Osage 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 3,565 53.85% 3,055 46.15%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 900 13.60% 830 12.54%
Management, business, & financial operations: 628 9.49% 339 5.12%
Management, except farm managers 252 3.81% 138 2.08%
Farmers & farm managers 289 4.37% 14 0.21%
Business & financial operations: 87 1.31% 187 2.82%
Business operations specialists 26 0.39% 59 0.89%
Financial specialists 61 0.92% 128 1.93%
Professional & related occupations: 272 4.11% 491 7.42%
Computer & mathematical 63 0.95% 66 1.00%
Architecture & engineering: 72 1.09% 17 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 42 0.63% 6 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 30 0.45% 11 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 10 0.15% 23 0.35%
Community & social services 30 0.45% 49 0.74%
Legal 8 0.12% 8 0.12%
Education, training, & library 56 0.85% 161 2.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 22 0.33% 18 0.27%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 11 0.17% 149 2.25%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 10 0.15% 55 0.83%
Health technologists & technicians 1 0.02% 94 1.42%
Service occupations: 249 3.76% 488 7.37%
Healthcare support 18 0.27% 77 1.16%
Protective services: 79 1.19% 39 0.59%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 67 1.01% 35 0.53%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 12 0.18% 4 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 47 0.71% 155 2.34%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 84 1.27% 63 0.95%
Personal care & service 21 0.32% 154 2.33%
Sales & office occupations: 406 6.13% 1,407 21.25%
Sales & related occupations 163 2.46% 215 3.25%
Office & administrative support 243 3.67% 1,192 18.01%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 66 1.00% 24 0.36%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 773 11.68% 18 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 475 7.18% 17 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 69 1.04% 5 0.08%
Construction trades 393 5.94% 12 0.18%
Extraction 13 0.20% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 298 4.50% 1 0.02%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,171 17.69% 288 4.35%
Production 718 10.85% 238 3.60%
Transportation & material moving: 453 6.84% 50 0.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.09% 3 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 269 4.06% 7 0.11%
Rail, water & other transportation 13 0.20% 4 0.06%
Material moving 165 2.49% 36 0.54%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,565 53.85% 3,055 46.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 386 5.83% 43 0.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 358 5.41% 43 0.65%
Mining 28 0.42% 0 0.00%
Construction 587 8.87% 74 1.12%
Manufacturing 913 13.79% 325 4.91%
Wholesale trade 150 2.27% 104 1.57%
Retail trade 297 4.49% 279 4.21%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 252 3.81% 39 0.59%
Transportation & warehousing 130 1.96% 23 0.35%
Utilities 122 1.84% 16 0.24%
Information 43 0.65% 62 0.94%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 86 1.30% 234 3.53%
Finance & insurance 54 0.82% 222 3.35%
Real estate & rental & leasing 32 0.48% 12 0.18%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 81 1.22% 94 1.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 41 0.62% 74 1.12%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 40 0.60% 20 0.30%
Educational, health & social services: 187 2.82% 771 11.65%
Educational services 118 1.78% 318 4.80%
Health care & social assistance 69 1.04% 453 6.84%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 83 1.25% 134 2.02%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 15 0.23% 20 0.30%
Accommodation & food services 68 1.03% 114 1.72%
Other services (except public administration) 157 2.37% 106 1.60%
Public administration 343 5.18% 790 11.93%

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

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