Walla Walla 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 12,067 51.30% 11,457 48.70%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,123 17.53% 4,194 17.83%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,577 6.70% 1,025 4.36%
Management, except farm managers 903 3.84% 616 2.62%
Farmers & farm managers 379 1.61% 20 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 295 1.25% 389 1.65%
Business operations specialists 105 0.45% 117 0.50%
Financial specialists 190 0.81% 272 1.16%
Professional & related occupations: 2,546 10.82% 3,169 13.47%
Computer & mathematical 268 1.14% 144 0.61%
Architecture & engineering: 296 1.26% 59 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 224 0.95% 24 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 72 0.31% 35 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 140 0.60% 79 0.34%
Community & social services 268 1.14% 329 1.40%
Legal 76 0.32% 61 0.26%
Education, training, & library 829 3.52% 1,403 5.96%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 200 0.85% 222 0.94%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 469 1.99% 872 3.71%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 370 1.57% 533 2.27%
Health technologists & technicians 99 0.42% 339 1.44%
Service occupations: 2,031 8.63% 2,415 10.27%
Healthcare support 125 0.53% 596 2.53%
Protective services: 606 2.58% 66 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 522 2.22% 65 0.28%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 84 0.36% 1 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 389 1.65% 701 2.98%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 718 3.05% 326 1.39%
Personal care & service 193 0.82% 726 3.09%
Sales & office occupations: 1,559 6.63% 3,942 16.76%
Sales & related occupations 955 4.06% 974 4.14%
Office & administrative support 604 2.57% 2,968 12.62%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 660 2.81% 258 1.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,988 8.45% 93 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 1,010 4.29% 53 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 152 0.65% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 857 3.64% 53 0.23%
Extraction 1 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 978 4.16% 40 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,706 7.25% 555 2.36%
Production 765 3.25% 336 1.43%
Transportation & material moving: 941 4.00% 219 0.93%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 37 0.16% 7 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 31 0.13% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 370 1.57% 74 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 127 0.54% 4 0.02%
Material moving 376 1.60% 134 0.57%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,067 51.30% 11,457 48.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,223 5.20% 386 1.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,219 5.18% 386 1.64%
Mining 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,217 5.17% 234 0.99%
Manufacturing 1,246 5.30% 543 2.31%
Wholesale trade 442 1.88% 181 0.77%
Retail trade 1,035 4.40% 1,076 4.57%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 716 3.04% 172 0.73%
Transportation & warehousing 507 2.16% 133 0.57%
Utilities 209 0.89% 39 0.17%
Information 286 1.22% 325 1.38%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 409 1.74% 649 2.76%
Finance & insurance 235 1.00% 534 2.27%
Real estate & rental & leasing 174 0.74% 115 0.49%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 757 3.22% 707 3.01%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 368 1.56% 459 1.95%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 389 1.65% 248 1.05%
Educational, health & social services: 2,506 10.65% 5,020 21.34%
Educational services 1,552 6.60% 2,436 10.36%
Health care & social assistance 954 4.06% 2,584 10.98%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 599 2.55% 906 3.85%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 174 0.74% 165 0.70%
Accommodation & food services 425 1.81% 741 3.15%
Other services (except public administration) 621 2.64% 654 2.78%
Public administration 1,010 4.29% 604 2.57%

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

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