Botetourt 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 8,419 53.56% 7,300 46.44%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,183 13.89% 2,579 16.41%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,208 7.68% 887 5.64%
Management, except farm managers 854 5.43% 522 3.32%
Farmers & farm managers 110 0.70% 21 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 244 1.55% 344 2.19%
Business operations specialists 118 0.75% 138 0.88%
Financial specialists 126 0.80% 206 1.31%
Professional & related occupations: 975 6.20% 1,692 10.76%
Computer & mathematical 141 0.90% 69 0.44%
Architecture & engineering: 295 1.88% 17 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 227 1.44% 5 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 68 0.43% 12 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 72 0.46% 27 0.17%
Community & social services 89 0.57% 108 0.69%
Legal 60 0.38% 66 0.42%
Education, training, & library 87 0.55% 685 4.36%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 75 0.48% 124 0.79%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 156 0.99% 596 3.79%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 119 0.76% 426 2.71%
Health technologists & technicians 37 0.24% 170 1.08%
Service occupations: 798 5.08% 1,073 6.83%
Healthcare support 12 0.08% 173 1.10%
Protective services: 304 1.93% 20 0.13%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 225 1.43% 4 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 79 0.50% 16 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 190 1.21% 425 2.70%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 271 1.72% 161 1.02%
Personal care & service 21 0.13% 294 1.87%
Sales & office occupations: 1,607 10.22% 2,935 18.67%
Sales & related occupations 1,042 6.63% 815 5.18%
Office & administrative support 565 3.59% 2,120 13.49%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 101 0.64% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,928 12.27% 60 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 1,017 6.47% 32 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 234 1.49% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 733 4.66% 32 0.20%
Extraction 50 0.32% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 911 5.80% 28 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,802 11.46% 653 4.15%
Production 869 5.53% 472 3.00%
Transportation & material moving: 933 5.94% 181 1.15%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 36 0.23% 8 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 465 2.96% 58 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 102 0.65% 0 0.00%
Material moving 330 2.10% 115 0.73%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,419 53.56% 7,300 46.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 348 2.21% 44 0.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 224 1.43% 41 0.26%
Mining 124 0.79% 3 0.02%
Construction 1,084 6.90% 110 0.70%
Manufacturing 1,576 10.03% 719 4.57%
Wholesale trade 614 3.91% 150 0.95%
Retail trade 995 6.33% 1,075 6.84%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,152 7.33% 225 1.43%
Transportation & warehousing 1,025 6.52% 170 1.08%
Utilities 127 0.81% 55 0.35%
Information 171 1.09% 232 1.48%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 327 2.08% 992 6.31%
Finance & insurance 236 1.50% 927 5.90%
Real estate & rental & leasing 91 0.58% 65 0.41%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 537 3.42% 446 2.84%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 315 2.00% 308 1.96%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 5 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 222 1.41% 133 0.85%
Educational, health & social services: 456 2.90% 2,120 13.49%
Educational services 150 0.95% 1,001 6.37%
Health care & social assistance 306 1.95% 1,119 7.12%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 318 2.02% 451 2.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 43 0.27% 15 0.10%
Accommodation & food services 275 1.75% 436 2.77%
Other services (except public administration) 453 2.88% 427 2.72%
Public administration 388 2.47% 309 1.97%

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

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