Columbia 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 23,544 54.64% 19,546 45.36%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,022 20.94% 8,879 20.61%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,712 8.61% 2,278 5.29%
Management, except farm managers 2,918 6.77% 1,301 3.02%
Farmers & farm managers 8 0.02% 14 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 786 1.82% 963 2.23%
Business operations specialists 397 0.92% 458 1.06%
Financial specialists 389 0.90% 505 1.17%
Professional & related occupations: 5,310 12.32% 6,601 15.32%
Computer & mathematical 565 1.31% 273 0.63%
Architecture & engineering: 1,395 3.24% 240 0.56%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,156 2.68% 145 0.34%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 239 0.55% 95 0.22%
Life, physical, & social science 404 0.94% 119 0.28%
Community & social services 254 0.59% 326 0.76%
Legal 125 0.29% 97 0.23%
Education, training, & library 825 1.91% 2,503 5.81%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 346 0.80% 395 0.92%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,396 3.24% 2,648 6.15%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,117 2.59% 1,931 4.48%
Health technologists & technicians 279 0.65% 717 1.66%
Service occupations: 2,336 5.42% 2,659 6.17%
Healthcare support 64 0.15% 445 1.03%
Protective services: 805 1.87% 204 0.47%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 544 1.26% 83 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 261 0.61% 121 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 632 1.47% 1,076 2.50%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 617 1.43% 198 0.46%
Personal care & service 218 0.51% 736 1.71%
Sales & office occupations: 4,017 9.32% 6,824 15.84%
Sales & related occupations 2,663 6.18% 2,330 5.41%
Office & administrative support 1,354 3.14% 4,494 10.43%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 73 0.17% 65 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,191 9.73% 143 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 2,301 5.34% 70 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 368 0.85% 21 0.05%
Construction trades 1,910 4.43% 49 0.11%
Extraction 23 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,890 4.39% 73 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,905 9.06% 976 2.27%
Production 2,531 5.87% 622 1.44%
Transportation & material moving: 1,374 3.19% 354 0.82%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 63 0.15% 46 0.11%
Aircraft & traffic control 52 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 734 1.70% 198 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 120 0.28% 0 0.00%
Material moving 405 0.94% 110 0.26%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 23,544 54.64% 19,546 45.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 269 0.62% 65 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 155 0.36% 65 0.15%
Mining 114 0.26% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,721 6.31% 308 0.71%
Manufacturing 4,372 10.15% 1,196 2.78%
Wholesale trade 832 1.93% 336 0.78%
Retail trade 2,319 5.38% 2,590 6.01%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,594 6.02% 676 1.57%
Transportation & warehousing 945 2.19% 348 0.81%
Utilities 1,649 3.83% 328 0.76%
Information 684 1.59% 519 1.20%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 897 2.08% 1,428 3.31%
Finance & insurance 481 1.12% 999 2.32%
Real estate & rental & leasing 416 0.97% 429 1.00%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,299 5.34% 1,567 3.64%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,344 3.12% 997 2.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.02% 24 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 948 2.20% 546 1.27%
Educational, health & social services: 3,069 7.12% 7,954 18.46%
Educational services 1,096 2.54% 3,493 8.11%
Health care & social assistance 1,973 4.58% 4,461 10.35%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,125 2.61% 1,316 3.05%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 272 0.63% 263 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 853 1.98% 1,053 2.44%
Other services (except public administration) 1,040 2.41% 791 1.84%
Public administration 1,323 3.07% 800 1.86%

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

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