Pittsburg 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 8,734 52.59% 7,873 47.41%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,124 12.79% 2,511 15.12%
Management, business, & financial operations: 974 5.86% 670 4.03%
Management, except farm managers 551 3.32% 403 2.43%
Farmers & farm managers 202 1.22% 28 0.17%
Business & financial operations: 221 1.33% 239 1.44%
Business operations specialists 133 0.80% 125 0.75%
Financial specialists 88 0.53% 114 0.69%
Professional & related occupations: 1,150 6.92% 1,841 11.09%
Computer & mathematical 94 0.57% 21 0.13%
Architecture & engineering: 122 0.73% 18 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 69 0.42% 12 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 53 0.32% 6 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 50 0.30% 19 0.11%
Community & social services 235 1.42% 203 1.22%
Legal 82 0.49% 88 0.53%
Education, training, & library 210 1.26% 659 3.97%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 76 0.46% 86 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 281 1.69% 747 4.50%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 201 1.21% 431 2.60%
Health technologists & technicians 80 0.48% 316 1.90%
Service occupations: 1,413 8.51% 2,009 12.10%
Healthcare support 43 0.26% 497 2.99%
Protective services: 692 4.17% 93 0.56%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 525 3.16% 68 0.41%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 167 1.01% 25 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 248 1.49% 661 3.98%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 356 2.14% 296 1.78%
Personal care & service 74 0.45% 462 2.78%
Sales & office occupations: 1,217 7.33% 2,656 15.99%
Sales & related occupations 776 4.67% 1,010 6.08%
Office & administrative support 441 2.66% 1,646 9.91%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 122 0.73% 57 0.34%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,902 11.45% 44 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 1,133 6.82% 35 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 136 0.82% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 852 5.13% 29 0.17%
Extraction 145 0.87% 4 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 769 4.63% 9 0.05%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,956 11.78% 596 3.59%
Production 961 5.79% 416 2.50%
Transportation & material moving: 995 5.99% 180 1.08%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 30 0.18% 10 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 34 0.20% 7 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 535 3.22% 61 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 39 0.23% 15 0.09%
Material moving 357 2.15% 87 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,734 52.59% 7,873 47.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 615 3.70% 97 0.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 335 2.02% 74 0.45%
Mining 280 1.69% 23 0.14%
Construction 1,067 6.43% 72 0.43%
Manufacturing 1,340 8.07% 554 3.34%
Wholesale trade 286 1.72% 90 0.54%
Retail trade 996 6.00% 1,112 6.70%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 658 3.96% 169 1.02%
Transportation & warehousing 455 2.74% 123 0.74%
Utilities 203 1.22% 46 0.28%
Information 172 1.04% 122 0.73%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 208 1.25% 426 2.57%
Finance & insurance 133 0.80% 291 1.75%
Real estate & rental & leasing 75 0.45% 135 0.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 413 2.49% 318 1.91%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 192 1.16% 196 1.18%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 2 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 221 1.33% 120 0.72%
Educational, health & social services: 911 5.49% 3,066 18.46%
Educational services 455 2.74% 957 5.76%
Health care & social assistance 456 2.75% 2,109 12.70%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 457 2.75% 697 4.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 106 0.64% 64 0.39%
Accommodation & food services 351 2.11% 633 3.81%
Other services (except public administration) 498 3.00% 478 2.88%
Public administration 1,113 6.70% 672 4.05%

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

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