Flathead 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 18,896 54.49% 15,784 45.51%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,701 13.56% 5,076 14.64%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,180 6.29% 1,567 4.52%
Management, except farm managers 1,408 4.06% 990 2.85%
Farmers & farm managers 287 0.83% 51 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 485 1.40% 526 1.52%
Business operations specialists 204 0.59% 181 0.52%
Financial specialists 281 0.81% 345 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 2,521 7.27% 3,509 10.12%
Computer & mathematical 274 0.79% 90 0.26%
Architecture & engineering: 464 1.34% 87 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 264 0.76% 25 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 200 0.58% 62 0.18%
Life, physical, & social science 171 0.49% 100 0.29%
Community & social services 327 0.94% 306 0.88%
Legal 109 0.31% 171 0.49%
Education, training, & library 500 1.44% 1,301 3.75%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 300 0.87% 313 0.90%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 376 1.08% 1,141 3.29%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 335 0.97% 789 2.28%
Health technologists & technicians 41 0.12% 352 1.01%
Service occupations: 1,895 5.46% 3,557 10.26%
Healthcare support 57 0.16% 659 1.90%
Protective services: 322 0.93% 44 0.13%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 182 0.52% 22 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 140 0.40% 22 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 796 2.30% 1,309 3.77%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 542 1.56% 638 1.84%
Personal care & service 178 0.51% 907 2.62%
Sales & office occupations: 2,987 8.61% 6,044 17.43%
Sales & related occupations 2,314 6.67% 2,163 6.24%
Office & administrative support 673 1.94% 3,881 11.19%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 524 1.51% 134 0.39%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,317 12.45% 123 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 2,690 7.76% 97 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 335 0.97% 9 0.03%
Construction trades 2,295 6.62% 88 0.25%
Extraction 60 0.17% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,627 4.69% 26 0.07%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,472 12.90% 850 2.45%
Production 2,261 6.52% 544 1.57%
Transportation & material moving: 2,211 6.38% 306 0.88%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.07% 8 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 18 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,033 2.98% 120 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 191 0.55% 22 0.06%
Material moving 946 2.73% 156 0.45%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 18,896 54.49% 15,784 45.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,148 3.31% 323 0.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,055 3.04% 312 0.90%
Mining 93 0.27% 11 0.03%
Construction 2,922 8.43% 324 0.93%
Manufacturing 3,371 9.72% 724 2.09%
Wholesale trade 687 1.98% 237 0.68%
Retail trade 2,548 7.35% 2,551 7.36%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,288 3.71% 452 1.30%
Transportation & warehousing 1,073 3.09% 387 1.12%
Utilities 215 0.62% 65 0.19%
Information 420 1.21% 339 0.98%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 891 2.57% 1,280 3.69%
Finance & insurance 460 1.33% 894 2.58%
Real estate & rental & leasing 431 1.24% 386 1.11%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,136 3.28% 1,158 3.34%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 678 1.96% 741 2.14%
Management of companies & enterprises 9 0.03% 7 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 449 1.29% 410 1.18%
Educational, health & social services: 1,365 3.94% 4,785 13.80%
Educational services 721 2.08% 1,721 4.96%
Health care & social assistance 644 1.86% 3,064 8.84%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,673 4.82% 2,328 6.71%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 396 1.14% 440 1.27%
Accommodation & food services 1,277 3.68% 1,888 5.44%
Other services (except public administration) 994 2.87% 795 2.29%
Public administration 453 1.31% 488 1.41%

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

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