Madison 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 64,048 51.87% 59,420 48.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 17,550 14.21% 20,594 16.68%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,894 6.39% 6,507 5.27%
Management, except farm managers 5,593 4.53% 3,727 3.02%
Farmers & farm managers 385 0.31% 32 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 1,916 1.55% 2,748 2.23%
Business operations specialists 961 0.78% 1,191 0.96%
Financial specialists 955 0.77% 1,557 1.26%
Professional & related occupations: 9,656 7.82% 14,087 11.41%
Computer & mathematical 2,077 1.68% 807 0.65%
Architecture & engineering: 1,940 1.57% 330 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,443 1.17% 154 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 497 0.40% 176 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 482 0.39% 274 0.22%
Community & social services 733 0.59% 995 0.81%
Legal 512 0.41% 571 0.46%
Education, training, & library 1,749 1.42% 5,740 4.65%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 837 0.68% 683 0.55%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,326 1.07% 4,687 3.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 981 0.79% 2,952 2.39%
Health technologists & technicians 345 0.28% 1,735 1.41%
Service occupations: 7,544 6.11% 12,337 9.99%
Healthcare support 310 0.25% 2,576 2.09%
Protective services: 1,647 1.33% 270 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 905 0.73% 64 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 742 0.60% 206 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,534 2.05% 4,880 3.95%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,471 2.00% 1,394 1.13%
Personal care & service 582 0.47% 3,217 2.61%
Sales & office occupations: 10,484 8.49% 22,638 18.34%
Sales & related occupations 5,875 4.76% 7,111 5.76%
Office & administrative support 4,609 3.73% 15,527 12.58%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 245 0.20% 30 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 11,237 9.10% 354 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 6,062 4.91% 152 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 529 0.43% 7 0.01%
Construction trades 5,485 4.44% 143 0.12%
Extraction 48 0.04% 2 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,175 4.19% 202 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 16,988 13.76% 3,467 2.81%
Production 8,455 6.85% 2,274 1.84%
Transportation & material moving: 8,533 6.91% 1,193 0.97%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 237 0.19% 33 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 94 0.08% 10 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,795 3.07% 500 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 699 0.57% 64 0.05%
Material moving 3,708 3.00% 586 0.47%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 64,048 51.87% 59,420 48.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 887 0.72% 198 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 743 0.60% 173 0.14%
Mining 144 0.12% 25 0.02%
Construction 6,202 5.02% 988 0.80%
Manufacturing 15,423 12.49% 4,424 3.58%
Wholesale trade 2,773 2.25% 1,078 0.87%
Retail trade 7,057 5.72% 7,464 6.05%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,963 4.83% 1,881 1.52%
Transportation & warehousing 5,040 4.08% 1,724 1.40%
Utilities 923 0.75% 157 0.13%
Information 1,535 1.24% 1,214 0.98%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,069 2.49% 5,159 4.18%
Finance & insurance 1,991 1.61% 4,267 3.46%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,078 0.87% 892 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,042 4.08% 4,560 3.69%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,990 2.42% 2,986 2.42%
Management of companies & enterprises 59 0.05% 53 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,993 1.61% 1,521 1.23%
Educational, health & social services: 5,842 4.73% 21,215 17.18%
Educational services 3,205 2.60% 8,593 6.96%
Health care & social assistance 2,637 2.14% 12,622 10.22%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,536 3.67% 6,358 5.15%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,254 1.02% 1,221 0.99%
Accommodation & food services 3,282 2.66% 5,137 4.16%
Other services (except public administration) 3,341 2.71% 2,874 2.33%
Public administration 2,378 1.93% 2,007 1.63%

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

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