Nevada 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 21,739 52.32% 19,814 47.68%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,810 16.39% 7,430 17.88%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,888 6.95% 2,394 5.76%
Management, except farm managers 2,275 5.47% 1,443 3.47%
Farmers & farm managers 93 0.22% 43 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 520 1.25% 908 2.19%
Business operations specialists 325 0.78% 438 1.05%
Financial specialists 195 0.47% 470 1.13%
Professional & related occupations: 3,922 9.44% 5,036 12.12%
Computer & mathematical 594 1.43% 191 0.46%
Architecture & engineering: 878 2.11% 175 0.42%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 654 1.57% 110 0.26%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 224 0.54% 65 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 242 0.58% 125 0.30%
Community & social services 321 0.77% 416 1.00%
Legal 247 0.59% 253 0.61%
Education, training, & library 625 1.50% 1,780 4.28%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 454 1.09% 531 1.28%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 561 1.35% 1,565 3.77%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 501 1.21% 1,102 2.65%
Health technologists & technicians 60 0.14% 463 1.11%
Service occupations: 2,932 7.06% 3,879 9.34%
Healthcare support 116 0.28% 842 2.03%
Protective services: 736 1.77% 96 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 580 1.40% 66 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 156 0.38% 30 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 769 1.85% 1,187 2.86%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 972 2.34% 687 1.65%
Personal care & service 339 0.82% 1,067 2.57%
Sales & office occupations: 3,770 9.07% 7,378 17.76%
Sales & related occupations 2,780 6.69% 2,807 6.76%
Office & administrative support 990 2.38% 4,571 11.00%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 238 0.57% 46 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,937 11.88% 175 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 3,408 8.20% 109 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 560 1.35% 15 0.04%
Construction trades 2,817 6.78% 94 0.23%
Extraction 31 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,529 3.68% 66 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,052 7.34% 906 2.18%
Production 1,584 3.81% 624 1.50%
Transportation & material moving: 1,468 3.53% 282 0.68%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 16 0.04% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 106 0.26% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 743 1.79% 133 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 89 0.21% 18 0.04%
Material moving 514 1.24% 131 0.32%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,739 52.32% 19,814 47.68%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 617 1.48% 219 0.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 567 1.36% 212 0.51%
Mining 50 0.12% 7 0.02%
Construction 4,271 10.28% 434 1.04%
Manufacturing 2,501 6.02% 1,397 3.36%
Wholesale trade 823 1.98% 270 0.65%
Retail trade 2,505 6.03% 2,661 6.40%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,068 2.57% 485 1.17%
Transportation & warehousing 707 1.70% 387 0.93%
Utilities 361 0.87% 98 0.24%
Information 577 1.39% 448 1.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 960 2.31% 1,612 3.88%
Finance & insurance 446 1.07% 968 2.33%
Real estate & rental & leasing 514 1.24% 644 1.55%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,429 5.85% 2,013 4.84%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,641 3.95% 1,389 3.34%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 788 1.90% 624 1.50%
Educational, health & social services: 1,766 4.25% 6,046 14.55%
Educational services 762 1.83% 2,171 5.22%
Health care & social assistance 1,004 2.42% 3,875 9.33%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,052 4.94% 2,081 5.01%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 601 1.45% 458 1.10%
Accommodation & food services 1,451 3.49% 1,623 3.91%
Other services (except public administration) 1,077 2.59% 1,343 3.23%
Public administration 1,093 2.63% 805 1.94%

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

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