Grundy 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 3,253 53.14% 2,868 46.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,000 16.34% 886 14.47%
Management, business, & financial operations: 613 10.01% 251 4.10%
Management, except farm managers 208 3.40% 127 2.07%
Farmers & farm managers 307 5.02% 19 0.31%
Business & financial operations: 98 1.60% 105 1.72%
Business operations specialists 46 0.75% 35 0.57%
Financial specialists 52 0.85% 70 1.14%
Professional & related occupations: 387 6.32% 635 10.37%
Computer & mathematical 44 0.72% 21 0.34%
Architecture & engineering: 92 1.50% 17 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 53 0.87% 12 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 39 0.64% 5 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 34 0.56% 19 0.31%
Community & social services 62 1.01% 57 0.93%
Legal 6 0.10% 19 0.31%
Education, training, & library 90 1.47% 222 3.63%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 18 0.29% 48 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 41 0.67% 232 3.79%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 28 0.46% 148 2.42%
Health technologists & technicians 13 0.21% 84 1.37%
Service occupations: 254 4.15% 613 10.01%
Healthcare support 7 0.11% 143 2.34%
Protective services: 63 1.03% 2 0.03%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 50 0.82% 2 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 13 0.21% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 65 1.06% 186 3.04%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 89 1.45% 86 1.40%
Personal care & service 30 0.49% 196 3.20%
Sales & office occupations: 430 7.02% 1,081 17.66%
Sales & related occupations 245 4.00% 300 4.90%
Office & administrative support 185 3.02% 781 12.76%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 76 1.24% 16 0.26%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 520 8.50% 12 0.20%
Construction & extraction: 273 4.46% 12 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 22 0.36% 4 0.07%
Construction trades 249 4.07% 8 0.13%
Extraction 2 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 247 4.04% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 973 15.90% 260 4.25%
Production 518 8.46% 202 3.30%
Transportation & material moving: 455 7.43% 58 0.95%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4 0.07% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 1 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 268 4.38% 8 0.13%
Rail, water & other transportation 3 0.05% 0 0.00%
Material moving 179 2.92% 50 0.82%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,253 53.14% 2,868 46.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 427 6.98% 80 1.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 416 6.80% 80 1.31%
Mining 11 0.18% 0 0.00%
Construction 343 5.60% 32 0.52%
Manufacturing 759 12.40% 277 4.53%
Wholesale trade 191 3.12% 36 0.59%
Retail trade 372 6.08% 482 7.87%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 271 4.43% 75 1.23%
Transportation & warehousing 228 3.72% 63 1.03%
Utilities 43 0.70% 12 0.20%
Information 28 0.46% 76 1.24%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 84 1.37% 182 2.97%
Finance & insurance 74 1.21% 160 2.61%
Real estate & rental & leasing 10 0.16% 22 0.36%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 129 2.11% 165 2.70%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 81 1.32% 104 1.70%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 48 0.78% 61 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 256 4.18% 1,003 16.39%
Educational services 179 2.92% 351 5.73%
Health care & social assistance 77 1.26% 652 10.65%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 81 1.32% 161 2.63%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 13 0.21% 8 0.13%
Accommodation & food services 68 1.11% 153 2.50%
Other services (except public administration) 176 2.88% 188 3.07%
Public administration 136 2.22% 111 1.81%

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

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