Lee 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 1,936 54.00% 1,649 46.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 402 11.21% 452 12.61%
Management, business, & financial operations: 235 6.56% 77 2.15%
Management, except farm managers 98 2.73% 46 1.28%
Farmers & farm managers 108 3.01% 11 0.31%
Business & financial operations: 29 0.81% 20 0.56%
Business operations specialists 12 0.33% 9 0.25%
Financial specialists 17 0.47% 11 0.31%
Professional & related occupations: 167 4.66% 375 10.46%
Computer & mathematical 8 0.22% 3 0.08%
Architecture & engineering: 14 0.39% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6 0.17% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 8 0.22% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 17 0.47% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 59 1.65% 47 1.31%
Legal 0 0.00% 5 0.14%
Education, training, & library 55 1.53% 222 6.19%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2 0.06% 1 0.03%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 12 0.33% 97 2.71%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 8 0.22% 52 1.45%
Health technologists & technicians 4 0.11% 45 1.26%
Service occupations: 290 8.09% 488 13.61%
Healthcare support 11 0.31% 124 3.46%
Protective services: 107 2.98% 69 1.92%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 89 2.48% 69 1.92%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 18 0.50% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 45 1.26% 154 4.30%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 78 2.18% 68 1.90%
Personal care & service 49 1.37% 73 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 271 7.56% 484 13.50%
Sales & related occupations 189 5.27% 152 4.24%
Office & administrative support 82 2.29% 332 9.26%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 143 3.99% 1 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 241 6.72% 12 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 141 3.93% 10 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 27 0.75% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 114 3.18% 10 0.28%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 100 2.79% 2 0.06%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 589 16.43% 212 5.91%
Production 261 7.28% 171 4.77%
Transportation & material moving: 328 9.15% 41 1.14%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.14% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 212 5.91% 14 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Material moving 111 3.10% 27 0.75%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,936 54.00% 1,649 46.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 350 9.76% 33 0.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 350 9.76% 33 0.92%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 182 5.08% 10 0.28%
Manufacturing 383 10.68% 220 6.14%
Wholesale trade 87 2.43% 40 1.12%
Retail trade 157 4.38% 174 4.85%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 195 5.44% 54 1.51%
Transportation & warehousing 148 4.13% 40 1.12%
Utilities 47 1.31% 14 0.39%
Information 2 0.06% 19 0.53%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 36 1.00% 82 2.29%
Finance & insurance 28 0.78% 75 2.09%
Real estate & rental & leasing 8 0.22% 7 0.20%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 35 0.98% 66 1.84%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6 0.17% 37 1.03%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 29 0.81% 29 0.81%
Educational, health & social services: 178 4.97% 621 17.32%
Educational services 123 3.43% 263 7.34%
Health care & social assistance 55 1.53% 358 9.99%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 59 1.65% 110 3.07%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 9 0.25% 28 0.78%
Accommodation & food services 50 1.39% 82 2.29%
Other services (except public administration) 122 3.40% 84 2.34%
Public administration 150 4.18% 136 3.79%

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

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