Jefferson Davis Parish

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 6,513 56.12% 5,093 43.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,231 10.61% 1,657 14.28%
Management, business, & financial operations: 789 6.80% 443 3.82%
Management, except farm managers 402 3.46% 273 2.35%
Farmers & farm managers 314 2.71% 14 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 73 0.63% 156 1.34%
Business operations specialists 23 0.20% 64 0.55%
Financial specialists 50 0.43% 92 0.79%
Professional & related occupations: 442 3.81% 1,214 10.46%
Computer & mathematical 6 0.05% 8 0.07%
Architecture & engineering: 87 0.75% 23 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 49 0.42% 3 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 38 0.33% 20 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 35 0.30% 25 0.22%
Community & social services 43 0.37% 79 0.68%
Legal 30 0.26% 32 0.28%
Education, training, & library 110 0.95% 612 5.27%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 18 0.16% 46 0.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 113 0.97% 389 3.35%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 84 0.72% 182 1.57%
Health technologists & technicians 29 0.25% 207 1.78%
Service occupations: 820 7.07% 1,248 10.75%
Healthcare support 19 0.16% 232 2.00%
Protective services: 222 1.91% 56 0.48%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 102 0.88% 18 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 120 1.03% 38 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 217 1.87% 470 4.05%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 275 2.37% 163 1.40%
Personal care & service 87 0.75% 327 2.82%
Sales & office occupations: 770 6.63% 1,852 15.96%
Sales & related occupations 518 4.46% 823 7.09%
Office & administrative support 252 2.17% 1,029 8.87%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 170 1.46% 11 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,954 16.84% 91 0.78%
Construction & extraction: 1,388 11.96% 53 0.46%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 207 1.78% 17 0.15%
Construction trades 903 7.78% 36 0.31%
Extraction 278 2.40% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 566 4.88% 38 0.33%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,568 13.51% 234 2.02%
Production 734 6.32% 107 0.92%
Transportation & material moving: 834 7.19% 127 1.09%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 31 0.27% 8 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 14 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 360 3.10% 66 0.57%
Rail, water & other transportation 80 0.69% 20 0.17%
Material moving 349 3.01% 33 0.28%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,513 56.12% 5,093 43.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,356 11.68% 75 0.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 516 4.45% 35 0.30%
Mining 840 7.24% 40 0.34%
Construction 1,119 9.64% 96 0.83%
Manufacturing 759 6.54% 117 1.01%
Wholesale trade 302 2.60% 39 0.34%
Retail trade 630 5.43% 804 6.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 377 3.25% 61 0.53%
Transportation & warehousing 311 2.68% 39 0.34%
Utilities 66 0.57% 22 0.19%
Information 72 0.62% 113 0.97%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 146 1.26% 408 3.52%
Finance & insurance 90 0.78% 336 2.90%
Real estate & rental & leasing 56 0.48% 72 0.62%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 337 2.90% 212 1.83%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 143 1.23% 141 1.21%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 194 1.67% 71 0.61%
Educational, health & social services: 421 3.63% 1,953 16.83%
Educational services 234 2.02% 896 7.72%
Health care & social assistance 187 1.61% 1,057 9.11%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 509 4.39% 673 5.80%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 274 2.36% 286 2.46%
Accommodation & food services 235 2.02% 387 3.33%
Other services (except public administration) 254 2.19% 271 2.33%
Public administration 231 1.99% 271 2.33%

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

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