Glenn 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 5,819 55.28% 4,708 44.72%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,294 12.29% 1,272 12.08%
Management, business, & financial operations: 905 8.60% 517 4.91%
Management, except farm managers 313 2.97% 237 2.25%
Farmers & farm managers 542 5.15% 100 0.95%
Business & financial operations: 50 0.47% 180 1.71%
Business operations specialists 46 0.44% 78 0.74%
Financial specialists 4 0.04% 102 0.97%
Professional & related occupations: 389 3.70% 755 7.17%
Computer & mathematical 48 0.46% 7 0.07%
Architecture & engineering: 58 0.55% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 17 0.16% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 41 0.39% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 39 0.37% 17 0.16%
Community & social services 55 0.52% 113 1.07%
Legal 4 0.04% 35 0.33%
Education, training, & library 111 1.05% 355 3.37%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 36 0.34% 31 0.29%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 38 0.36% 197 1.87%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 21 0.20% 116 1.10%
Health technologists & technicians 17 0.16% 81 0.77%
Service occupations: 658 6.25% 1,195 11.35%
Healthcare support 21 0.20% 221 2.10%
Protective services: 189 1.80% 32 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 180 1.71% 13 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 9 0.09% 19 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 144 1.37% 387 3.68%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 250 2.37% 173 1.64%
Personal care & service 54 0.51% 382 3.63%
Sales & office occupations: 710 6.74% 1,591 15.11%
Sales & related occupations 455 4.32% 468 4.45%
Office & administrative support 255 2.42% 1,123 10.67%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 985 9.36% 291 2.76%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 874 8.30% 10 0.09%
Construction & extraction: 364 3.46% 8 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 55 0.52% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 296 2.81% 8 0.08%
Extraction 13 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 510 4.84% 2 0.02%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,298 12.33% 349 3.32%
Production 550 5.22% 200 1.90%
Transportation & material moving: 748 7.11% 149 1.42%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 11 0.10% 10 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 16 0.15% 3 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 324 3.08% 65 0.62%
Rail, water & other transportation 18 0.17% 8 0.08%
Material moving 379 3.60% 63 0.60%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,819 55.28% 4,708 44.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,781 16.92% 415 3.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,775 16.86% 409 3.89%
Mining 6 0.06% 6 0.06%
Construction 441 4.19% 77 0.73%
Manufacturing 726 6.90% 291 2.76%
Wholesale trade 216 2.05% 116 1.10%
Retail trade 510 4.84% 559 5.31%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 542 5.15% 149 1.42%
Transportation & warehousing 360 3.42% 127 1.21%
Utilities 182 1.73% 22 0.21%
Information 103 0.98% 60 0.57%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 145 1.38% 284 2.70%
Finance & insurance 91 0.86% 206 1.96%
Real estate & rental & leasing 54 0.51% 78 0.74%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 263 2.50% 241 2.29%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 73 0.69% 152 1.44%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 190 1.80% 89 0.85%
Educational, health & social services: 313 2.97% 1,418 13.47%
Educational services 201 1.91% 569 5.41%
Health care & social assistance 112 1.06% 849 8.06%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 187 1.78% 498 4.73%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 50 0.47% 45 0.43%
Accommodation & food services 137 1.30% 453 4.30%
Other services (except public administration) 265 2.52% 286 2.72%
Public administration 327 3.11% 314 2.98%

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

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