Belknap 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 15,168 52.58% 13,680 47.42%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,163 14.43% 4,692 16.26%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,067 7.17% 1,520 5.27%
Management, except farm managers 1,523 5.28% 927 3.21%
Farmers & farm managers 88 0.31% 15 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 456 1.58% 578 2.00%
Business operations specialists 291 1.01% 305 1.06%
Financial specialists 165 0.57% 273 0.95%
Professional & related occupations: 2,096 7.27% 3,172 11.00%
Computer & mathematical 265 0.92% 94 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 534 1.85% 50 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 423 1.47% 35 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 111 0.38% 15 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 53 0.18% 26 0.09%
Community & social services 159 0.55% 263 0.91%
Legal 109 0.38% 153 0.53%
Education, training, & library 394 1.37% 1,311 4.54%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 221 0.77% 238 0.83%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 361 1.25% 1,037 3.59%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 283 0.98% 655 2.27%
Health technologists & technicians 78 0.27% 382 1.32%
Service occupations: 1,960 6.79% 2,520 8.74%
Healthcare support 74 0.26% 515 1.79%
Protective services: 357 1.24% 46 0.16%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 300 1.04% 22 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 57 0.20% 24 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 637 2.21% 867 3.01%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 760 2.63% 334 1.16%
Personal care & service 132 0.46% 758 2.63%
Sales & office occupations: 2,503 8.68% 4,878 16.91%
Sales & related occupations 1,688 5.85% 1,658 5.75%
Office & administrative support 815 2.83% 3,220 11.16%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 74 0.26% 33 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,269 11.33% 106 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 2,069 7.17% 56 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 329 1.14% 11 0.04%
Construction trades 1,705 5.91% 45 0.16%
Extraction 35 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,200 4.16% 50 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,199 11.09% 1,451 5.03%
Production 1,994 6.91% 1,174 4.07%
Transportation & material moving: 1,205 4.18% 277 0.96%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 36 0.12% 20 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 56 0.19% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 699 2.42% 74 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 50 0.17% 14 0.05%
Material moving 364 1.26% 169 0.59%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 15,168 52.58% 13,680 47.42%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 228 0.79% 90 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 207 0.72% 90 0.31%
Mining 21 0.07% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,456 8.51% 259 0.90%
Manufacturing 3,190 11.06% 1,617 5.61%
Wholesale trade 535 1.85% 176 0.61%
Retail trade 2,216 7.68% 2,095 7.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 658 2.28% 258 0.89%
Transportation & warehousing 510 1.77% 244 0.85%
Utilities 148 0.51% 14 0.05%
Information 341 1.18% 233 0.81%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 607 2.10% 1,047 3.63%
Finance & insurance 255 0.88% 756 2.62%
Real estate & rental & leasing 352 1.22% 291 1.01%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,087 3.77% 876 3.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 613 2.12% 566 1.96%
Management of companies & enterprises 13 0.05% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 461 1.60% 310 1.07%
Educational, health & social services: 1,329 4.61% 4,443 15.40%
Educational services 648 2.25% 1,728 5.99%
Health care & social assistance 681 2.36% 2,715 9.41%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,065 3.69% 1,326 4.60%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 195 0.68% 210 0.73%
Accommodation & food services 870 3.02% 1,116 3.87%
Other services (except public administration) 711 2.46% 549 1.90%
Public administration 745 2.58% 711 2.46%

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

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