Little River 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 3,307 55.79% 2,621 44.21%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 468 7.89% 767 12.94%
Management, business, & financial operations: 251 4.23% 200 3.37%
Management, except farm managers 141 2.38% 117 1.97%
Farmers & farm managers 70 1.18% 20 0.34%
Business & financial operations: 40 0.67% 63 1.06%
Business operations specialists 24 0.40% 44 0.74%
Financial specialists 16 0.27% 19 0.32%
Professional & related occupations: 217 3.66% 567 9.56%
Computer & mathematical 9 0.15% 17 0.29%
Architecture & engineering: 82 1.38% 7 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 31 0.52% 5 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 51 0.86% 2 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 27 0.46% 2 0.03%
Community & social services 10 0.17% 27 0.46%
Legal 14 0.24% 6 0.10%
Education, training, & library 37 0.62% 219 3.69%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 9 0.15% 25 0.42%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 29 0.49% 264 4.45%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 21 0.35% 153 2.58%
Health technologists & technicians 8 0.13% 111 1.87%
Service occupations: 270 4.55% 511 8.62%
Healthcare support 1 0.02% 106 1.79%
Protective services: 88 1.48% 35 0.59%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 63 1.06% 28 0.47%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 25 0.42% 7 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 47 0.79% 170 2.87%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 103 1.74% 122 2.06%
Personal care & service 31 0.52% 78 1.32%
Sales & office occupations: 397 6.70% 970 16.36%
Sales & related occupations 178 3.00% 326 5.50%
Office & administrative support 219 3.69% 644 10.86%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 170 2.87% 12 0.20%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 776 13.09% 21 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 441 7.44% 6 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 62 1.05% 4 0.07%
Construction trades 369 6.22% 2 0.03%
Extraction 10 0.17% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 335 5.65% 15 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,226 20.68% 340 5.74%
Production 649 10.95% 277 4.67%
Transportation & material moving: 577 9.73% 63 1.06%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 4 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 322 5.43% 27 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 14 0.24% 1 0.02%
Material moving 241 4.07% 31 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,307 55.79% 2,621 44.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 290 4.89% 36 0.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 256 4.32% 36 0.61%
Mining 34 0.57% 0 0.00%
Construction 496 8.37% 35 0.59%
Manufacturing 1,084 18.29% 420 7.09%
Wholesale trade 71 1.20% 36 0.61%
Retail trade 230 3.88% 412 6.95%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 318 5.36% 78 1.32%
Transportation & warehousing 285 4.81% 48 0.81%
Utilities 33 0.56% 30 0.51%
Information 27 0.46% 37 0.62%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 67 1.13% 140 2.36%
Finance & insurance 48 0.81% 120 2.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 19 0.32% 20 0.34%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 184 3.10% 90 1.52%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 63 1.06% 58 0.98%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 121 2.04% 32 0.54%
Educational, health & social services: 119 2.01% 811 13.68%
Educational services 72 1.21% 287 4.84%
Health care & social assistance 47 0.79% 524 8.84%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 120 2.02% 223 3.76%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 23 0.39% 15 0.25%
Accommodation & food services 97 1.64% 208 3.51%
Other services (except public administration) 144 2.43% 98 1.65%
Public administration 157 2.65% 205 3.46%

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

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