Rock 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 39,893 52.26% 36,443 47.74%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,648 11.33% 10,735 14.06%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,679 6.13% 3,253 4.26%
Management, except farm managers 3,133 4.10% 1,757 2.30%
Farmers & farm managers 655 0.86% 115 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 891 1.17% 1,381 1.81%
Business operations specialists 464 0.61% 752 0.99%
Financial specialists 427 0.56% 629 0.82%
Professional & related occupations: 3,969 5.20% 7,482 9.80%
Computer & mathematical 474 0.62% 266 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 1,098 1.44% 224 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 703 0.92% 84 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 395 0.52% 140 0.18%
Life, physical, & social science 192 0.25% 229 0.30%
Community & social services 333 0.44% 572 0.75%
Legal 131 0.17% 143 0.19%
Education, training, & library 884 1.16% 3,138 4.11%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 344 0.45% 480 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 513 0.67% 2,430 3.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 432 0.57% 1,473 1.93%
Health technologists & technicians 81 0.11% 957 1.25%
Service occupations: 3,814 5.00% 6,911 9.05%
Healthcare support 102 0.13% 1,756 2.30%
Protective services: 740 0.97% 187 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 526 0.69% 72 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 214 0.28% 115 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,357 1.78% 2,358 3.09%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,259 1.65% 1,041 1.36%
Personal care & service 356 0.47% 1,569 2.06%
Sales & office occupations: 5,599 7.33% 12,458 16.32%
Sales & related occupations 3,174 4.16% 4,017 5.26%
Office & administrative support 2,425 3.18% 8,441 11.06%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 270 0.35% 90 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,042 9.23% 347 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 3,723 4.88% 115 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 443 0.58% 11 0.01%
Construction trades 3,263 4.27% 102 0.13%
Extraction 17 0.02% 2 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,319 4.35% 232 0.30%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 14,520 19.02% 5,902 7.73%
Production 9,700 12.71% 4,680 6.13%
Transportation & material moving: 4,820 6.31% 1,222 1.60%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 104 0.14% 37 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 47 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,193 2.87% 191 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 164 0.21% 10 0.01%
Material moving 2,312 3.03% 984 1.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 39,893 52.26% 36,443 47.74%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,015 1.33% 299 0.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 971 1.27% 286 0.37%
Mining 44 0.06% 13 0.02%
Construction 4,061 5.32% 363 0.48%
Manufacturing 15,484 20.28% 7,156 9.37%
Wholesale trade 1,721 2.25% 871 1.14%
Retail trade 3,997 5.24% 5,273 6.91%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,715 3.56% 784 1.03%
Transportation & warehousing 2,278 2.98% 559 0.73%
Utilities 437 0.57% 225 0.29%
Information 553 0.72% 944 1.24%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 966 1.27% 2,063 2.70%
Finance & insurance 608 0.80% 1,689 2.21%
Real estate & rental & leasing 358 0.47% 374 0.49%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,774 2.32% 1,950 2.55%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 822 1.08% 962 1.26%
Management of companies & enterprises 13 0.02% 43 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 939 1.23% 945 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 2,815 3.69% 11,382 14.91%
Educational services 1,627 2.13% 4,351 5.70%
Health care & social assistance 1,188 1.56% 7,031 9.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,252 2.95% 2,910 3.81%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 442 0.58% 407 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 1,810 2.37% 2,503 3.28%
Other services (except public administration) 1,479 1.94% 1,410 1.85%
Public administration 1,061 1.39% 1,038 1.36%

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

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