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Chaffee County

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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 3,810 55.99% 2,995 44.01%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,132 16.63% 917 13.48%
Management, business, & financial operations: 527 7.74% 315 4.63%
Management, except farm managers 395 5.80% 205 3.01%
Farmers & farm managers 54 0.79% 23 0.34%
Business & financial operations: 78 1.15% 87 1.28%
Business operations specialists 14 0.21% 34 0.50%
Financial specialists 64 0.94% 53 0.78%
Professional & related occupations: 605 8.89% 602 8.85%
Computer & mathematical 29 0.43% 8 0.12%
Architecture & engineering: 60 0.88% 15 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 33 0.48% 15 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 27 0.40% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 34 0.50% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 85 1.25% 81 1.19%
Legal 30 0.44% 23 0.34%
Education, training, & library 138 2.03% 195 2.87%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 59 0.87% 91 1.34%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 170 2.50% 189 2.78%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 138 2.03% 105 1.54%
Health technologists & technicians 32 0.47% 84 1.23%
Service occupations: 697 10.24% 772 11.34%
Healthcare support 6 0.09% 92 1.35%
Protective services: 325 4.78% 72 1.06%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 285 4.19% 62 0.91%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 40 0.59% 10 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 186 2.73% 281 4.13%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 110 1.62% 118 1.73%
Personal care & service 70 1.03% 209 3.07%
Sales & office occupations: 557 8.19% 1,119 16.44%
Sales & related occupations 327 4.81% 398 5.85%
Office & administrative support 230 3.38% 721 10.60%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 35 0.51% 21 0.31%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 901 13.24% 51 0.75%
Construction & extraction: 673 9.89% 40 0.59%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 103 1.51% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 570 8.38% 40 0.59%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 228 3.35% 11 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 488 7.17% 115 1.69%
Production 216 3.17% 88 1.29%
Transportation & material moving: 272 4.00% 27 0.40%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 9 0.13% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 173 2.54% 25 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 20 0.29% 2 0.03%
Material moving 70 1.03% 0 0.00%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,810 55.99% 2,995 44.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 142 2.09% 77 1.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 133 1.95% 68 1.00%
Mining 9 0.13% 9 0.13%
Construction 749 11.01% 109 1.60%
Manufacturing 185 2.72% 64 0.94%
Wholesale trade 123 1.81% 26 0.38%
Retail trade 427 6.27% 404 5.94%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 218 3.20% 76 1.12%
Transportation & warehousing 130 1.91% 56 0.82%
Utilities 88 1.29% 20 0.29%
Information 47 0.69% 70 1.03%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 205 3.01% 242 3.56%
Finance & insurance 95 1.40% 200 2.94%
Real estate & rental & leasing 110 1.62% 42 0.62%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 266 3.91% 218 3.20%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 167 2.45% 115 1.69%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 99 1.45% 103 1.51%
Educational, health & social services: 407 5.98% 660 9.70%
Educational services 200 2.94% 244 3.59%
Health care & social assistance 207 3.04% 416 6.11%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 446 6.55% 585 8.60%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 89 1.31% 96 1.41%
Accommodation & food services 357 5.25% 489 7.19%
Other services (except public administration) 135 1.98% 231 3.39%
Public administration 460 6.76% 233 3.42%

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

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