La Plata 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 12,212 53.12% 10,778 46.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,049 17.61% 4,234 18.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,872 8.14% 1,430 6.22%
Management, except farm managers 1,373 5.97% 876 3.81%
Farmers & farm managers 230 1.00% 49 0.21%
Business & financial operations: 269 1.17% 505 2.20%
Business operations specialists 144 0.63% 160 0.70%
Financial specialists 125 0.54% 345 1.50%
Professional & related occupations: 2,177 9.47% 2,804 12.20%
Computer & mathematical 182 0.79% 61 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 390 1.70% 62 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 296 1.29% 25 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 94 0.41% 37 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 190 0.83% 114 0.50%
Community & social services 156 0.68% 242 1.05%
Legal 122 0.53% 114 0.50%
Education, training, & library 542 2.36% 1,202 5.23%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 270 1.17% 279 1.21%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 325 1.41% 730 3.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 279 1.21% 584 2.54%
Health technologists & technicians 46 0.20% 146 0.64%
Service occupations: 1,886 8.20% 2,099 9.13%
Healthcare support 39 0.17% 321 1.40%
Protective services: 354 1.54% 85 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 252 1.10% 30 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 102 0.44% 55 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 779 3.39% 868 3.78%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 478 2.08% 295 1.28%
Personal care & service 236 1.03% 530 2.31%
Sales & office occupations: 2,160 9.40% 3,888 16.91%
Sales & related occupations 1,480 6.44% 1,542 6.71%
Office & administrative support 680 2.96% 2,346 10.20%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 129 0.56% 44 0.19%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,602 11.32% 135 0.59%
Construction & extraction: 1,696 7.38% 101 0.44%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 303 1.32% 7 0.03%
Construction trades 1,311 5.70% 91 0.40%
Extraction 82 0.36% 3 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 906 3.94% 34 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,386 6.03% 378 1.64%
Production 629 2.74% 267 1.16%
Transportation & material moving: 757 3.29% 111 0.48%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 13 0.06% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 15 0.07% 3 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 413 1.80% 75 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 84 0.37% 3 0.01%
Material moving 232 1.01% 28 0.12%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,212 53.12% 10,778 46.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 780 3.39% 249 1.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 523 2.27% 207 0.90%
Mining 257 1.12% 42 0.18%
Construction 2,088 9.08% 214 0.93%
Manufacturing 621 2.70% 329 1.43%
Wholesale trade 378 1.64% 128 0.56%
Retail trade 1,408 6.12% 1,380 6.00%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 814 3.54% 333 1.45%
Transportation & warehousing 486 2.11% 239 1.04%
Utilities 328 1.43% 94 0.41%
Information 226 0.98% 265 1.15%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 544 2.37% 910 3.96%
Finance & insurance 212 0.92% 519 2.26%
Real estate & rental & leasing 332 1.44% 391 1.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,124 4.89% 905 3.94%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 797 3.47% 702 3.05%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 325 1.41% 203 0.88%
Educational, health & social services: 1,414 6.15% 3,560 15.48%
Educational services 897 3.90% 1,719 7.48%
Health care & social assistance 517 2.25% 1,841 8.01%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,664 7.24% 1,631 7.09%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 343 1.49% 442 1.92%
Accommodation & food services 1,321 5.75% 1,189 5.17%
Other services (except public administration) 543 2.36% 471 2.05%
Public administration 608 2.64% 403 1.75%

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

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