Oconto 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 9,418 53.27% 8,262 46.73%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,989 11.25% 2,245 12.70%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,233 6.97% 956 5.41%
Management, except farm managers 630 3.56% 428 2.42%
Farmers & farm managers 475 2.69% 191 1.08%
Business & financial operations: 128 0.72% 337 1.91%
Business operations specialists 68 0.38% 152 0.86%
Financial specialists 60 0.34% 185 1.05%
Professional & related occupations: 756 4.28% 1,289 7.29%
Computer & mathematical 57 0.32% 102 0.58%
Architecture & engineering: 217 1.23% 59 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 137 0.77% 16 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 80 0.45% 43 0.24%
Life, physical, & social science 46 0.26% 19 0.11%
Community & social services 59 0.33% 83 0.47%
Legal 10 0.06% 37 0.21%
Education, training, & library 257 1.45% 543 3.07%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 41 0.23% 54 0.31%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 69 0.39% 392 2.22%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 59 0.33% 238 1.35%
Health technologists & technicians 10 0.06% 154 0.87%
Service occupations: 817 4.62% 1,687 9.54%
Healthcare support 2 0.01% 374 2.12%
Protective services: 194 1.10% 56 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 129 0.73% 19 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 65 0.37% 37 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 260 1.47% 709 4.01%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 304 1.72% 208 1.18%
Personal care & service 57 0.32% 340 1.92%
Sales & office occupations: 1,040 5.88% 2,540 14.37%
Sales & related occupations 542 3.07% 719 4.07%
Office & administrative support 498 2.82% 1,821 10.30%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 320 1.81% 108 0.61%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,997 11.30% 96 0.54%
Construction & extraction: 1,139 6.44% 23 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 150 0.85% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 982 5.55% 23 0.13%
Extraction 7 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 858 4.85% 73 0.41%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,255 18.41% 1,586 8.97%
Production 1,926 10.89% 1,189 6.73%
Transportation & material moving: 1,329 7.52% 397 2.25%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 40 0.23% 13 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.04% 2 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 705 3.99% 89 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 49 0.28% 20 0.11%
Material moving 528 2.99% 273 1.54%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,418 53.27% 8,262 46.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 809 4.58% 303 1.71%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 802 4.54% 303 1.71%
Mining 7 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,269 7.18% 77 0.44%
Manufacturing 3,233 18.29% 1,893 10.71%
Wholesale trade 339 1.92% 124 0.70%
Retail trade 668 3.78% 849 4.80%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 857 4.85% 406 2.30%
Transportation & warehousing 748 4.23% 332 1.88%
Utilities 109 0.62% 74 0.42%
Information 101 0.57% 109 0.62%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 139 0.79% 594 3.36%
Finance & insurance 93 0.53% 546 3.09%
Real estate & rental & leasing 46 0.26% 48 0.27%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 365 2.06% 365 2.06%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 191 1.08% 218 1.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 9 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 174 0.98% 138 0.78%
Educational, health & social services: 590 3.34% 2,133 12.06%
Educational services 409 2.31% 761 4.30%
Health care & social assistance 181 1.02% 1,372 7.76%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 444 2.51% 842 4.76%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 128 0.72% 133 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 316 1.79% 709 4.01%
Other services (except public administration) 348 1.97% 292 1.65%
Public administration 256 1.45% 275 1.56%

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

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