Albany 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 9,067 52.81% 8,101 47.19%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,600 20.97% 3,336 19.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,135 6.61% 934 5.44%
Management, except farm managers 798 4.65% 523 3.05%
Farmers & farm managers 182 1.06% 62 0.36%
Business & financial operations: 155 0.90% 349 2.03%
Business operations specialists 86 0.50% 137 0.80%
Financial specialists 69 0.40% 212 1.23%
Professional & related occupations: 2,465 14.36% 2,402 13.99%
Computer & mathematical 311 1.81% 219 1.28%
Architecture & engineering: 173 1.01% 56 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 74 0.43% 17 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 99 0.58% 39 0.23%
Life, physical, & social science 371 2.16% 252 1.47%
Community & social services 119 0.69% 181 1.05%
Legal 20 0.12% 52 0.30%
Education, training, & library 954 5.56% 1,014 5.91%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 345 2.01% 168 0.98%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 172 1.00% 460 2.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 145 0.84% 327 1.90%
Health technologists & technicians 27 0.16% 133 0.77%
Service occupations: 1,434 8.35% 1,806 10.52%
Healthcare support 48 0.28% 308 1.79%
Protective services: 234 1.36% 70 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 161 0.94% 20 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 73 0.43% 50 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 560 3.26% 662 3.86%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 418 2.43% 304 1.77%
Personal care & service 174 1.01% 462 2.69%
Sales & office occupations: 1,412 8.22% 2,574 14.99%
Sales & related occupations 733 4.27% 765 4.46%
Office & administrative support 679 3.96% 1,809 10.54%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 160 0.93% 75 0.44%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,260 7.34% 45 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 795 4.63% 29 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 102 0.59% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 672 3.91% 29 0.17%
Extraction 21 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 465 2.71% 16 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,201 7.00% 265 1.54%
Production 478 2.78% 143 0.83%
Transportation & material moving: 723 4.21% 122 0.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 31 0.18% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 362 2.11% 56 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 98 0.57% 11 0.06%
Material moving 232 1.35% 55 0.32%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,067 52.81% 8,101 47.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 464 2.70% 134 0.78%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 403 2.35% 134 0.78%
Mining 61 0.36% 0 0.00%
Construction 844 4.92% 117 0.68%
Manufacturing 559 3.26% 154 0.90%
Wholesale trade 226 1.32% 28 0.16%
Retail trade 862 5.02% 844 4.92%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 480 2.80% 79 0.46%
Transportation & warehousing 393 2.29% 48 0.28%
Utilities 87 0.51% 31 0.18%
Information 418 2.43% 328 1.91%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 257 1.50% 426 2.48%
Finance & insurance 149 0.87% 290 1.69%
Real estate & rental & leasing 108 0.63% 136 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 665 3.87% 485 2.83%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 430 2.50% 375 2.18%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 235 1.37% 110 0.64%
Educational, health & social services: 2,465 14.36% 3,896 22.69%
Educational services 2,214 12.90% 2,549 14.85%
Health care & social assistance 251 1.46% 1,347 7.85%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 920 5.36% 979 5.70%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 192 1.12% 157 0.91%
Accommodation & food services 728 4.24% 822 4.79%
Other services (except public administration) 470 2.74% 354 2.06%
Public administration 437 2.55% 277 1.61%

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

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