Blair 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 31,118 53.88% 26,638 46.12%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,956 12.04% 7,819 13.54%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,156 5.46% 2,046 3.54%
Management, except farm managers 2,153 3.73% 1,237 2.14%
Farmers & farm managers 281 0.49% 69 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 722 1.25% 740 1.28%
Business operations specialists 356 0.62% 327 0.57%
Financial specialists 366 0.63% 413 0.72%
Professional & related occupations: 3,800 6.58% 5,773 10.00%
Computer & mathematical 419 0.73% 143 0.25%
Architecture & engineering: 625 1.08% 92 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 381 0.66% 47 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 244 0.42% 45 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 99 0.17% 94 0.16%
Community & social services 555 0.96% 566 0.98%
Legal 106 0.18% 117 0.20%
Education, training, & library 933 1.62% 1,930 3.34%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 330 0.57% 293 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 733 1.27% 2,538 4.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 566 0.98% 1,653 2.86%
Health technologists & technicians 167 0.29% 885 1.53%
Service occupations: 3,656 6.33% 5,813 10.06%
Healthcare support 189 0.33% 1,475 2.55%
Protective services: 797 1.38% 182 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 575 1.00% 37 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 222 0.38% 145 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,251 2.17% 2,145 3.71%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,212 2.10% 667 1.15%
Personal care & service 207 0.36% 1,344 2.33%
Sales & office occupations: 5,249 9.09% 10,190 17.64%
Sales & related occupations 3,269 5.66% 3,792 6.57%
Office & administrative support 1,980 3.43% 6,398 11.08%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 380 0.66% 89 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,171 10.68% 183 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 3,179 5.50% 92 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 356 0.62% 18 0.03%
Construction trades 2,809 4.86% 74 0.13%
Extraction 14 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,992 5.18% 91 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,706 15.07% 2,544 4.40%
Production 4,113 7.12% 1,893 3.28%
Transportation & material moving: 4,593 7.95% 651 1.13%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 96 0.17% 15 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 84 0.15% 28 0.05%
Motor vehicle operators 2,248 3.89% 202 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 221 0.38% 8 0.01%
Material moving 1,944 3.37% 398 0.69%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 31,118 53.88% 26,638 46.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 769 1.33% 180 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 640 1.11% 156 0.27%
Mining 129 0.22% 24 0.04%
Construction 3,245 5.62% 284 0.49%
Manufacturing 6,438 11.15% 2,721 4.71%
Wholesale trade 2,072 3.59% 523 0.91%
Retail trade 3,930 6.80% 4,461 7.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,490 6.04% 601 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 3,041 5.27% 534 0.92%
Utilities 449 0.78% 67 0.12%
Information 677 1.17% 566 0.98%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,063 1.84% 1,432 2.48%
Finance & insurance 668 1.16% 1,161 2.01%
Real estate & rental & leasing 395 0.68% 271 0.47%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,546 2.68% 1,554 2.69%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 887 1.54% 836 1.45%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 11 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 659 1.14% 707 1.22%
Educational, health & social services: 3,190 5.52% 9,413 16.30%
Educational services 1,535 2.66% 2,863 4.96%
Health care & social assistance 1,655 2.87% 6,550 11.34%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,899 3.29% 2,589 4.48%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 324 0.56% 312 0.54%
Accommodation & food services 1,575 2.73% 2,277 3.94%
Other services (except public administration) 1,451 2.51% 1,473 2.55%
Public administration 1,348 2.33% 841 1.46%

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

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