Del Norte 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 4,735 52.85% 4,224 47.15%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 908 10.14% 1,268 14.15%
Management, business, & financial operations: 420 4.69% 297 3.32%
Management, except farm managers 348 3.88% 213 2.38%
Farmers & farm managers 26 0.29% 14 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 46 0.51% 70 0.78%
Business operations specialists 12 0.13% 60 0.67%
Financial specialists 34 0.38% 10 0.11%
Professional & related occupations: 488 5.45% 971 10.84%
Computer & mathematical 15 0.17% 38 0.42%
Architecture & engineering: 55 0.61% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 46 0.51% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 9 0.10% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 57 0.64% 28 0.31%
Community & social services 83 0.93% 138 1.54%
Legal 28 0.31% 48 0.54%
Education, training, & library 87 0.97% 428 4.78%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 23 0.26% 30 0.33%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 140 1.56% 261 2.91%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 99 1.11% 127 1.42%
Health technologists & technicians 41 0.46% 134 1.50%
Service occupations: 1,479 16.51% 1,346 15.02%
Healthcare support 32 0.36% 312 3.48%
Protective services: 818 9.13% 148 1.65%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 769 8.58% 123 1.37%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 49 0.55% 25 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 272 3.04% 380 4.24%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 237 2.65% 214 2.39%
Personal care & service 120 1.34% 292 3.26%
Sales & office occupations: 549 6.13% 1,398 15.60%
Sales & related occupations 346 3.86% 510 5.69%
Office & administrative support 203 2.27% 888 9.91%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 354 3.95% 27 0.30%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 784 8.75% 0 0.00%
Construction & extraction: 449 5.01% 0 0.00%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 42 0.47% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 407 4.54% 0 0.00%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 335 3.74% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 661 7.38% 185 2.06%
Production 308 3.44% 99 1.11%
Transportation & material moving: 353 3.94% 86 0.96%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 11 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 186 2.08% 45 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 15 0.17% 0 0.00%
Material moving 141 1.57% 41 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,735 52.85% 4,224 47.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 468 5.22% 87 0.97%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 468 5.22% 87 0.97%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 461 5.15% 24 0.27%
Manufacturing 299 3.34% 93 1.04%
Wholesale trade 140 1.56% 52 0.58%
Retail trade 482 5.38% 477 5.32%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 188 2.10% 72 0.80%
Transportation & warehousing 159 1.77% 72 0.80%
Utilities 29 0.32% 0 0.00%
Information 40 0.45% 70 0.78%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 79 0.88% 131 1.46%
Finance & insurance 12 0.13% 71 0.79%
Real estate & rental & leasing 67 0.75% 60 0.67%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 216 2.41% 78 0.87%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 116 1.29% 57 0.64%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 100 1.12% 21 0.23%
Educational, health & social services: 453 5.06% 1,639 18.29%
Educational services 231 2.58% 532 5.94%
Health care & social assistance 222 2.48% 1,107 12.36%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 519 5.79% 644 7.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 191 2.13% 205 2.29%
Accommodation & food services 328 3.66% 439 4.90%
Other services (except public administration) 215 2.40% 242 2.70%
Public administration 1,175 13.12% 615 6.86%

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

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