Van Buren 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 3,334 54.84% 2,746 45.16%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 628 10.33% 755 12.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 330 5.43% 218 3.59%
Management, except farm managers 207 3.40% 127 2.09%
Farmers & farm managers 102 1.68% 24 0.39%
Business & financial operations: 21 0.35% 67 1.10%
Business operations specialists 14 0.23% 19 0.31%
Financial specialists 7 0.12% 48 0.79%
Professional & related occupations: 298 4.90% 537 8.83%
Computer & mathematical 10 0.16% 7 0.12%
Architecture & engineering: 53 0.87% 13 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5 0.08% 4 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 48 0.79% 9 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 17 0.28% 4 0.07%
Community & social services 73 1.20% 33 0.54%
Legal 16 0.26% 22 0.36%
Education, training, & library 60 0.99% 220 3.62%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 45 0.74% 32 0.53%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 24 0.39% 206 3.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 14 0.23% 116 1.91%
Health technologists & technicians 10 0.16% 90 1.48%
Service occupations: 331 5.44% 772 12.70%
Healthcare support 11 0.18% 151 2.48%
Protective services: 54 0.89% 26 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 45 0.74% 16 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 9 0.15% 10 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 64 1.05% 256 4.21%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 166 2.73% 128 2.11%
Personal care & service 36 0.59% 211 3.47%
Sales & office occupations: 457 7.52% 833 13.70%
Sales & related occupations 340 5.59% 357 5.87%
Office & administrative support 117 1.92% 476 7.83%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 94 1.55% 10 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 847 13.93% 23 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 531 8.73% 12 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 86 1.41% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 423 6.96% 12 0.20%
Extraction 22 0.36% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 316 5.20% 11 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 977 16.07% 353 5.81%
Production 487 8.01% 307 5.05%
Transportation & material moving: 490 8.06% 46 0.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.13% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 18 0.30% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 295 4.85% 27 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 4 0.07% 0 0.00%
Material moving 165 2.71% 19 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,334 54.84% 2,746 45.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 267 4.39% 36 0.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 239 3.93% 33 0.54%
Mining 28 0.46% 3 0.05%
Construction 591 9.72% 22 0.36%
Manufacturing 641 10.54% 423 6.96%
Wholesale trade 126 2.07% 5 0.08%
Retail trade 360 5.92% 414 6.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 382 6.28% 144 2.37%
Transportation & warehousing 285 4.69% 109 1.79%
Utilities 97 1.60% 35 0.58%
Information 104 1.71% 43 0.71%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 89 1.46% 144 2.37%
Finance & insurance 38 0.63% 112 1.84%
Real estate & rental & leasing 51 0.84% 32 0.53%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 135 2.22% 77 1.27%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 35 0.58% 33 0.54%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 4 0.07%
Administrative & support & waste management services 100 1.64% 40 0.66%
Educational, health & social services: 188 3.09% 873 14.36%
Educational services 100 1.64% 332 5.46%
Health care & social assistance 88 1.45% 541 8.90%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 159 2.62% 274 4.51%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 48 0.79% 17 0.28%
Accommodation & food services 111 1.83% 257 4.23%
Other services (except public administration) 198 3.26% 145 2.38%
Public administration 94 1.55% 146 2.40%

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

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