Pawnee 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 4,059 55.85% 3,209 44.15%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 897 12.34% 969 13.33%
Management, business, & financial operations: 489 6.73% 314 4.32%
Management, except farm managers 257 3.54% 184 2.53%
Farmers & farm managers 143 1.97% 21 0.29%
Business & financial operations: 89 1.22% 109 1.50%
Business operations specialists 47 0.65% 49 0.67%
Financial specialists 42 0.58% 60 0.83%
Professional & related occupations: 408 5.61% 655 9.01%
Computer & mathematical 54 0.74% 28 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 91 1.25% 16 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 44 0.61% 8 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 47 0.65% 8 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 12 0.17% 26 0.36%
Community & social services 54 0.74% 67 0.92%
Legal 28 0.39% 10 0.14%
Education, training, & library 81 1.11% 244 3.36%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 32 0.44% 33 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 56 0.77% 231 3.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 37 0.51% 118 1.62%
Health technologists & technicians 19 0.26% 113 1.55%
Service occupations: 420 5.78% 640 8.81%
Healthcare support 20 0.28% 160 2.20%
Protective services: 125 1.72% 22 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 98 1.35% 12 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 27 0.37% 10 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 93 1.28% 240 3.30%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 152 2.09% 81 1.11%
Personal care & service 30 0.41% 137 1.88%
Sales & office occupations: 547 7.53% 1,232 16.95%
Sales & related occupations 293 4.03% 358 4.93%
Office & administrative support 254 3.49% 874 12.03%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 51 0.70% 17 0.23%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 968 13.32% 41 0.56%
Construction & extraction: 533 7.33% 18 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 74 1.02% 6 0.08%
Construction trades 437 6.01% 12 0.17%
Extraction 22 0.30% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 435 5.99% 23 0.32%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,176 16.18% 310 4.27%
Production 741 10.20% 203 2.79%
Transportation & material moving: 435 5.99% 107 1.47%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 17 0.23% 2 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 274 3.77% 65 0.89%
Rail, water & other transportation 14 0.19% 3 0.04%
Material moving 124 1.71% 37 0.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,059 55.85% 3,209 44.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 357 4.91% 68 0.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 205 2.82% 44 0.61%
Mining 152 2.09% 24 0.33%
Construction 577 7.94% 58 0.80%
Manufacturing 866 11.92% 272 3.74%
Wholesale trade 160 2.20% 43 0.59%
Retail trade 390 5.37% 439 6.04%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 396 5.45% 131 1.80%
Transportation & warehousing 288 3.96% 97 1.33%
Utilities 108 1.49% 34 0.47%
Information 87 1.20% 97 1.33%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 112 1.54% 238 3.27%
Finance & insurance 64 0.88% 176 2.42%
Real estate & rental & leasing 48 0.66% 62 0.85%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 252 3.47% 211 2.90%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 146 2.01% 125 1.72%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.03% 1 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 104 1.43% 85 1.17%
Educational, health & social services: 269 3.70% 1,075 14.79%
Educational services 169 2.33% 423 5.82%
Health care & social assistance 100 1.38% 652 8.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 135 1.86% 230 3.16%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 32 0.44% 29 0.40%
Accommodation & food services 103 1.42% 201 2.77%
Other services (except public administration) 233 3.21% 153 2.11%
Public administration 225 3.10% 194 2.67%

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

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