Walton 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 9,336 54.32% 7,852 45.68%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,123 12.35% 2,124 12.36%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,111 6.46% 769 4.47%
Management, except farm managers 846 4.92% 569 3.31%
Farmers & farm managers 73 0.42% 6 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 192 1.12% 194 1.13%
Business operations specialists 85 0.49% 77 0.45%
Financial specialists 107 0.62% 117 0.68%
Professional & related occupations: 1,012 5.89% 1,355 7.88%
Computer & mathematical 39 0.23% 13 0.08%
Architecture & engineering: 309 1.80% 43 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 178 1.04% 23 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 131 0.76% 20 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 43 0.25% 11 0.06%
Community & social services 108 0.63% 181 1.05%
Legal 0 0.00% 78 0.45%
Education, training, & library 148 0.86% 540 3.14%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 206 1.20% 183 1.06%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 159 0.93% 306 1.78%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 96 0.56% 163 0.95%
Health technologists & technicians 63 0.37% 143 0.83%
Service occupations: 1,554 9.04% 2,215 12.89%
Healthcare support 37 0.22% 214 1.25%
Protective services: 368 2.14% 93 0.54%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 264 1.54% 53 0.31%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 104 0.61% 40 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 484 2.82% 847 4.93%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 564 3.28% 670 3.90%
Personal care & service 101 0.59% 391 2.27%
Sales & office occupations: 1,444 8.40% 2,865 16.67%
Sales & related occupations 949 5.52% 1,313 7.64%
Office & administrative support 495 2.88% 1,552 9.03%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 213 1.24% 45 0.26%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,538 14.77% 146 0.85%
Construction & extraction: 1,887 10.98% 114 0.66%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 273 1.59% 10 0.06%
Construction trades 1,586 9.23% 104 0.61%
Extraction 28 0.16% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 651 3.79% 32 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,464 8.52% 457 2.66%
Production 689 4.01% 279 1.62%
Transportation & material moving: 775 4.51% 178 1.04%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 21 0.12% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 32 0.19% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 397 2.31% 120 0.70%
Rail, water & other transportation 91 0.53% 3 0.02%
Material moving 234 1.36% 55 0.32%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,336 54.32% 7,852 45.68%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 365 2.12% 91 0.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 333 1.94% 86 0.50%
Mining 32 0.19% 5 0.03%
Construction 2,212 12.87% 246 1.43%
Manufacturing 742 4.32% 255 1.48%
Wholesale trade 278 1.62% 87 0.51%
Retail trade 975 5.67% 1,401 8.15%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 502 2.92% 170 0.99%
Transportation & warehousing 382 2.22% 133 0.77%
Utilities 120 0.70% 37 0.22%
Information 153 0.89% 152 0.88%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 502 2.92% 697 4.06%
Finance & insurance 151 0.88% 228 1.33%
Real estate & rental & leasing 351 2.04% 469 2.73%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 855 4.97% 609 3.54%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 396 2.30% 231 1.34%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 459 2.67% 378 2.20%
Educational, health & social services: 421 2.45% 1,789 10.41%
Educational services 207 1.20% 800 4.65%
Health care & social assistance 214 1.25% 989 5.75%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,168 6.80% 1,337 7.78%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 261 1.52% 192 1.12%
Accommodation & food services 907 5.28% 1,145 6.66%
Other services (except public administration) 400 2.33% 424 2.47%
Public administration 763 4.44% 594 3.46%

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

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