Cowlitz 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 22,010 55.18% 17,878 44.82%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,001 10.03% 5,398 13.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,755 4.40% 1,525 3.82%
Management, except farm managers 1,319 3.31% 974 2.44%
Farmers & farm managers 72 0.18% 19 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 364 0.91% 532 1.33%
Business operations specialists 207 0.52% 195 0.49%
Financial specialists 157 0.39% 337 0.84%
Professional & related occupations: 2,246 5.63% 3,873 9.71%
Computer & mathematical 241 0.60% 78 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 477 1.20% 47 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 353 0.88% 19 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 124 0.31% 28 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 224 0.56% 62 0.16%
Community & social services 244 0.61% 387 0.97%
Legal 81 0.20% 195 0.49%
Education, training, & library 451 1.13% 1,567 3.93%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 141 0.35% 285 0.71%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 387 0.97% 1,252 3.14%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 336 0.84% 854 2.14%
Health technologists & technicians 51 0.13% 398 1.00%
Service occupations: 2,680 6.72% 4,322 10.84%
Healthcare support 48 0.12% 885 2.22%
Protective services: 541 1.36% 225 0.56%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 345 0.86% 101 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 196 0.49% 124 0.31%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 727 1.82% 1,424 3.57%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,205 3.02% 586 1.47%
Personal care & service 159 0.40% 1,202 3.01%
Sales & office occupations: 2,855 7.16% 6,532 16.38%
Sales & related occupations 1,815 4.55% 2,186 5.48%
Office & administrative support 1,040 2.61% 4,346 10.90%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 700 1.75% 55 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,762 11.94% 179 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 2,612 6.55% 119 0.30%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 278 0.70% 13 0.03%
Construction trades 2,306 5.78% 106 0.27%
Extraction 28 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,150 5.39% 60 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,012 17.58% 1,392 3.49%
Production 3,925 9.84% 832 2.09%
Transportation & material moving: 3,087 7.74% 560 1.40%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 33 0.08% 8 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 34 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,254 3.14% 224 0.56%
Rail, water & other transportation 121 0.30% 11 0.03%
Material moving 1,645 4.12% 317 0.79%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 22,010 55.18% 17,878 44.82%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,238 3.10% 167 0.42%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,204 3.02% 161 0.40%
Mining 34 0.09% 6 0.02%
Construction 2,733 6.85% 333 0.83%
Manufacturing 6,994 17.53% 1,359 3.41%
Wholesale trade 801 2.01% 246 0.62%
Retail trade 2,283 5.72% 2,619 6.57%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,652 4.14% 438 1.10%
Transportation & warehousing 1,370 3.43% 329 0.82%
Utilities 282 0.71% 109 0.27%
Information 333 0.83% 388 0.97%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 553 1.39% 1,121 2.81%
Finance & insurance 200 0.50% 807 2.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 353 0.88% 314 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,108 2.78% 1,250 3.13%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 408 1.02% 756 1.90%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 700 1.75% 494 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 1,539 3.86% 6,224 15.60%
Educational services 889 2.23% 2,318 5.81%
Health care & social assistance 650 1.63% 3,906 9.79%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,212 3.04% 1,712 4.29%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 404 1.01% 167 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 808 2.03% 1,545 3.87%
Other services (except public administration) 828 2.08% 1,174 2.94%
Public administration 736 1.85% 847 2.12%

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

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