Humboldt 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 2,763 56.24% 2,150 43.76%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 775 15.77% 676 13.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 540 10.99% 223 4.54%
Management, except farm managers 193 3.93% 115 2.34%
Farmers & farm managers 246 5.01% 15 0.31%
Business & financial operations: 101 2.06% 93 1.89%
Business operations specialists 26 0.53% 20 0.41%
Financial specialists 75 1.53% 73 1.49%
Professional & related occupations: 235 4.78% 453 9.22%
Computer & mathematical 16 0.33% 1 0.02%
Architecture & engineering: 32 0.65% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 28 0.57% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 4 0.08% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 20 0.41% 20 0.41%
Community & social services 19 0.39% 43 0.88%
Legal 0 0.00% 3 0.06%
Education, training, & library 70 1.42% 161 3.28%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 30 0.61% 31 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 48 0.98% 194 3.95%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 34 0.69% 136 2.77%
Health technologists & technicians 14 0.28% 58 1.18%
Service occupations: 118 2.40% 480 9.77%
Healthcare support 2 0.04% 134 2.73%
Protective services: 24 0.49% 14 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 22 0.45% 12 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2 0.04% 2 0.04%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 36 0.73% 202 4.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 52 1.06% 24 0.49%
Personal care & service 4 0.08% 106 2.16%
Sales & office occupations: 500 10.18% 709 14.43%
Sales & related occupations 344 7.00% 230 4.68%
Office & administrative support 156 3.18% 479 9.75%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 91 1.85% 13 0.26%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 487 9.91% 35 0.71%
Construction & extraction: 218 4.44% 25 0.51%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 29 0.59% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 183 3.72% 25 0.51%
Extraction 6 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 269 5.48% 10 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 792 16.12% 237 4.82%
Production 440 8.96% 167 3.40%
Transportation & material moving: 352 7.16% 70 1.42%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.10% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 191 3.89% 22 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 11 0.22% 7 0.14%
Material moving 139 2.83% 41 0.83%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,763 56.24% 2,150 43.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 394 8.02% 51 1.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 372 7.57% 43 0.88%
Mining 22 0.45% 8 0.16%
Construction 219 4.46% 42 0.85%
Manufacturing 812 16.53% 273 5.56%
Wholesale trade 185 3.77% 21 0.43%
Retail trade 291 5.92% 282 5.74%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 269 5.48% 77 1.57%
Transportation & warehousing 209 4.25% 48 0.98%
Utilities 60 1.22% 29 0.59%
Information 23 0.47% 66 1.34%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 89 1.81% 129 2.63%
Finance & insurance 66 1.34% 106 2.16%
Real estate & rental & leasing 23 0.47% 23 0.47%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 49 1.00% 78 1.59%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 23 0.47% 64 1.30%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 26 0.53% 14 0.28%
Educational, health & social services: 145 2.95% 719 14.63%
Educational services 111 2.26% 236 4.80%
Health care & social assistance 34 0.69% 483 9.83%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 49 1.00% 174 3.54%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5 0.10% 18 0.37%
Accommodation & food services 44 0.90% 156 3.18%
Other services (except public administration) 128 2.61% 128 2.61%
Public administration 110 2.24% 110 2.24%

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

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