Hampshire 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 4,825 56.20% 3,761 43.80%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 886 10.32% 952 11.09%
Management, business, & financial operations: 380 4.43% 213 2.48%
Management, except farm managers 256 2.98% 102 1.19%
Farmers & farm managers 70 0.82% 21 0.24%
Business & financial operations: 54 0.63% 90 1.05%
Business operations specialists 40 0.47% 56 0.65%
Financial specialists 14 0.16% 34 0.40%
Professional & related occupations: 506 5.89% 739 8.61%
Computer & mathematical 55 0.64% 31 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 87 1.01% 12 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 49 0.57% 12 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 38 0.44% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 47 0.55% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 45 0.52% 51 0.59%
Legal 30 0.35% 9 0.10%
Education, training, & library 165 1.92% 314 3.66%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 30 0.35% 40 0.47%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 47 0.55% 282 3.28%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 39 0.45% 183 2.13%
Health technologists & technicians 8 0.09% 99 1.15%
Service occupations: 421 4.90% 831 9.68%
Healthcare support 4 0.05% 173 2.01%
Protective services: 138 1.61% 18 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 71 0.83% 13 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 67 0.78% 5 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 48 0.56% 280 3.26%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 186 2.17% 118 1.37%
Personal care & service 45 0.52% 242 2.82%
Sales & office occupations: 485 5.65% 1,207 14.06%
Sales & related occupations 247 2.88% 429 5.00%
Office & administrative support 238 2.77% 778 9.06%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 107 1.25% 49 0.57%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,353 15.76% 29 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 888 10.34% 24 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 145 1.69% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 674 7.85% 24 0.28%
Extraction 69 0.80% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 465 5.42% 5 0.06%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,573 18.32% 693 8.07%
Production 774 9.01% 496 5.78%
Transportation & material moving: 799 9.31% 197 2.29%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 443 5.16% 46 0.54%
Rail, water & other transportation 12 0.14% 4 0.05%
Material moving 342 3.98% 147 1.71%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,825 56.20% 3,761 43.80%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 195 2.27% 59 0.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 143 1.67% 59 0.69%
Mining 52 0.61% 0 0.00%
Construction 905 10.54% 39 0.45%
Manufacturing 1,270 14.79% 660 7.69%
Wholesale trade 191 2.22% 83 0.97%
Retail trade 394 4.59% 509 5.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 443 5.16% 123 1.43%
Transportation & warehousing 340 3.96% 117 1.36%
Utilities 103 1.20% 6 0.07%
Information 116 1.35% 62 0.72%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 59 0.69% 201 2.34%
Finance & insurance 27 0.31% 159 1.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 32 0.37% 42 0.49%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 246 2.87% 153 1.78%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 97 1.13% 81 0.94%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 149 1.74% 72 0.84%
Educational, health & social services: 438 5.10% 1,316 15.33%
Educational services 302 3.52% 484 5.64%
Health care & social assistance 136 1.58% 832 9.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 92 1.07% 246 2.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 18 0.21% 10 0.12%
Accommodation & food services 74 0.86% 236 2.75%
Other services (except public administration) 219 2.55% 160 1.86%
Public administration 257 2.99% 150 1.75%

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

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