Boone 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 5,028 57.21% 3,760 42.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 746 8.49% 1,162 13.22%
Management, business, & financial operations: 320 3.64% 386 4.39%
Management, except farm managers 251 2.86% 202 2.30%
Farmers & farm managers 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 67 0.76% 184 2.09%
Business operations specialists 36 0.41% 88 1.00%
Financial specialists 31 0.35% 96 1.09%
Professional & related occupations: 426 4.85% 776 8.83%
Computer & mathematical 22 0.25% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 87 0.99% 6 0.07%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 55 0.63% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 32 0.36% 6 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 11 0.13% 8 0.09%
Community & social services 43 0.49% 70 0.80%
Legal 44 0.50% 36 0.41%
Education, training, & library 135 1.54% 355 4.04%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 12 0.14% 6 0.07%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 72 0.82% 295 3.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 42 0.48% 157 1.79%
Health technologists & technicians 30 0.34% 138 1.57%
Service occupations: 564 6.42% 828 9.42%
Healthcare support 19 0.22% 216 2.46%
Protective services: 178 2.03% 13 0.15%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 58 0.66% 7 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 120 1.37% 6 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 107 1.22% 300 3.41%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 223 2.54% 106 1.21%
Personal care & service 37 0.42% 193 2.20%
Sales & office occupations: 713 8.11% 1,600 18.21%
Sales & related occupations 363 4.13% 734 8.35%
Office & administrative support 350 3.98% 866 9.85%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 29 0.33% 4 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,703 19.38% 32 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 1,376 15.66% 28 0.32%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 195 2.22% 6 0.07%
Construction trades 631 7.18% 8 0.09%
Extraction 550 6.26% 14 0.16%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 327 3.72% 4 0.05%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,273 14.49% 134 1.52%
Production 372 4.23% 47 0.53%
Transportation & material moving: 901 10.25% 87 0.99%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 38 0.43% 3 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 11 0.13% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 543 6.18% 38 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 73 0.83% 0 0.00%
Material moving 236 2.69% 46 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,028 57.21% 3,760 42.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,338 15.23% 66 0.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 47 0.53% 4 0.05%
Mining 1,291 14.69% 62 0.71%
Construction 506 5.76% 32 0.36%
Manufacturing 331 3.77% 63 0.72%
Wholesale trade 230 2.62% 44 0.50%
Retail trade 505 5.75% 720 8.19%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 498 5.67% 63 0.72%
Transportation & warehousing 404 4.60% 48 0.55%
Utilities 94 1.07% 15 0.17%
Information 53 0.60% 84 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 99 1.13% 223 2.54%
Finance & insurance 55 0.63% 181 2.06%
Real estate & rental & leasing 44 0.50% 42 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 311 3.54% 298 3.39%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 123 1.40% 155 1.76%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 188 2.14% 143 1.63%
Educational, health & social services: 393 4.47% 1,465 16.67%
Educational services 235 2.67% 572 6.51%
Health care & social assistance 158 1.80% 893 10.16%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 206 2.34% 297 3.38%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 32 0.36% 5 0.06%
Accommodation & food services 174 1.98% 292 3.32%
Other services (except public administration) 234 2.66% 142 1.62%
Public administration 324 3.69% 263 2.99%

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

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