Strafford 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 30,754 51.66% 28,780 48.34%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,990 16.78% 10,224 17.17%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,971 6.67% 3,571 6.00%
Management, except farm managers 2,954 4.96% 1,955 3.28%
Farmers & farm managers 65 0.11% 54 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 952 1.60% 1,562 2.62%
Business operations specialists 530 0.89% 840 1.41%
Financial specialists 422 0.71% 722 1.21%
Professional & related occupations: 6,019 10.11% 6,653 11.18%
Computer & mathematical 1,377 2.31% 432 0.73%
Architecture & engineering: 1,755 2.95% 172 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,268 2.13% 77 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 487 0.82% 95 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 464 0.78% 208 0.35%
Community & social services 288 0.48% 649 1.09%
Legal 190 0.32% 178 0.30%
Education, training, & library 986 1.66% 2,698 4.53%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 458 0.77% 588 0.99%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 501 0.84% 1,728 2.90%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 385 0.65% 1,148 1.93%
Health technologists & technicians 116 0.19% 580 0.97%
Service occupations: 3,397 5.71% 5,328 8.95%
Healthcare support 88 0.15% 1,267 2.13%
Protective services: 656 1.10% 117 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 447 0.75% 35 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 209 0.35% 82 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,287 2.16% 2,139 3.59%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,062 1.78% 535 0.90%
Personal care & service 304 0.51% 1,270 2.13%
Sales & office occupations: 5,765 9.68% 10,053 16.89%
Sales & related occupations 3,328 5.59% 3,665 6.16%
Office & administrative support 2,437 4.09% 6,388 10.73%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 174 0.29% 103 0.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,764 8.00% 193 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 2,663 4.47% 80 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 345 0.58% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,289 3.84% 71 0.12%
Extraction 29 0.05% 9 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,101 3.53% 113 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,664 11.19% 2,879 4.84%
Production 4,063 6.82% 2,261 3.80%
Transportation & material moving: 2,601 4.37% 618 1.04%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 70 0.12% 33 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 128 0.22% 3 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,217 2.04% 262 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 227 0.38% 68 0.11%
Material moving 959 1.61% 252 0.42%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 30,754 51.66% 28,780 48.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 372 0.62% 199 0.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 339 0.57% 182 0.31%
Mining 33 0.06% 17 0.03%
Construction 2,903 4.88% 306 0.51%
Manufacturing 7,607 12.78% 3,715 6.24%
Wholesale trade 1,153 1.94% 551 0.93%
Retail trade 4,415 7.42% 4,123 6.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,663 2.79% 693 1.16%
Transportation & warehousing 1,339 2.25% 637 1.07%
Utilities 324 0.54% 56 0.09%
Information 767 1.29% 654 1.10%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,365 2.29% 2,409 4.05%
Finance & insurance 908 1.53% 1,965 3.30%
Real estate & rental & leasing 457 0.77% 444 0.75%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,785 4.68% 1,892 3.18%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,902 3.19% 1,274 2.14%
Management of companies & enterprises 16 0.03% 28 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 867 1.46% 590 0.99%
Educational, health & social services: 3,376 5.67% 9,305 15.63%
Educational services 2,081 3.50% 4,130 6.94%
Health care & social assistance 1,295 2.18% 5,175 8.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,832 3.08% 2,714 4.56%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 286 0.48% 419 0.70%
Accommodation & food services 1,546 2.60% 2,295 3.85%
Other services (except public administration) 1,047 1.76% 1,321 2.22%
Public administration 1,469 2.47% 898 1.51%

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

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