Independence 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 8,161 53.11% 7,205 46.89%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,763 11.47% 2,004 13.04%
Management, business, & financial operations: 887 5.77% 567 3.69%
Management, except farm managers 476 3.10% 350 2.28%
Farmers & farm managers 262 1.71% 18 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 149 0.97% 199 1.30%
Business operations specialists 84 0.55% 71 0.46%
Financial specialists 65 0.42% 128 0.83%
Professional & related occupations: 876 5.70% 1,437 9.35%
Computer & mathematical 43 0.28% 17 0.11%
Architecture & engineering: 182 1.18% 51 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 120 0.78% 25 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 62 0.40% 26 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 51 0.33% 60 0.39%
Community & social services 95 0.62% 121 0.79%
Legal 34 0.22% 42 0.27%
Education, training, & library 191 1.24% 619 4.03%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 91 0.59% 87 0.57%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 189 1.23% 440 2.86%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 99 0.64% 230 1.50%
Health technologists & technicians 90 0.59% 210 1.37%
Service occupations: 780 5.08% 1,249 8.13%
Healthcare support 24 0.16% 305 1.98%
Protective services: 173 1.13% 27 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 98 0.64% 22 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 75 0.49% 5 0.03%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 221 1.44% 422 2.75%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 314 2.04% 183 1.19%
Personal care & service 48 0.31% 312 2.03%
Sales & office occupations: 951 6.19% 2,347 15.27%
Sales & related occupations 664 4.32% 787 5.12%
Office & administrative support 287 1.87% 1,560 10.15%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 149 0.97% 21 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,558 10.14% 64 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 800 5.21% 20 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 74 0.48% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 696 4.53% 20 0.13%
Extraction 30 0.20% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 758 4.93% 44 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,960 19.26% 1,520 9.89%
Production 1,703 11.08% 1,318 8.58%
Transportation & material moving: 1,257 8.18% 202 1.31%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 20 0.13% 7 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 10 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 745 4.85% 66 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 21 0.14% 2 0.01%
Material moving 461 3.00% 127 0.83%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,161 53.11% 7,205 46.89%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 553 3.60% 35 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 454 2.95% 30 0.20%
Mining 99 0.64% 5 0.03%
Construction 771 5.02% 78 0.51%
Manufacturing 2,637 17.16% 1,711 11.13%
Wholesale trade 194 1.26% 56 0.36%
Retail trade 835 5.43% 895 5.82%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 893 5.81% 269 1.75%
Transportation & warehousing 660 4.30% 222 1.44%
Utilities 233 1.52% 47 0.31%
Information 49 0.32% 82 0.53%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 187 1.22% 367 2.39%
Finance & insurance 117 0.76% 317 2.06%
Real estate & rental & leasing 70 0.46% 50 0.33%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 332 2.16% 275 1.79%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 155 1.01% 180 1.17%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 177 1.15% 95 0.62%
Educational, health & social services: 724 4.71% 2,382 15.50%
Educational services 419 2.73% 979 6.37%
Health care & social assistance 305 1.98% 1,403 9.13%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 327 2.13% 494 3.21%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 78 0.51% 44 0.29%
Accommodation & food services 249 1.62% 450 2.93%
Other services (except public administration) 400 2.60% 274 1.78%
Public administration 259 1.69% 287 1.87%

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

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