 0.56%
Architecture & engineering: 541 1.35% 99 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 347 0.87% 9 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 194 0.48% 90 0.22%
Life, physical, & social science 188 0.47% 84 0.21%
Community & social services 273 0.68% 244 0.61%
Legal 93 0.23% 188 0.47%
Education, training, & library 208 0.52% 1,072 2.68%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 207 0.52% 272 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 539 1.35% 1,943 4.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 401 1.00% 1,201 3.00%
Health technologists & technicians 138 0.34% 742 1.85%
Service occupations: 2,156 5.38% 3,130 7.82%
Healthcare support 37 0.09% 745 1.86%
Protective services: 650 1.62% 104 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 439 1.10% 37 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 211 0.53% 67 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 567 1.42% 922 2.30%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 693 1.73% 456 1.14%
Personal care & service 209 0.52% 903 2.25%
Sales & office occupations: 4,007 10.01% 8,043 20.08%
Sales & related occupations 2,498 6.24% 2,137 5.34%
Office & administrative support 1,509 3.77% 5,906 14.75%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 114 0.28% 29 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,264 13.15% 177 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 2,871 7.17% 101 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 431 1.08% 19 0.05%
Construction trades 2,407 6.01% 82 0.20%
Extraction 33 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,393 5.98% 76 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,966 12.40% 1,035 2.58%
Production 2,490 6.22% 718 1.79%
Transportation & material moving: 2,476 6.18% 317 0.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 101 0.25% 13 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 63 0.16% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,355 3.38% 128 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 100 0.25% 0 0.00%
Material moving 857 2.14% 176 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,453 53.57% 18,592 46.43%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 267 0.67% 89 0.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 209 0.52% 89 0.22%
Mining 58 0.14% 0 0.00%
Construction 3,353 8.37% 456 1.14%
Manufacturing 3,580 8.94% 1,134 2.83%
Wholesale trade 1,583 3.95% 611 1.53%
Retail trade 2,720 6.79% 2,686 6.71%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,015 5.03% 651 1.63%
Transportation & warehousing 1,632 4.08% 564 1.41%
Utilities 383 0.96% 87 0.22%
Information 634 1.58% 616 1.54%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 828 2.07% 1,603 4.00%
Finance & insurance 556 1.39% 1,307 3.26%
Real estate & rental & leasing 272 0.68% 296 0.74%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,487 3.71% 1,362 3.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 621 1.55% 747 1.87%
Management of companies & enterprises 8 0.02% 10 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 858 2.14% 605 1.51%
Educational, health & social services: 1,611 4.02% 6,142 15.34%
Educational services 492 1.23% 1,548 3.87%
Health care & social assistance 1,119 2.79% 4,594 11.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,069 2.67% 1,168 2.92%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 160 0.40% 192 0.48%
Accommodation & food services 909 2.27% 976 2.44%
Other services (except public administration) 1,228 3.07% 1,061 2.65%
Public administration 1,078 2.69% 1,013 2.53%

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

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