White 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 16,175 55.53% 12,953 44.47%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,529 12.12% 3,641 12.50%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,772 6.08% 979 3.36%
Management, except farm managers 1,109 3.81% 633 2.17%
Farmers & farm managers 282 0.97% 38 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 381 1.31% 308 1.06%
Business operations specialists 197 0.68% 127 0.44%
Financial specialists 184 0.63% 181 0.62%
Professional & related occupations: 1,757 6.03% 2,662 9.14%
Computer & mathematical 126 0.43% 47 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 289 0.99% 27 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 187 0.64% 7 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 102 0.35% 20 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 40 0.14% 16 0.05%
Community & social services 222 0.76% 168 0.58%
Legal 16 0.05% 15 0.05%
Education, training, & library 570 1.96% 1,266 4.35%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 95 0.33% 75 0.26%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 399 1.37% 1,048 3.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 280 0.96% 617 2.12%
Health technologists & technicians 119 0.41% 431 1.48%
Service occupations: 1,500 5.15% 2,515 8.63%
Healthcare support 41 0.14% 569 1.95%
Protective services: 252 0.87% 65 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 172 0.59% 18 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 80 0.27% 47 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 449 1.54% 914 3.14%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 645 2.21% 403 1.38%
Personal care & service 113 0.39% 564 1.94%
Sales & office occupations: 2,504 8.60% 4,762 16.35%
Sales & related occupations 1,531 5.26% 1,758 6.04%
Office & administrative support 973 3.34% 3,004 10.31%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 308 1.06% 35 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,551 12.19% 101 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 2,280 7.83% 58 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 266 0.91% 15 0.05%
Construction trades 1,981 6.80% 43 0.15%
Extraction 33 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,271 4.36% 43 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,783 16.42% 1,899 6.52%
Production 2,424 8.32% 1,487 5.11%
Transportation & material moving: 2,359 8.10% 412 1.41%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 34 0.12% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 37 0.13% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,223 4.20% 183 0.63%
Rail, water & other transportation 40 0.14% 18 0.06%
Material moving 1,025 3.52% 209 0.72%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 16,175 55.53% 12,953 44.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 587 2.02% 77 0.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 571 1.96% 77 0.26%
Mining 16 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,652 9.10% 175 0.60%
Manufacturing 3,485 11.96% 1,817 6.24%
Wholesale trade 545 1.87% 171 0.59%
Retail trade 2,264 7.77% 2,014 6.91%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,711 5.87% 540 1.85%
Transportation & warehousing 1,431 4.91% 439 1.51%
Utilities 280 0.96% 101 0.35%
Information 209 0.72% 207 0.71%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 365 1.25% 810 2.78%
Finance & insurance 259 0.89% 624 2.14%
Real estate & rental & leasing 106 0.36% 186 0.64%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 634 2.18% 528 1.81%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 217 0.74% 273 0.94%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.02% 3 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 410 1.41% 252 0.87%
Educational, health & social services: 1,647 5.65% 4,260 14.63%
Educational services 1,044 3.58% 1,842 6.32%
Health care & social assistance 603 2.07% 2,418 8.30%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 687 2.36% 1,084 3.72%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 71 0.24% 87 0.30%
Accommodation & food services 616 2.11% 997 3.42%
Other services (except public administration) 907 3.11% 789 2.71%
Public administration 482 1.65% 481 1.65%

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

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