Decatur 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 5,953 52.47% 5,393 47.53%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,322 11.65% 1,662 14.65%
Management, business, & financial operations: 672 5.92% 470 4.14%
Management, except farm managers 459 4.05% 317 2.79%
Farmers & farm managers 155 1.37% 8 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 58 0.51% 145 1.28%
Business operations specialists 35 0.31% 54 0.48%
Financial specialists 23 0.20% 91 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 650 5.73% 1,192 10.51%
Computer & mathematical 44 0.39% 25 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 144 1.27% 29 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 94 0.83% 20 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 50 0.44% 9 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 110 0.97% 29 0.26%
Community & social services 81 0.71% 80 0.71%
Legal 7 0.06% 23 0.20%
Education, training, & library 111 0.98% 534 4.71%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 58 0.51% 52 0.46%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 95 0.84% 420 3.70%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 62 0.55% 207 1.82%
Health technologists & technicians 33 0.29% 213 1.88%
Service occupations: 713 6.28% 1,086 9.57%
Healthcare support 83 0.73% 209 1.84%
Protective services: 151 1.33% 99 0.87%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 104 0.92% 73 0.64%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 47 0.41% 26 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 175 1.54% 329 2.90%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 270 2.38% 256 2.26%
Personal care & service 34 0.30% 193 1.70%
Sales & office occupations: 843 7.43% 1,672 14.74%
Sales & related occupations 516 4.55% 692 6.10%
Office & administrative support 327 2.88% 980 8.64%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 205 1.81% 110 0.97%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,197 10.55% 37 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 622 5.48% 5 0.04%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 49 0.43% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 559 4.93% 5 0.04%
Extraction 14 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 575 5.07% 32 0.28%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,673 14.75% 826 7.28%
Production 884 7.79% 666 5.87%
Transportation & material moving: 789 6.95% 160 1.41%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 9 0.08% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 19 0.17% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 408 3.60% 34 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 23 0.20% 4 0.04%
Material moving 330 2.91% 122 1.08%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,953 52.47% 5,393 47.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 559 4.93% 132 1.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 462 4.07% 129 1.14%
Mining 97 0.85% 3 0.03%
Construction 701 6.18% 77 0.68%
Manufacturing 1,604 14.14% 814 7.17%
Wholesale trade 283 2.49% 168 1.48%
Retail trade 702 6.19% 767 6.76%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 320 2.82% 70 0.62%
Transportation & warehousing 252 2.22% 47 0.41%
Utilities 68 0.60% 23 0.20%
Information 66 0.58% 80 0.71%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 170 1.50% 240 2.12%
Finance & insurance 127 1.12% 168 1.48%
Real estate & rental & leasing 43 0.38% 72 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 255 2.25% 254 2.24%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 127 1.12% 138 1.22%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 128 1.13% 116 1.02%
Educational, health & social services: 547 4.82% 1,747 15.40%
Educational services 233 2.05% 670 5.91%
Health care & social assistance 314 2.77% 1,077 9.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 270 2.38% 411 3.62%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 42 0.37% 12 0.11%
Accommodation & food services 228 2.01% 399 3.52%
Other services (except public administration) 259 2.28% 261 2.30%
Public administration 217 1.91% 372 3.28%

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

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