Accomack 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 8,743 52.61% 7,875 47.39%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,858 11.18% 2,168 13.05%
Management, business, & financial operations: 856 5.15% 672 4.04%
Management, except farm managers 571 3.44% 387 2.33%
Farmers & farm managers 89 0.54% 36 0.22%
Business & financial operations: 196 1.18% 249 1.50%
Business operations specialists 114 0.69% 136 0.82%
Financial specialists 82 0.49% 113 0.68%
Professional & related occupations: 1,002 6.03% 1,496 9.00%
Computer & mathematical 117 0.70% 52 0.31%
Architecture & engineering: 218 1.31% 41 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 96 0.58% 7 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 122 0.73% 34 0.20%
Life, physical, & social science 108 0.65% 29 0.17%
Community & social services 89 0.54% 133 0.80%
Legal 58 0.35% 13 0.08%
Education, training, & library 173 1.04% 678 4.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 129 0.78% 99 0.60%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 110 0.66% 451 2.71%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 74 0.45% 285 1.72%
Health technologists & technicians 36 0.22% 166 1.00%
Service occupations: 1,054 6.34% 1,720 10.35%
Healthcare support 24 0.14% 464 2.79%
Protective services: 300 1.81% 44 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 205 1.23% 9 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 95 0.57% 35 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 245 1.47% 592 3.56%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 463 2.79% 334 2.01%
Personal care & service 22 0.13% 286 1.72%
Sales & office occupations: 1,051 6.32% 2,624 15.79%
Sales & related occupations 599 3.60% 1,078 6.49%
Office & administrative support 452 2.72% 1,546 9.30%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 806 4.85% 176 1.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,820 10.95% 15 0.09%
Construction & extraction: 1,099 6.61% 12 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 199 1.20% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 900 5.42% 10 0.06%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 721 4.34% 3 0.02%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,154 12.96% 1,172 7.05%
Production 955 5.75% 942 5.67%
Transportation & material moving: 1,199 7.22% 230 1.38%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 48 0.29% 16 0.10%
Aircraft & traffic control 29 0.17% 1 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 502 3.02% 80 0.48%
Rail, water & other transportation 96 0.58% 0 0.00%
Material moving 524 3.15% 133 0.80%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,743 52.61% 7,875 47.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 907 5.46% 143 0.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 903 5.43% 143 0.86%
Mining 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,284 7.73% 73 0.44%
Manufacturing 1,667 10.03% 1,278 7.69%
Wholesale trade 490 2.95% 207 1.25%
Retail trade 910 5.48% 1,053 6.34%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 391 2.35% 190 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 341 2.05% 161 0.97%
Utilities 50 0.30% 29 0.17%
Information 119 0.72% 80 0.48%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 220 1.32% 482 2.90%
Finance & insurance 132 0.79% 321 1.93%
Real estate & rental & leasing 88 0.53% 161 0.97%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 560 3.37% 380 2.29%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 227 1.37% 177 1.07%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 333 2.00% 203 1.22%
Educational, health & social services: 585 3.52% 2,111 12.70%
Educational services 382 2.30% 874 5.26%
Health care & social assistance 203 1.22% 1,237 7.44%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 539 3.24% 1,028 6.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 137 0.82% 138 0.83%
Accommodation & food services 402 2.42% 890 5.36%
Other services (except public administration) 331 1.99% 409 2.46%
Public administration 740 4.45% 441 2.65%

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

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