Lincoln 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 7,658 52.70% 6,872 47.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,593 10.96% 1,816 12.50%
Management, business, & financial operations: 784 5.40% 560 3.85%
Management, except farm managers 447 3.08% 257 1.77%
Farmers & farm managers 215 1.48% 56 0.39%
Business & financial operations: 122 0.84% 247 1.70%
Business operations specialists 70 0.48% 113 0.78%
Financial specialists 52 0.36% 134 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 809 5.57% 1,256 8.64%
Computer & mathematical 84 0.58% 42 0.29%
Architecture & engineering: 154 1.06% 32 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 94 0.65% 2 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 60 0.41% 30 0.21%
Life, physical, & social science 54 0.37% 14 0.10%
Community & social services 164 1.13% 163 1.12%
Legal 34 0.23% 40 0.28%
Education, training, & library 144 0.99% 492 3.39%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 66 0.45% 64 0.44%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 109 0.75% 409 2.81%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 87 0.60% 256 1.76%
Health technologists & technicians 22 0.15% 153 1.05%
Service occupations: 612 4.21% 1,381 9.50%
Healthcare support 15 0.10% 397 2.73%
Protective services: 128 0.88% 29 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 109 0.75% 13 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 19 0.13% 16 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 190 1.31% 510 3.51%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 219 1.51% 190 1.31%
Personal care & service 60 0.41% 255 1.75%
Sales & office occupations: 1,157 7.96% 2,499 17.20%
Sales & related occupations 652 4.49% 677 4.66%
Office & administrative support 505 3.48% 1,822 12.54%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 154 1.06% 24 0.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,300 8.95% 60 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 737 5.07% 41 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 66 0.45% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 661 4.55% 39 0.27%
Extraction 10 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 563 3.87% 19 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,842 19.56% 1,092 7.52%
Production 1,782 12.26% 809 5.57%
Transportation & material moving: 1,060 7.30% 283 1.95%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 10 0.07% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 447 3.08% 46 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 25 0.17% 14 0.10%
Material moving 573 3.94% 221 1.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,658 52.70% 6,872 47.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 437 3.01% 81 0.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 425 2.92% 81 0.56%
Mining 12 0.08% 0 0.00%
Construction 844 5.81% 107 0.74%
Manufacturing 2,896 19.93% 1,384 9.53%
Wholesale trade 313 2.15% 66 0.45%
Retail trade 802 5.52% 1,037 7.14%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 414 2.85% 179 1.23%
Transportation & warehousing 360 2.48% 155 1.07%
Utilities 54 0.37% 24 0.17%
Information 58 0.40% 76 0.52%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 247 1.70% 728 5.01%
Finance & insurance 199 1.37% 665 4.58%
Real estate & rental & leasing 48 0.33% 63 0.43%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 253 1.74% 220 1.51%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 148 1.02% 151 1.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 105 0.72% 69 0.47%
Educational, health & social services: 454 3.12% 1,996 13.74%
Educational services 227 1.56% 645 4.44%
Health care & social assistance 227 1.56% 1,351 9.30%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 326 2.24% 563 3.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 61 0.42% 31 0.21%
Accommodation & food services 265 1.82% 532 3.66%
Other services (except public administration) 280 1.93% 198 1.36%
Public administration 334 2.30% 237 1.63%

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

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