Duplin 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 12,007 55.48% 9,635 44.52%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,248 10.39% 2,871 13.27%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,460 6.75% 974 4.50%
Management, except farm managers 586 2.71% 366 1.69%
Farmers & farm managers 712 3.29% 283 1.31%
Business & financial operations: 162 0.75% 325 1.50%
Business operations specialists 85 0.39% 140 0.65%
Financial specialists 77 0.36% 185 0.85%
Professional & related occupations: 788 3.64% 1,897 8.77%
Computer & mathematical 47 0.22% 23 0.11%
Architecture & engineering: 98 0.45% 21 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 25 0.12% 7 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 73 0.34% 14 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 89 0.41% 54 0.25%
Community & social services 180 0.83% 194 0.90%
Legal 24 0.11% 83 0.38%
Education, training, & library 176 0.81% 893 4.13%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 50 0.23% 90 0.42%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 124 0.57% 539 2.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 99 0.46% 351 1.62%
Health technologists & technicians 25 0.12% 188 0.87%
Service occupations: 967 4.47% 1,925 8.89%
Healthcare support 61 0.28% 579 2.68%
Protective services: 228 1.05% 47 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 214 0.99% 13 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 14 0.06% 34 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 216 1.00% 569 2.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 375 1.73% 350 1.62%
Personal care & service 87 0.40% 380 1.76%
Sales & office occupations: 1,227 5.67% 2,748 12.70%
Sales & related occupations 761 3.52% 934 4.32%
Office & administrative support 466 2.15% 1,814 8.38%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,112 5.14% 259 1.20%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,804 12.96% 115 0.53%
Construction & extraction: 1,767 8.16% 26 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 195 0.90% 16 0.07%
Construction trades 1,550 7.16% 10 0.05%
Extraction 22 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,037 4.79% 89 0.41%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,649 16.86% 1,717 7.93%
Production 1,846 8.53% 1,354 6.26%
Transportation & material moving: 1,803 8.33% 363 1.68%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 47 0.22% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 948 4.38% 91 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 28 0.13% 0 0.00%
Material moving 772 3.57% 272 1.26%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,007 55.48% 9,635 44.52%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,315 10.70% 721 3.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,293 10.60% 715 3.30%
Mining 22 0.10% 6 0.03%
Construction 2,026 9.36% 144 0.67%
Manufacturing 2,722 12.58% 2,011 9.29%
Wholesale trade 561 2.59% 230 1.06%
Retail trade 968 4.47% 1,041 4.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 719 3.32% 110 0.51%
Transportation & warehousing 591 2.73% 91 0.42%
Utilities 128 0.59% 19 0.09%
Information 59 0.27% 103 0.48%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 199 0.92% 297 1.37%
Finance & insurance 113 0.52% 242 1.12%
Real estate & rental & leasing 86 0.40% 55 0.25%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 394 1.82% 531 2.45%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 165 0.76% 241 1.11%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 229 1.06% 290 1.34%
Educational, health & social services: 588 2.72% 2,934 13.56%
Educational services 349 1.61% 1,104 5.10%
Health care & social assistance 239 1.10% 1,830 8.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 375 1.73% 695 3.21%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 106 0.49% 91 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 269 1.24% 604 2.79%
Other services (except public administration) 639 2.95% 338 1.56%
Public administration 442 2.04% 480 2.22%

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

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