King William 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 3,505 52.36% 3,189 47.64%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 813 12.15% 1,071 16.00%
Management, business, & financial operations: 487 7.28% 405 6.05%
Management, except farm managers 317 4.74% 268 4.00%
Farmers & farm managers 56 0.84% 10 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 114 1.70% 127 1.90%
Business operations specialists 65 0.97% 53 0.79%
Financial specialists 49 0.73% 74 1.11%
Professional & related occupations: 326 4.87% 666 9.95%
Computer & mathematical 53 0.79% 54 0.81%
Architecture & engineering: 85 1.27% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 40 0.60% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 45 0.67% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 69 1.03% 14 0.21%
Community & social services 31 0.46% 40 0.60%
Legal 4 0.06% 16 0.24%
Education, training, & library 14 0.21% 282 4.21%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 42 0.63% 34 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 28 0.42% 226 3.38%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5 0.07% 125 1.87%
Health technologists & technicians 23 0.34% 101 1.51%
Service occupations: 304 4.54% 470 7.02%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 60 0.90%
Protective services: 110 1.64% 4 0.06%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 103 1.54% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 7 0.10% 4 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 54 0.81% 184 2.75%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 120 1.79% 85 1.27%
Personal care & service 20 0.30% 137 2.05%
Sales & office occupations: 519 7.75% 1,407 21.02%
Sales & related occupations 233 3.48% 325 4.86%
Office & administrative support 286 4.27% 1,082 16.16%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 94 1.40% 6 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 897 13.40% 33 0.49%
Construction & extraction: 499 7.45% 29 0.43%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 113 1.69% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 386 5.77% 29 0.43%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 398 5.95% 4 0.06%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 878 13.12% 202 3.02%
Production 465 6.95% 143 2.14%
Transportation & material moving: 413 6.17% 59 0.88%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.34% 13 0.19%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 221 3.30% 22 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 33 0.49% 0 0.00%
Material moving 136 2.03% 24 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,505 52.36% 3,189 47.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 155 2.32% 49 0.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 147 2.20% 49 0.73%
Mining 8 0.12% 0 0.00%
Construction 603 9.01% 158 2.36%
Manufacturing 864 12.91% 296 4.42%
Wholesale trade 291 4.35% 71 1.06%
Retail trade 299 4.47% 371 5.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 204 3.05% 75 1.12%
Transportation & warehousing 184 2.75% 52 0.78%
Utilities 20 0.30% 23 0.34%
Information 75 1.12% 83 1.24%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 157 2.35% 385 5.75%
Finance & insurance 91 1.36% 339 5.06%
Real estate & rental & leasing 66 0.99% 46 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 161 2.41% 203 3.03%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 82 1.22% 128 1.91%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 79 1.18% 75 1.12%
Educational, health & social services: 141 2.11% 942 14.07%
Educational services 68 1.02% 388 5.80%
Health care & social assistance 73 1.09% 554 8.28%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 139 2.08% 210 3.14%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 54 0.81% 52 0.78%
Accommodation & food services 85 1.27% 158 2.36%
Other services (except public administration) 196 2.93% 131 1.96%
Public administration 220 3.29% 215 3.21%

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

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