Marion 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 3,318 54.07% 2,819 45.93%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 562 9.16% 730 11.90%
Management, business, & financial operations: 301 4.90% 240 3.91%
Management, except farm managers 163 2.66% 137 2.23%
Farmers & farm managers 94 1.53% 36 0.59%
Business & financial operations: 44 0.72% 67 1.09%
Business operations specialists 20 0.33% 34 0.55%
Financial specialists 24 0.39% 33 0.54%
Professional & related occupations: 261 4.25% 490 7.98%
Computer & mathematical 44 0.72% 1 0.02%
Architecture & engineering: 52 0.85% 5 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 23 0.37% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 29 0.47% 5 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 52 0.85% 18 0.29%
Legal 6 0.10% 10 0.16%
Education, training, & library 40 0.65% 212 3.45%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 13 0.21% 31 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 54 0.88% 213 3.47%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 45 0.73% 128 2.09%
Health technologists & technicians 9 0.15% 85 1.39%
Service occupations: 353 5.75% 521 8.49%
Healthcare support 6 0.10% 140 2.28%
Protective services: 59 0.96% 2 0.03%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 36 0.59% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 23 0.37% 2 0.03%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 60 0.98% 243 3.96%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 148 2.41% 77 1.25%
Personal care & service 80 1.30% 59 0.96%
Sales & office occupations: 375 6.11% 973 15.85%
Sales & related occupations 231 3.76% 304 4.95%
Office & administrative support 144 2.35% 669 10.90%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 52 0.85% 16 0.26%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 671 10.93% 49 0.80%
Construction & extraction: 393 6.40% 22 0.36%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 54 0.88% 5 0.08%
Construction trades 334 5.44% 17 0.28%
Extraction 5 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 278 4.53% 27 0.44%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,305 21.26% 530 8.64%
Production 793 12.92% 426 6.94%
Transportation & material moving: 512 8.34% 104 1.69%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 10 0.16%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 266 4.33% 18 0.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 36 0.59% 5 0.08%
Material moving 205 3.34% 71 1.16%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,318 54.07% 2,819 45.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 160 2.61% 57 0.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 147 2.40% 57 0.93%
Mining 13 0.21% 0 0.00%
Construction 415 6.76% 41 0.67%
Manufacturing 1,129 18.40% 673 10.97%
Wholesale trade 97 1.58% 53 0.86%
Retail trade 295 4.81% 389 6.34%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 274 4.46% 73 1.19%
Transportation & warehousing 244 3.98% 68 1.11%
Utilities 30 0.49% 5 0.08%
Information 83 1.35% 53 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 77 1.25% 194 3.16%
Finance & insurance 28 0.46% 139 2.26%
Real estate & rental & leasing 49 0.80% 55 0.90%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 140 2.28% 83 1.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 51 0.83% 40 0.65%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 89 1.45% 43 0.70%
Educational, health & social services: 243 3.96% 742 12.09%
Educational services 122 1.99% 257 4.19%
Health care & social assistance 121 1.97% 485 7.90%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 172 2.80% 283 4.61%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 54 0.88% 32 0.52%
Accommodation & food services 118 1.92% 251 4.09%
Other services (except public administration) 138 2.25% 64 1.04%
Public administration 95 1.55% 114 1.86%

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

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