Covington 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 4,002 53.69% 3,452 46.31%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 674 9.04% 1,098 14.73%
Management, business, & financial operations: 302 4.05% 234 3.14%
Management, except farm managers 194 2.60% 153 2.05%
Farmers & farm managers 88 1.18% 20 0.27%
Business & financial operations: 20 0.27% 61 0.82%
Business operations specialists 16 0.21% 10 0.13%
Financial specialists 4 0.05% 51 0.68%
Professional & related occupations: 372 4.99% 864 11.59%
Computer & mathematical 11 0.15% 20 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 91 1.22% 18 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 17 0.23% 6 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 74 0.99% 12 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 39 0.52% 4 0.05%
Community & social services 96 1.29% 91 1.22%
Legal 22 0.30% 19 0.25%
Education, training, & library 45 0.60% 379 5.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 23 0.31% 31 0.42%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 45 0.60% 302 4.05%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 36 0.48% 158 2.12%
Health technologists & technicians 9 0.12% 144 1.93%
Service occupations: 289 3.88% 693 9.30%
Healthcare support 9 0.12% 135 1.81%
Protective services: 73 0.98% 13 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 66 0.89% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 7 0.09% 13 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 50 0.67% 257 3.45%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 144 1.93% 106 1.42%
Personal care & service 13 0.17% 182 2.44%
Sales & office occupations: 480 6.44% 1,043 13.99%
Sales & related occupations 273 3.66% 348 4.67%
Office & administrative support 207 2.78% 695 9.32%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 128 1.72% 63 0.85%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,054 14.14% 33 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 687 9.22% 12 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 109 1.46% 8 0.11%
Construction trades 531 7.12% 4 0.05%
Extraction 47 0.63% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 367 4.92% 21 0.28%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,377 18.47% 522 7.00%
Production 710 9.53% 392 5.26%
Transportation & material moving: 667 8.95% 130 1.74%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.07% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 403 5.41% 68 0.91%
Rail, water & other transportation 18 0.24% 0 0.00%
Material moving 241 3.23% 62 0.83%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,002 53.69% 3,452 46.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 404 5.42% 90 1.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 281 3.77% 77 1.03%
Mining 123 1.65% 13 0.17%
Construction 759 10.18% 20 0.27%
Manufacturing 852 11.43% 511 6.86%
Wholesale trade 246 3.30% 63 0.85%
Retail trade 378 5.07% 393 5.27%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 417 5.59% 103 1.38%
Transportation & warehousing 310 4.16% 81 1.09%
Utilities 107 1.44% 22 0.30%
Information 43 0.58% 31 0.42%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 68 0.91% 174 2.33%
Finance & insurance 50 0.67% 170 2.28%
Real estate & rental & leasing 18 0.24% 4 0.05%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 153 2.05% 108 1.45%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 56 0.75% 70 0.94%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 97 1.30% 38 0.51%
Educational, health & social services: 214 2.87% 1,361 18.26%
Educational services 111 1.49% 649 8.71%
Health care & social assistance 103 1.38% 712 9.55%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 92 1.23% 238 3.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 33 0.44% 13 0.17%
Accommodation & food services 59 0.79% 225 3.02%
Other services (except public administration) 261 3.50% 225 3.02%
Public administration 115 1.54% 135 1.81%

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

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