Deschutes 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 30,311 54.37% 25,443 45.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,359 14.99% 9,080 16.29%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,334 7.77% 3,237 5.81%
Management, except farm managers 3,229 5.79% 1,943 3.48%
Farmers & farm managers 222 0.40% 108 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 883 1.58% 1,186 2.13%
Business operations specialists 432 0.77% 508 0.91%
Financial specialists 451 0.81% 678 1.22%
Professional & related occupations: 4,025 7.22% 5,843 10.48%
Computer & mathematical 478 0.86% 189 0.34%
Architecture & engineering: 565 1.01% 134 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 413 0.74% 48 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 152 0.27% 86 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 291 0.52% 156 0.28%
Community & social services 391 0.70% 624 1.12%
Legal 155 0.28% 183 0.33%
Education, training, & library 696 1.25% 1,954 3.50%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 575 1.03% 665 1.19%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 874 1.57% 1,938 3.48%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 686 1.23% 1,286 2.31%
Health technologists & technicians 188 0.34% 652 1.17%
Service occupations: 3,383 6.07% 4,972 8.92%
Healthcare support 38 0.07% 797 1.43%
Protective services: 694 1.24% 161 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 464 0.83% 73 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 230 0.41% 88 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,249 2.24% 1,676 3.01%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,070 1.92% 943 1.69%
Personal care & service 332 0.60% 1,395 2.50%
Sales & office occupations: 5,411 9.71% 9,521 17.08%
Sales & related occupations 4,048 7.26% 3,396 6.09%
Office & administrative support 1,363 2.44% 6,125 10.99%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 381 0.68% 151 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,063 12.67% 282 0.51%
Construction & extraction: 5,050 9.06% 147 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 893 1.60% 7 0.01%
Construction trades 4,118 7.39% 140 0.25%
Extraction 39 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,013 3.61% 135 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,714 10.25% 1,437 2.58%
Production 3,355 6.02% 1,002 1.80%
Transportation & material moving: 2,359 4.23% 435 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 72 0.13% 5 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 79 0.14% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,152 2.07% 205 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 222 0.40% 110 0.20%
Material moving 834 1.50% 115 0.21%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 30,311 54.37% 25,443 45.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 992 1.78% 419 0.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 943 1.69% 409 0.73%
Mining 49 0.09% 10 0.02%
Construction 5,828 10.45% 668 1.20%
Manufacturing 4,586 8.23% 1,440 2.58%
Wholesale trade 1,163 2.09% 370 0.66%
Retail trade 4,336 7.78% 4,015 7.20%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,545 2.77% 541 0.97%
Transportation & warehousing 1,153 2.07% 422 0.76%
Utilities 392 0.70% 119 0.21%
Information 615 1.10% 755 1.35%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,556 2.79% 2,115 3.79%
Finance & insurance 771 1.38% 1,218 2.18%
Real estate & rental & leasing 785 1.41% 897 1.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,336 4.19% 2,254 4.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,453 2.61% 1,505 2.70%
Management of companies & enterprises 17 0.03% 11 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 866 1.55% 738 1.32%
Educational, health & social services: 2,343 4.20% 7,375 13.23%
Educational services 1,146 2.06% 2,760 4.95%
Health care & social assistance 1,197 2.15% 4,615 8.28%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,719 4.88% 3,060 5.49%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 731 1.31% 615 1.10%
Accommodation & food services 1,988 3.57% 2,445 4.39%
Other services (except public administration) 1,252 2.25% 1,593 2.86%
Public administration 1,040 1.87% 838 1.50%

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

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