Douglas 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 7,749 54.73% 6,409 45.27%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,932 13.65% 2,055 14.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,127 7.96% 677 4.78%
Management, except farm managers 613 4.33% 345 2.44%
Farmers & farm managers 388 2.74% 58 0.41%
Business & financial operations: 126 0.89% 274 1.94%
Business operations specialists 34 0.24% 139 0.98%
Financial specialists 92 0.65% 135 0.95%
Professional & related occupations: 805 5.69% 1,378 9.73%
Computer & mathematical 59 0.42% 23 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 159 1.12% 38 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 128 0.90% 25 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 31 0.22% 13 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 63 0.44% 18 0.13%
Community & social services 86 0.61% 109 0.77%
Legal 16 0.11% 56 0.40%
Education, training, & library 184 1.30% 652 4.61%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 86 0.61% 67 0.47%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 152 1.07% 415 2.93%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 108 0.76% 261 1.84%
Health technologists & technicians 44 0.31% 154 1.09%
Service occupations: 1,055 7.45% 1,258 8.89%
Healthcare support 21 0.15% 281 1.98%
Protective services: 184 1.30% 32 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 125 0.88% 7 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 59 0.42% 25 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 208 1.47% 397 2.80%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 491 3.47% 150 1.06%
Personal care & service 151 1.07% 398 2.81%
Sales & office occupations: 1,151 8.13% 2,203 15.56%
Sales & related occupations 764 5.40% 712 5.03%
Office & administrative support 387 2.73% 1,491 10.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 730 5.16% 450 3.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,345 9.50% 11 0.08%
Construction & extraction: 723 5.11% 1 0.01%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 63 0.44% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 658 4.65% 1 0.01%
Extraction 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 622 4.39% 10 0.07%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,536 10.85% 432 3.05%
Production 649 4.58% 193 1.36%
Transportation & material moving: 887 6.27% 239 1.69%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 12 0.08% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 11 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 406 2.87% 68 0.48%
Rail, water & other transportation 40 0.28% 2 0.01%
Material moving 418 2.95% 167 1.18%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,749 54.73% 6,409 45.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,355 9.57% 369 2.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,339 9.46% 367 2.59%
Mining 16 0.11% 2 0.01%
Construction 869 6.14% 132 0.93%
Manufacturing 800 5.65% 323 2.28%
Wholesale trade 675 4.77% 479 3.38%
Retail trade 959 6.77% 917 6.48%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 573 4.05% 199 1.41%
Transportation & warehousing 314 2.22% 155 1.09%
Utilities 259 1.83% 44 0.31%
Information 129 0.91% 116 0.82%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 252 1.78% 290 2.05%
Finance & insurance 146 1.03% 245 1.73%
Real estate & rental & leasing 106 0.75% 45 0.32%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 308 2.18% 290 2.05%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 67 0.47% 142 1.00%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 8 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 241 1.70% 140 0.99%
Educational, health & social services: 624 4.41% 2,224 15.71%
Educational services 402 2.84% 857 6.05%
Health care & social assistance 222 1.57% 1,367 9.66%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 507 3.58% 501 3.54%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 189 1.33% 73 0.52%
Accommodation & food services 318 2.25% 428 3.02%
Other services (except public administration) 342 2.42% 276 1.95%
Public administration 356 2.51% 293 2.07%

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

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