Highlands 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 16,537 55.03% 13,514 44.97%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,366 11.20% 4,036 13.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,829 6.09% 1,147 3.82%
Management, except farm managers 1,196 3.98% 725 2.41%
Farmers & farm managers 267 0.89% 48 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 366 1.22% 374 1.24%
Business operations specialists 212 0.71% 157 0.52%
Financial specialists 154 0.51% 217 0.72%
Professional & related occupations: 1,537 5.11% 2,889 9.61%
Computer & mathematical 83 0.28% 37 0.12%
Architecture & engineering: 95 0.32% 5 0.02%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 40 0.13% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 55 0.18% 5 0.02%
Life, physical, & social science 51 0.17% 48 0.16%
Community & social services 296 0.98% 192 0.64%
Legal 57 0.19% 97 0.32%
Education, training, & library 240 0.80% 1,160 3.86%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 164 0.55% 137 0.46%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 551 1.83% 1,213 4.04%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 353 1.17% 708 2.36%
Health technologists & technicians 198 0.66% 505 1.68%
Service occupations: 2,787 9.27% 3,039 10.11%
Healthcare support 70 0.23% 611 2.03%
Protective services: 771 2.57% 229 0.76%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 666 2.22% 182 0.61%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 105 0.35% 47 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 715 2.38% 1,100 3.66%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 968 3.22% 453 1.51%
Personal care & service 263 0.88% 646 2.15%
Sales & office occupations: 2,698 8.98% 5,203 17.31%
Sales & related occupations 1,783 5.93% 1,836 6.11%
Office & administrative support 915 3.04% 3,367 11.20%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,050 6.82% 379 1.26%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,912 9.69% 109 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 1,590 5.29% 76 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 301 1.00% 12 0.04%
Construction trades 1,258 4.19% 64 0.21%
Extraction 31 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,322 4.40% 33 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,724 9.06% 748 2.49%
Production 1,008 3.35% 451 1.50%
Transportation & material moving: 1,716 5.71% 297 0.99%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 20 0.07% 30 0.10%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,065 3.54% 159 0.53%
Rail, water & other transportation 9 0.03% 21 0.07%
Material moving 622 2.07% 87 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 16,537 55.03% 13,514 44.97%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,609 8.68% 481 1.60%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,609 8.68% 481 1.60%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,925 6.41% 214 0.71%
Manufacturing 1,029 3.42% 364 1.21%
Wholesale trade 679 2.26% 320 1.06%
Retail trade 2,504 8.33% 1,998 6.65%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 789 2.63% 285 0.95%
Transportation & warehousing 663 2.21% 234 0.78%
Utilities 126 0.42% 51 0.17%
Information 443 1.47% 304 1.01%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 545 1.81% 971 3.23%
Finance & insurance 254 0.85% 644 2.14%
Real estate & rental & leasing 291 0.97% 327 1.09%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,057 3.52% 978 3.25%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 348 1.16% 429 1.43%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 709 2.36% 549 1.83%
Educational, health & social services: 1,497 4.98% 4,706 15.66%
Educational services 560 1.86% 1,720 5.72%
Health care & social assistance 937 3.12% 2,986 9.94%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,401 4.66% 1,315 4.38%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 503 1.67% 138 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 898 2.99% 1,177 3.92%
Other services (except public administration) 945 3.14% 716 2.38%
Public administration 1,114 3.71% 862 2.87%

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

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