Avery 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 3,867 53.74% 3,329 46.26%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 834 11.59% 1,012 14.06%
Management, business, & financial operations: 496 6.89% 299 4.16%
Management, except farm managers 265 3.68% 218 3.03%
Farmers & farm managers 149 2.07% 8 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 82 1.14% 73 1.01%
Business operations specialists 51 0.71% 16 0.22%
Financial specialists 31 0.43% 57 0.79%
Professional & related occupations: 338 4.70% 713 9.91%
Computer & mathematical 36 0.50% 12 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 33 0.46% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 14 0.19% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 19 0.26% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 40 0.56% 18 0.25%
Community & social services 62 0.86% 70 0.97%
Legal 19 0.26% 18 0.25%
Education, training, & library 62 0.86% 308 4.28%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 32 0.44% 34 0.47%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 54 0.75% 253 3.52%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 23 0.32% 149 2.07%
Health technologists & technicians 31 0.43% 104 1.45%
Service occupations: 688 9.56% 802 11.15%
Healthcare support 23 0.32% 236 3.28%
Protective services: 167 2.32% 41 0.57%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 127 1.76% 41 0.57%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 40 0.56% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 138 1.92% 227 3.15%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 318 4.42% 161 2.24%
Personal care & service 42 0.58% 137 1.90%
Sales & office occupations: 461 6.41% 986 13.70%
Sales & related occupations 268 3.72% 332 4.61%
Office & administrative support 193 2.68% 654 9.09%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 149 2.07% 5 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,062 14.76% 25 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 709 9.85% 14 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 113 1.57% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 584 8.12% 14 0.19%
Extraction 12 0.17% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 353 4.91% 11 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 673 9.35% 499 6.93%
Production 388 5.39% 372 5.17%
Transportation & material moving: 285 3.96% 127 1.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 152 2.11% 53 0.74%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Material moving 129 1.79% 74 1.03%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,867 53.74% 3,329 46.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 348 4.84% 36 0.50%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 331 4.60% 28 0.39%
Mining 17 0.24% 8 0.11%
Construction 795 11.05% 68 0.94%
Manufacturing 614 8.53% 498 6.92%
Wholesale trade 123 1.71% 20 0.28%
Retail trade 332 4.61% 327 4.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 205 2.85% 36 0.50%
Transportation & warehousing 145 2.02% 36 0.50%
Utilities 60 0.83% 0 0.00%
Information 52 0.72% 11 0.15%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 102 1.42% 152 2.11%
Finance & insurance 28 0.39% 61 0.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 74 1.03% 91 1.26%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 233 3.24% 198 2.75%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 50 0.69% 117 1.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 183 2.54% 81 1.13%
Educational, health & social services: 253 3.52% 1,249 17.36%
Educational services 150 2.08% 498 6.92%
Health care & social assistance 103 1.43% 751 10.44%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 429 5.96% 408 5.67%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 141 1.96% 55 0.76%
Accommodation & food services 288 4.00% 353 4.91%
Other services (except public administration) 156 2.17% 176 2.45%
Public administration 225 3.13% 150 2.08%

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

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