Jackson 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 42,360 52.48% 38,354 47.52%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 12,051 14.93% 12,637 15.66%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,508 6.82% 3,948 4.89%
Management, except farm managers 4,000 4.96% 2,507 3.11%
Farmers & farm managers 296 0.37% 147 0.18%
Business & financial operations: 1,212 1.50% 1,294 1.60%
Business operations specialists 685 0.85% 596 0.74%
Financial specialists 527 0.65% 698 0.86%
Professional & related occupations: 6,543 8.11% 8,689 10.77%
Computer & mathematical 709 0.88% 243 0.30%
Architecture & engineering: 833 1.03% 138 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 542 0.67% 56 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 291 0.36% 82 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 636 0.79% 292 0.36%
Community & social services 604 0.75% 897 1.11%
Legal 217 0.27% 302 0.37%
Education, training, & library 1,313 1.63% 3,334 4.13%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 962 1.19% 935 1.16%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,269 1.57% 2,548 3.16%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 951 1.18% 1,864 2.31%
Health technologists & technicians 318 0.39% 684 0.85%
Service occupations: 5,649 7.00% 8,398 10.40%
Healthcare support 197 0.24% 1,607 1.99%
Protective services: 940 1.16% 154 0.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 604 0.75% 62 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 336 0.42% 92 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,820 2.25% 2,875 3.56%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,196 2.72% 1,061 1.31%
Personal care & service 496 0.61% 2,701 3.35%
Sales & office occupations: 7,139 8.84% 14,314 17.73%
Sales & related occupations 5,062 6.27% 5,248 6.50%
Office & administrative support 2,077 2.57% 9,066 11.23%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 993 1.23% 233 0.29%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,408 9.18% 241 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 4,211 5.22% 133 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 542 0.67% 12 0.01%
Construction trades 3,662 4.54% 121 0.15%
Extraction 7 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,197 3.96% 108 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,120 11.30% 2,531 3.14%
Production 4,237 5.25% 1,653 2.05%
Transportation & material moving: 4,883 6.05% 878 1.09%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 68 0.08% 29 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 107 0.13% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,356 2.92% 333 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 316 0.39% 96 0.12%
Material moving 2,036 2.52% 420 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 42,360 52.48% 38,354 47.52%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,750 2.17% 529 0.66%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,689 2.09% 523 0.65%
Mining 61 0.08% 6 0.01%
Construction 5,315 6.58% 531 0.66%
Manufacturing 6,438 7.98% 2,367 2.93%
Wholesale trade 2,039 2.53% 675 0.84%
Retail trade 5,985 7.42% 6,558 8.12%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,598 3.22% 888 1.10%
Transportation & warehousing 2,250 2.79% 791 0.98%
Utilities 348 0.43% 97 0.12%
Information 1,100 1.36% 903 1.12%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,724 2.14% 2,370 2.94%
Finance & insurance 855 1.06% 1,532 1.90%
Real estate & rental & leasing 869 1.08% 838 1.04%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,571 4.42% 2,845 3.52%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,615 2.00% 1,657 2.05%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 8 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,956 2.42% 1,180 1.46%
Educational, health & social services: 4,804 5.95% 12,962 16.06%
Educational services 2,332 2.89% 4,626 5.73%
Health care & social assistance 2,472 3.06% 8,336 10.33%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,296 4.08% 4,199 5.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 839 1.04% 838 1.04%
Accommodation & food services 2,457 3.04% 3,361 4.16%
Other services (except public administration) 2,103 2.61% 2,192 2.72%
Public administration 1,637 2.03% 1,335 1.65%

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

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