Tipton 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 4,520 54.48% 3,776 45.52%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 990 11.93% 916 11.04%
Management, business, & financial operations: 587 7.08% 301 3.63%
Management, except farm managers 311 3.75% 171 2.06%
Farmers & farm managers 209 2.52% 15 0.18%
Business & financial operations: 67 0.81% 115 1.39%
Business operations specialists 27 0.33% 52 0.63%
Financial specialists 40 0.48% 63 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 403 4.86% 615 7.41%
Computer & mathematical 78 0.94% 26 0.31%
Architecture & engineering: 136 1.64% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 106 1.28% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 30 0.36% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 14 0.17% 27 0.33%
Community & social services 31 0.37% 8 0.10%
Legal 8 0.10% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 58 0.70% 271 3.27%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 30 0.36% 27 0.33%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 48 0.58% 256 3.09%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 45 0.54% 169 2.04%
Health technologists & technicians 3 0.04% 87 1.05%
Service occupations: 443 5.34% 871 10.50%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 231 2.78%
Protective services: 56 0.68% 42 0.51%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 41 0.49% 34 0.41%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 15 0.18% 8 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 108 1.30% 332 4.00%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 260 3.13% 105 1.27%
Personal care & service 19 0.23% 161 1.94%
Sales & office occupations: 468 5.64% 1,296 15.62%
Sales & related occupations 280 3.38% 343 4.13%
Office & administrative support 188 2.27% 953 11.49%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 90 1.08% 39 0.47%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,067 12.86% 36 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 568 6.85% 23 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 68 0.82% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 500 6.03% 23 0.28%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 499 6.01% 13 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,462 17.62% 618 7.45%
Production 942 11.35% 481 5.80%
Transportation & material moving: 520 6.27% 137 1.65%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 299 3.60% 31 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 6 0.07% 2 0.02%
Material moving 215 2.59% 104 1.25%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,520 54.48% 3,776 45.52%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 364 4.39% 110 1.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 354 4.27% 110 1.33%
Mining 10 0.12% 0 0.00%
Construction 595 7.17% 48 0.58%
Manufacturing 1,725 20.79% 672 8.10%
Wholesale trade 177 2.13% 42 0.51%
Retail trade 395 4.76% 551 6.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 281 3.39% 86 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 219 2.64% 74 0.89%
Utilities 62 0.75% 12 0.14%
Information 64 0.77% 52 0.63%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 97 1.17% 286 3.45%
Finance & insurance 61 0.74% 226 2.72%
Real estate & rental & leasing 36 0.43% 60 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 174 2.10% 145 1.75%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 75 0.90% 63 0.76%
Management of companies & enterprises 4 0.05% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 95 1.15% 82 0.99%
Educational, health & social services: 223 2.69% 1,213 14.62%
Educational services 146 1.76% 406 4.89%
Health care & social assistance 77 0.93% 807 9.73%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 181 2.18% 261 3.15%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 26 0.31% 15 0.18%
Accommodation & food services 155 1.87% 246 2.97%
Other services (except public administration) 137 1.65% 200 2.41%
Public administration 107 1.29% 110 1.33%

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

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