Shasta 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 34,413 52.28% 31,415 47.72%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,343 14.19% 10,696 16.25%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,775 5.73% 3,309 5.03%
Management, except farm managers 2,659 4.04% 2,088 3.17%
Farmers & farm managers 312 0.47% 73 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 804 1.22% 1,148 1.74%
Business operations specialists 425 0.65% 503 0.76%
Financial specialists 379 0.58% 645 0.98%
Professional & related occupations: 5,568 8.46% 7,387 11.22%
Computer & mathematical 414 0.63% 171 0.26%
Architecture & engineering: 906 1.38% 121 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 616 0.94% 83 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 290 0.44% 38 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 448 0.68% 192 0.29%
Community & social services 684 1.04% 783 1.19%
Legal 228 0.35% 248 0.38%
Education, training, & library 1,168 1.77% 2,851 4.33%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 451 0.69% 491 0.75%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,269 1.93% 2,530 3.84%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,078 1.64% 1,626 2.47%
Health technologists & technicians 191 0.29% 904 1.37%
Service occupations: 5,373 8.16% 7,520 11.42%
Healthcare support 302 0.46% 1,754 2.66%
Protective services: 1,187 1.80% 206 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 825 1.25% 132 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 362 0.55% 74 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,706 2.59% 2,460 3.74%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,789 2.72% 939 1.43%
Personal care & service 389 0.59% 2,161 3.28%
Sales & office occupations: 6,239 9.48% 11,527 17.51%
Sales & related occupations 4,241 6.44% 3,749 5.70%
Office & administrative support 1,998 3.04% 7,778 11.82%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 488 0.74% 91 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,245 9.49% 205 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 3,427 5.21% 144 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 568 0.86% 10 0.02%
Construction trades 2,817 4.28% 130 0.20%
Extraction 42 0.06% 4 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,818 4.28% 61 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,725 10.22% 1,376 2.09%
Production 2,637 4.01% 750 1.14%
Transportation & material moving: 4,088 6.21% 626 0.95%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 115 0.17% 5 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 76 0.12% 19 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 2,557 3.88% 391 0.59%
Rail, water & other transportation 153 0.23% 12 0.02%
Material moving 1,187 1.80% 199 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 34,413 52.28% 31,415 47.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,331 2.02% 300 0.46%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,213 1.84% 296 0.45%
Mining 118 0.18% 4 0.01%
Construction 4,221 6.41% 669 1.02%
Manufacturing 3,322 5.05% 877 1.33%
Wholesale trade 1,458 2.21% 526 0.80%
Retail trade 4,939 7.50% 4,370 6.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,954 4.49% 776 1.18%
Transportation & warehousing 2,334 3.55% 656 1.00%
Utilities 620 0.94% 120 0.18%
Information 706 1.07% 629 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,441 2.19% 1,967 2.99%
Finance & insurance 741 1.13% 1,315 2.00%
Real estate & rental & leasing 700 1.06% 652 0.99%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,791 4.24% 2,264 3.44%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,341 2.04% 1,302 1.98%
Management of companies & enterprises 9 0.01% 19 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,441 2.19% 943 1.43%
Educational, health & social services: 4,407 6.69% 11,884 18.05%
Educational services 1,995 3.03% 4,197 6.38%
Health care & social assistance 2,412 3.66% 7,687 11.68%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,920 4.44% 3,338 5.07%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 682 1.04% 517 0.79%
Accommodation & food services 2,238 3.40% 2,821 4.29%
Other services (except public administration) 1,987 3.02% 1,965 2.99%
Public administration 1,936 2.94% 1,850 2.81%

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

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