Nelson 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 3,589 52.98% 3,185 47.02%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 794 11.72% 1,102 16.27%
Management, business, & financial operations: 452 6.67% 337 4.97%
Management, except farm managers 304 4.49% 239 3.53%
Farmers & farm managers 72 1.06% 7 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 76 1.12% 91 1.34%
Business operations specialists 49 0.72% 40 0.59%
Financial specialists 27 0.40% 51 0.75%
Professional & related occupations: 342 5.05% 765 11.29%
Computer & mathematical 54 0.80% 24 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 54 0.80% 16 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 21 0.31% 6 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 33 0.49% 10 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 5 0.07% 13 0.19%
Community & social services 56 0.83% 36 0.53%
Legal 10 0.15% 37 0.55%
Education, training, & library 61 0.90% 385 5.68%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 57 0.84% 60 0.89%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 45 0.66% 194 2.86%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 38 0.56% 120 1.77%
Health technologists & technicians 7 0.10% 74 1.09%
Service occupations: 406 5.99% 610 9.01%
Healthcare support 16 0.24% 120 1.77%
Protective services: 59 0.87% 29 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 30 0.44% 10 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 29 0.43% 19 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 88 1.30% 208 3.07%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 205 3.03% 149 2.20%
Personal care & service 38 0.56% 104 1.54%
Sales & office occupations: 407 6.01% 1,075 15.87%
Sales & related occupations 190 2.80% 294 4.34%
Office & administrative support 217 3.20% 781 11.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 160 2.36% 37 0.55%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,034 15.26% 47 0.69%
Construction & extraction: 634 9.36% 35 0.52%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 70 1.03% 6 0.09%
Construction trades 564 8.33% 29 0.43%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 400 5.90% 12 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 788 11.63% 314 4.64%
Production 421 6.21% 178 2.63%
Transportation & material moving: 367 5.42% 136 2.01%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.09% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 212 3.13% 86 1.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 14 0.21% 0 0.00%
Material moving 135 1.99% 50 0.74%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,589 52.98% 3,185 47.02%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 249 3.68% 38 0.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 234 3.45% 38 0.56%
Mining 15 0.22% 0 0.00%
Construction 756 11.16% 63 0.93%
Manufacturing 563 8.31% 292 4.31%
Wholesale trade 129 1.90% 36 0.53%
Retail trade 236 3.48% 345 5.09%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 304 4.49% 108 1.59%
Transportation & warehousing 190 2.80% 87 1.28%
Utilities 114 1.68% 21 0.31%
Information 43 0.63% 92 1.36%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 72 1.06% 137 2.02%
Finance & insurance 46 0.68% 107 1.58%
Real estate & rental & leasing 26 0.38% 30 0.44%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 283 4.18% 230 3.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 136 2.01% 86 1.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 147 2.17% 144 2.13%
Educational, health & social services: 306 4.52% 1,257 18.56%
Educational services 190 2.80% 663 9.79%
Health care & social assistance 116 1.71% 594 8.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 301 4.44% 306 4.52%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 62 0.92% 42 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 239 3.53% 264 3.90%
Other services (except public administration) 243 3.59% 148 2.18%
Public administration 104 1.54% 133 1.96%

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

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