Grant 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 2,860 57.02% 2,156 42.98%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 537 10.71% 535 10.67%
Management, business, & financial operations: 286 5.70% 197 3.93%
Management, except farm managers 162 3.23% 98 1.95%
Farmers & farm managers 96 1.91% 41 0.82%
Business & financial operations: 28 0.56% 58 1.16%
Business operations specialists 11 0.22% 27 0.54%
Financial specialists 17 0.34% 31 0.62%
Professional & related occupations: 251 5.00% 338 6.74%
Computer & mathematical 8 0.16% 11 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 37 0.74% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 27 0.54% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 10 0.20% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 26 0.52% 13 0.26%
Community & social services 69 1.38% 26 0.52%
Legal 21 0.42% 11 0.22%
Education, training, & library 58 1.16% 140 2.79%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 9 0.18% 8 0.16%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 23 0.46% 129 2.57%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 14 0.28% 68 1.36%
Health technologists & technicians 9 0.18% 61 1.22%
Service occupations: 235 4.69% 429 8.55%
Healthcare support 10 0.20% 97 1.93%
Protective services: 71 1.42% 6 0.12%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 48 0.96% 6 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 23 0.46% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 14 0.28% 113 2.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 119 2.37% 70 1.40%
Personal care & service 21 0.42% 143 2.85%
Sales & office occupations: 247 4.92% 722 14.39%
Sales & related occupations 114 2.27% 212 4.23%
Office & administrative support 133 2.65% 510 10.17%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 114 2.27% 32 0.64%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 631 12.58% 17 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 389 7.76% 5 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 23 0.46% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 340 6.78% 5 0.10%
Extraction 26 0.52% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 242 4.82% 12 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,096 21.85% 421 8.39%
Production 544 10.85% 277 5.52%
Transportation & material moving: 552 11.00% 144 2.87%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 309 6.16% 18 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Material moving 243 4.84% 126 2.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,860 57.02% 2,156 42.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 279 5.56% 70 1.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 228 4.55% 70 1.40%
Mining 51 1.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 371 7.40% 19 0.38%
Manufacturing 934 18.62% 447 8.91%
Wholesale trade 79 1.57% 20 0.40%
Retail trade 201 4.01% 252 5.02%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 347 6.92% 40 0.80%
Transportation & warehousing 240 4.78% 33 0.66%
Utilities 107 2.13% 7 0.14%
Information 38 0.76% 42 0.84%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 61 1.22% 91 1.81%
Finance & insurance 45 0.90% 72 1.44%
Real estate & rental & leasing 16 0.32% 19 0.38%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 61 1.22% 61 1.22%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 33 0.66% 38 0.76%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 28 0.56% 23 0.46%
Educational, health & social services: 174 3.47% 764 15.23%
Educational services 91 1.81% 233 4.65%
Health care & social assistance 83 1.65% 531 10.59%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 62 1.24% 145 2.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 23 0.46% 26 0.52%
Accommodation & food services 39 0.78% 119 2.37%
Other services (except public administration) 147 2.93% 100 1.99%
Public administration 106 2.11% 105 2.09%

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

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