Arkansas

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 626,130 53.36% 547,269 46.64%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 151,573 12.92% 173,596 14.79%
Management, business, & financial operations: 78,848 6.72% 53,584 4.57%
Management, except farm managers 48,582 4.14% 29,574 2.52%
Farmers & farm managers 14,340 1.22% 2,903 0.25%
Business & financial operations: 15,926 1.36% 21,107 1.80%
Business operations specialists 8,297 0.71% 9,668 0.82%
Financial specialists 7,629 0.65% 11,439 0.97%
Professional & related occupations: 72,725 6.20% 120,012 10.23%
Computer & mathematical 8,921 0.76% 4,193 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 12,020 1.02% 1,944 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 7,740 0.66% 793 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 4,280 0.36% 1,151 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 4,496 0.38% 2,383 0.20%
Community & social services 8,764 0.75% 8,763 0.75%
Legal 3,939 0.34% 3,595 0.31%
Education, training, & library 14,042 1.20% 49,390 4.21%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 6,409 0.55% 6,602 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 14,134 1.20% 43,142 3.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 10,488 0.89% 25,817 2.20%
Health technologists & technicians 3,646 0.31% 17,325 1.48%
Service occupations: 63,482 5.41% 102,219 8.71%
Healthcare support 2,096 0.18% 21,699 1.85%
Protective services: 15,858 1.35% 3,754 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 10,863 0.93% 2,021 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,995 0.43% 1,733 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 17,769 1.51% 36,093 3.08%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 22,639 1.93% 17,146 1.46%
Personal care & service 5,120 0.44% 23,527 2.01%
Sales & office occupations: 100,200 8.54% 194,160 16.55%
Sales & related occupations 62,414 5.32% 66,194 5.64%
Office & administrative support 37,786 3.22% 127,966 10.91%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 15,414 1.31% 2,509 0.21%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 119,422 10.18% 4,611 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 66,894 5.70% 2,244 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 8,675 0.74% 236 0.02%
Construction trades 57,177 4.87% 1,955 0.17%
Extraction 1,042 0.09% 53 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 52,528 4.48% 2,367 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 176,039 15.00% 70,174 5.98%
Production 95,879 8.17% 55,366 4.72%
Transportation & material moving: 80,160 6.83% 14,808 1.26%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,896 0.16% 418 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,125 0.10% 68 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 39,886 3.40% 4,373 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 3,448 0.29% 543 0.05%
Material moving 33,805 2.88% 9,406 0.80%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 626,130 53.36% 547,269 46.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 36,738 3.13% 6,927 0.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 34,108 2.91% 6,443 0.55%
Mining 2,630 0.22% 484 0.04%
Construction 75,223 6.41% 7,388 0.63%
Manufacturing 149,913 12.78% 77,274 6.59%
Wholesale trade 28,174 2.40% 10,166 0.87%
Retail trade 73,714 6.28% 78,840 6.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 53,287 4.54% 16,324 1.39%
Transportation & warehousing 42,940 3.66% 13,657 1.16%
Utilities 10,347 0.88% 2,667 0.23%
Information 13,400 1.14% 12,491 1.06%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 21,470 1.83% 34,990 2.98%
Finance & insurance 13,533 1.15% 27,059 2.31%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,937 0.68% 7,931 0.68%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 34,604 2.95% 28,471 2.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 16,553 1.41% 16,811 1.43%
Management of companies & enterprises 310 0.03% 500 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 17,741 1.51% 11,160 0.95%
Educational, health & social services: 52,071 4.44% 178,420 15.21%
Educational services 26,687 2.27% 70,108 5.97%
Health care & social assistance 25,384 2.16% 108,312 9.23%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 30,948 2.64% 43,179 3.68%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 6,354 0.54% 5,705 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 24,594 2.10% 37,474 3.19%
Other services (except public administration) 31,073 2.65% 27,556 2.35%
Public administration 25,515 2.17% 25,243 2.15%

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

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