Woodruff 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 1,768 50.89% 1,706 49.11%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 388 11.17% 381 10.97%
Management, business, & financial operations: 300 8.64% 123 3.54%
Management, except farm managers 92 2.65% 64 1.84%
Farmers & farm managers 162 4.66% 14 0.40%
Business & financial operations: 46 1.32% 45 1.30%
Business operations specialists 30 0.86% 14 0.40%
Financial specialists 16 0.46% 31 0.89%
Professional & related occupations: 88 2.53% 258 7.43%
Computer & mathematical 3 0.09% 2 0.06%
Architecture & engineering: 6 0.17% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6 0.17% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 10 0.29% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 9 0.26% 14 0.40%
Legal 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 37 1.07% 150 4.32%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 0 0.00% 9 0.26%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 23 0.66% 83 2.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 18 0.52% 29 0.83%
Health technologists & technicians 5 0.14% 54 1.55%
Service occupations: 126 3.63% 384 11.05%
Healthcare support 15 0.43% 160 4.61%
Protective services: 35 1.01% 13 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 27 0.78% 13 0.37%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 8 0.23% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 31 0.89% 113 3.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 34 0.98% 40 1.15%
Personal care & service 11 0.32% 58 1.67%
Sales & office occupations: 172 4.95% 575 16.55%
Sales & related occupations 93 2.68% 223 6.42%
Office & administrative support 79 2.27% 352 10.13%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 259 7.46% 14 0.40%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 268 7.71% 16 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 103 2.96% 5 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 23 0.66% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 78 2.25% 5 0.14%
Extraction 2 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 165 4.75% 11 0.32%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 555 15.98% 336 9.67%
Production 249 7.17% 264 7.60%
Transportation & material moving: 306 8.81% 72 2.07%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1 0.03% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 153 4.40% 5 0.14%
Rail, water & other transportation 13 0.37% 8 0.23%
Material moving 139 4.00% 59 1.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,768 50.89% 1,706 49.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 502 14.45% 26 0.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 502 14.45% 26 0.75%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 118 3.40% 4 0.12%
Manufacturing 360 10.36% 336 9.67%
Wholesale trade 121 3.48% 84 2.42%
Retail trade 143 4.12% 292 8.41%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 192 5.53% 43 1.24%
Transportation & warehousing 131 3.77% 27 0.78%
Utilities 61 1.76% 16 0.46%
Information 17 0.49% 50 1.44%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 42 1.21% 56 1.61%
Finance & insurance 27 0.78% 48 1.38%
Real estate & rental & leasing 15 0.43% 8 0.23%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 30 0.86% 14 0.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6 0.17% 14 0.40%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 24 0.69% 0 0.00%
Educational, health & social services: 75 2.16% 582 16.75%
Educational services 42 1.21% 195 5.61%
Health care & social assistance 33 0.95% 387 11.14%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 33 0.95% 89 2.56%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4 0.12% 0 0.00%
Accommodation & food services 29 0.83% 89 2.56%
Other services (except public administration) 39 1.12% 28 0.81%
Public administration 96 2.76% 102 2.94%

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

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