Humboldt 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 28,444 51.32% 26,982 48.68%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,958 14.36% 9,512 17.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,258 5.88% 2,676 4.83%
Management, except farm managers 2,232 4.03% 1,784 3.22%
Farmers & farm managers 434 0.78% 62 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 592 1.07% 830 1.50%
Business operations specialists 363 0.65% 391 0.71%
Financial specialists 229 0.41% 439 0.79%
Professional & related occupations: 4,700 8.48% 6,836 12.33%
Computer & mathematical 367 0.66% 132 0.24%
Architecture & engineering: 605 1.09% 72 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 418 0.75% 51 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 187 0.34% 21 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 640 1.15% 317 0.57%
Community & social services 358 0.65% 773 1.39%
Legal 249 0.45% 256 0.46%
Education, training, & library 1,185 2.14% 2,898 5.23%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 469 0.85% 540 0.97%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 827 1.49% 1,848 3.33%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 708 1.28% 1,249 2.25%
Health technologists & technicians 119 0.21% 599 1.08%
Service occupations: 4,208 7.59% 6,651 12.00%
Healthcare support 278 0.50% 1,611 2.91%
Protective services: 940 1.70% 192 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 598 1.08% 93 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 342 0.62% 99 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,208 2.18% 1,966 3.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,339 2.42% 1,066 1.92%
Personal care & service 443 0.80% 1,816 3.28%
Sales & office occupations: 4,639 8.37% 9,141 16.49%
Sales & related occupations 2,937 5.30% 2,840 5.12%
Office & administrative support 1,702 3.07% 6,301 11.37%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,327 2.39% 139 0.25%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,662 8.41% 194 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 2,705 4.88% 137 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 296 0.53% 11 0.02%
Construction trades 2,397 4.32% 126 0.23%
Extraction 12 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,957 3.53% 57 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,650 10.19% 1,345 2.43%
Production 2,693 4.86% 780 1.41%
Transportation & material moving: 2,957 5.34% 565 1.02%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 63 0.11% 2 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.01% 12 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,451 2.62% 279 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 83 0.15% 27 0.05%
Material moving 1,353 2.44% 245 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 28,444 51.32% 26,982 48.68%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,319 4.18% 424 0.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,298 4.15% 422 0.76%
Mining 21 0.04% 2 0.00%
Construction 2,943 5.31% 296 0.53%
Manufacturing 3,699 6.67% 1,103 1.99%
Wholesale trade 1,160 2.09% 567 1.02%
Retail trade 3,537 6.38% 3,393 6.12%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,575 2.84% 507 0.91%
Transportation & warehousing 1,237 2.23% 421 0.76%
Utilities 338 0.61% 86 0.16%
Information 543 0.98% 518 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,107 2.00% 1,705 3.08%
Finance & insurance 507 0.91% 1,203 2.17%
Real estate & rental & leasing 600 1.08% 502 0.91%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,015 3.64% 1,807 3.26%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 988 1.78% 1,161 2.09%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.00% 1 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,025 1.85% 645 1.16%
Educational, health & social services: 3,887 7.01% 10,861 19.60%
Educational services 2,270 4.10% 4,279 7.72%
Health care & social assistance 1,617 2.92% 6,582 11.88%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,487 4.49% 2,921 5.27%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 784 1.41% 539 0.97%
Accommodation & food services 1,703 3.07% 2,382 4.30%
Other services (except public administration) 1,386 2.50% 1,484 2.68%
Public administration 1,786 3.22% 1,396 2.52%

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

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