Hardin 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 20,888 52.41% 18,970 47.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,877 12.24% 5,575 13.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,391 6.00% 1,677 4.21%
Management, except farm managers 1,454 3.65% 975 2.45%
Farmers & farm managers 465 1.17% 52 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 472 1.18% 650 1.63%
Business operations specialists 337 0.85% 360 0.90%
Financial specialists 135 0.34% 290 0.73%
Professional & related occupations: 2,486 6.24% 3,898 9.78%
Computer & mathematical 382 0.96% 151 0.38%
Architecture & engineering: 428 1.07% 60 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 308 0.77% 37 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 120 0.30% 23 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 148 0.37% 76 0.19%
Community & social services 171 0.43% 280 0.70%
Legal 111 0.28% 82 0.21%
Education, training, & library 530 1.33% 1,608 4.03%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 229 0.57% 155 0.39%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 487 1.22% 1,486 3.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 296 0.74% 991 2.49%
Health technologists & technicians 191 0.48% 495 1.24%
Service occupations: 2,367 5.94% 3,848 9.65%
Healthcare support 79 0.20% 655 1.64%
Protective services: 590 1.48% 83 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 406 1.02% 35 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 184 0.46% 48 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 799 2.00% 1,421 3.57%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 719 1.80% 572 1.44%
Personal care & service 180 0.45% 1,117 2.80%
Sales & office occupations: 3,462 8.69% 7,134 17.90%
Sales & related occupations 1,826 4.58% 2,614 6.56%
Office & administrative support 1,636 4.10% 4,520 11.34%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 182 0.46% 22 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,899 9.78% 131 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 2,024 5.08% 66 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 188 0.47% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,819 4.56% 66 0.17%
Extraction 17 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,875 4.70% 65 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,101 15.31% 2,260 5.67%
Production 3,380 8.48% 1,611 4.04%
Transportation & material moving: 2,721 6.83% 649 1.63%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 81 0.20% 41 0.10%
Aircraft & traffic control 30 0.08% 8 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,330 3.34% 176 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 142 0.36% 22 0.06%
Material moving 1,138 2.86% 402 1.01%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 20,888 52.41% 18,970 47.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 709 1.78% 108 0.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 675 1.69% 104 0.26%
Mining 34 0.09% 4 0.01%
Construction 2,260 5.67% 326 0.82%
Manufacturing 4,756 11.93% 1,970 4.94%
Wholesale trade 612 1.54% 324 0.81%
Retail trade 2,604 6.53% 2,808 7.05%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,940 4.87% 660 1.66%
Transportation & warehousing 1,787 4.48% 592 1.49%
Utilities 153 0.38% 68 0.17%
Information 363 0.91% 343 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 708 1.78% 1,035 2.60%
Finance & insurance 413 1.04% 790 1.98%
Real estate & rental & leasing 295 0.74% 245 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,254 3.15% 1,105 2.77%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 664 1.67% 629 1.58%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 590 1.48% 476 1.19%
Educational, health & social services: 1,689 4.24% 6,114 15.34%
Educational services 738 1.85% 2,360 5.92%
Health care & social assistance 951 2.39% 3,754 9.42%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,311 3.29% 2,075 5.21%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 274 0.69% 204 0.51%
Accommodation & food services 1,037 2.60% 1,871 4.69%
Other services (except public administration) 1,134 2.85% 926 2.32%
Public administration 1,548 3.88% 1,176 2.95%

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

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