Wythe 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 7,081 53.55% 6,141 46.45%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,266 9.57% 1,504 11.37%
Management, business, & financial operations: 675 5.11% 308 2.33%
Management, except farm managers 359 2.72% 218 1.65%
Farmers & farm managers 203 1.54% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 113 0.85% 90 0.68%
Business operations specialists 59 0.45% 56 0.42%
Financial specialists 54 0.41% 34 0.26%
Professional & related occupations: 591 4.47% 1,196 9.05%
Computer & mathematical 23 0.17% 18 0.14%
Architecture & engineering: 111 0.84% 60 0.45%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 84 0.64% 18 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 27 0.20% 42 0.32%
Life, physical, & social science 22 0.17% 15 0.11%
Community & social services 98 0.74% 61 0.46%
Legal 19 0.14% 35 0.26%
Education, training, & library 159 1.20% 463 3.50%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 55 0.42% 123 0.93%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 104 0.79% 421 3.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 73 0.55% 308 2.33%
Health technologists & technicians 31 0.23% 113 0.85%
Service occupations: 789 5.97% 1,480 11.19%
Healthcare support 23 0.17% 373 2.82%
Protective services: 186 1.41% 17 0.13%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 150 1.13% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 36 0.27% 17 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 280 2.12% 568 4.30%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 271 2.05% 249 1.88%
Personal care & service 29 0.22% 273 2.06%
Sales & office occupations: 1,046 7.91% 1,906 14.42%
Sales & related occupations 660 4.99% 722 5.46%
Office & administrative support 386 2.92% 1,184 8.95%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 113 0.85% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,362 10.30% 58 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 741 5.60% 48 0.36%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 120 0.91% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 566 4.28% 42 0.32%
Extraction 55 0.42% 6 0.05%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 621 4.70% 10 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,505 18.95% 1,193 9.02%
Production 1,483 11.22% 1,031 7.80%
Transportation & material moving: 1,022 7.73% 162 1.23%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 50 0.38% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 601 4.55% 112 0.85%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 5 0.04%
Material moving 363 2.75% 45 0.34%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,081 53.55% 6,141 46.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 414 3.13% 23 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 325 2.46% 23 0.17%
Mining 89 0.67% 0 0.00%
Construction 781 5.91% 108 0.82%
Manufacturing 2,035 15.39% 1,202 9.09%
Wholesale trade 335 2.53% 99 0.75%
Retail trade 912 6.90% 846 6.40%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 477 3.61% 111 0.84%
Transportation & warehousing 425 3.21% 89 0.67%
Utilities 52 0.39% 22 0.17%
Information 122 0.92% 117 0.88%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 85 0.64% 279 2.11%
Finance & insurance 61 0.46% 187 1.41%
Real estate & rental & leasing 24 0.18% 92 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 295 2.23% 202 1.53%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 135 1.02% 142 1.07%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 160 1.21% 60 0.45%
Educational, health & social services: 498 3.77% 1,934 14.63%
Educational services 273 2.06% 636 4.81%
Health care & social assistance 225 1.70% 1,298 9.82%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 523 3.96% 744 5.63%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 87 0.66% 38 0.29%
Accommodation & food services 436 3.30% 706 5.34%
Other services (except public administration) 286 2.16% 235 1.78%
Public administration 318 2.41% 241 1.82%

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

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