Stearns 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 38,227 52.72% 34,284 47.28%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 10,806 14.90% 11,058 15.25%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,762 7.95% 3,552 4.90%
Management, except farm managers 2,992 4.13% 1,571 2.17%
Farmers & farm managers 1,668 2.30% 468 0.65%
Business & financial operations: 1,102 1.52% 1,513 2.09%
Business operations specialists 554 0.76% 793 1.09%
Financial specialists 548 0.76% 720 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 5,044 6.96% 7,506 10.35%
Computer & mathematical 711 0.98% 341 0.47%
Architecture & engineering: 752 1.04% 106 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 410 0.57% 31 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 342 0.47% 75 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 327 0.45% 148 0.20%
Community & social services 398 0.55% 711 0.98%
Legal 214 0.30% 112 0.15%
Education, training, & library 1,405 1.94% 2,883 3.98%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 439 0.61% 619 0.85%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 798 1.10% 2,586 3.57%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 664 0.92% 1,458 2.01%
Health technologists & technicians 134 0.18% 1,128 1.56%
Service occupations: 3,855 5.32% 6,747 9.30%
Healthcare support 164 0.23% 1,142 1.57%
Protective services: 585 0.81% 237 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 331 0.46% 107 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 254 0.35% 130 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,369 1.89% 2,621 3.61%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,356 1.87% 900 1.24%
Personal care & service 381 0.53% 1,847 2.55%
Sales & office occupations: 6,663 9.19% 12,655 17.45%
Sales & related occupations 4,091 5.64% 4,145 5.72%
Office & administrative support 2,572 3.55% 8,510 11.74%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 598 0.82% 210 0.29%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,199 8.55% 201 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 3,738 5.16% 116 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 408 0.56% 5 0.01%
Construction trades 3,255 4.49% 111 0.15%
Extraction 75 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,461 3.39% 85 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,106 13.94% 3,413 4.71%
Production 5,613 7.74% 2,508 3.46%
Transportation & material moving: 4,493 6.20% 905 1.25%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 95 0.13% 25 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 24 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,284 3.15% 194 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 155 0.21% 43 0.06%
Material moving 1,935 2.67% 643 0.89%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 38,227 52.72% 34,284 47.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,443 3.37% 715 0.99%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,343 3.23% 705 0.97%
Mining 100 0.14% 10 0.01%
Construction 4,248 5.86% 318 0.44%
Manufacturing 8,473 11.69% 3,861 5.32%
Wholesale trade 1,926 2.66% 694 0.96%
Retail trade 5,535 7.63% 6,167 8.50%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,248 3.10% 464 0.64%
Transportation & warehousing 1,882 2.60% 427 0.59%
Utilities 366 0.50% 37 0.05%
Information 730 1.01% 689 0.95%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,437 1.98% 2,207 3.04%
Finance & insurance 938 1.29% 1,792 2.47%
Real estate & rental & leasing 499 0.69% 415 0.57%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,877 2.59% 1,960 2.70%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,108 1.53% 1,215 1.68%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 23 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 769 1.06% 722 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 4,556 6.28% 11,905 16.42%
Educational services 2,884 3.98% 5,228 7.21%
Health care & social assistance 1,672 2.31% 6,677 9.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,407 3.32% 3,048 4.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 514 0.71% 362 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 1,893 2.61% 2,686 3.70%
Other services (except public administration) 1,468 2.02% 1,482 2.04%
Public administration 879 1.21% 774 1.07%

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

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