Orange 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 7,663 52.07% 7,055 47.93%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,180 14.81% 2,710 18.41%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,018 6.92% 773 5.25%
Management, except farm managers 609 4.14% 438 2.98%
Farmers & farm managers 248 1.69% 59 0.40%
Business & financial operations: 161 1.09% 276 1.88%
Business operations specialists 95 0.65% 142 0.96%
Financial specialists 66 0.45% 134 0.91%
Professional & related occupations: 1,162 7.90% 1,937 13.16%
Computer & mathematical 140 0.95% 85 0.58%
Architecture & engineering: 248 1.69% 48 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 167 1.13% 19 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 81 0.55% 29 0.20%
Life, physical, & social science 88 0.60% 60 0.41%
Community & social services 69 0.47% 135 0.92%
Legal 53 0.36% 58 0.39%
Education, training, & library 264 1.79% 831 5.65%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 161 1.09% 127 0.86%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 139 0.94% 593 4.03%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 107 0.73% 390 2.65%
Health technologists & technicians 32 0.22% 203 1.38%
Service occupations: 717 4.87% 1,410 9.58%
Healthcare support 49 0.33% 336 2.28%
Protective services: 94 0.64% 42 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 43 0.29% 18 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 51 0.35% 24 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 198 1.35% 380 2.58%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 304 2.07% 246 1.67%
Personal care & service 72 0.49% 406 2.76%
Sales & office occupations: 1,093 7.43% 2,298 15.61%
Sales & related occupations 649 4.41% 643 4.37%
Office & administrative support 444 3.02% 1,655 11.24%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 268 1.82% 45 0.31%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,660 11.28% 110 0.75%
Construction & extraction: 1,063 7.22% 81 0.55%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 92 0.63% 28 0.19%
Construction trades 957 6.50% 53 0.36%
Extraction 14 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 597 4.06% 29 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,745 11.86% 482 3.27%
Production 972 6.60% 395 2.68%
Transportation & material moving: 773 5.25% 87 0.59%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 12 0.08% 4 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 447 3.04% 23 0.16%
Rail, water & other transportation 17 0.12% 1 0.01%
Material moving 295 2.00% 59 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,663 52.07% 7,055 47.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 599 4.07% 107 0.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 551 3.74% 105 0.71%
Mining 48 0.33% 2 0.01%
Construction 1,135 7.71% 130 0.88%
Manufacturing 1,545 10.50% 586 3.98%
Wholesale trade 304 2.07% 96 0.65%
Retail trade 885 6.01% 870 5.91%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 381 2.59% 155 1.05%
Transportation & warehousing 353 2.40% 143 0.97%
Utilities 28 0.19% 12 0.08%
Information 212 1.44% 174 1.18%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 162 1.10% 451 3.06%
Finance & insurance 70 0.48% 378 2.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 92 0.63% 73 0.50%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 509 3.46% 491 3.34%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 335 2.28% 340 2.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 6 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 174 1.18% 145 0.99%
Educational, health & social services: 975 6.62% 2,888 19.62%
Educational services 620 4.21% 1,234 8.38%
Health care & social assistance 355 2.41% 1,654 11.24%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 361 2.45% 407 2.77%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 88 0.60% 98 0.67%
Accommodation & food services 273 1.85% 309 2.10%
Other services (except public administration) 332 2.26% 326 2.21%
Public administration 263 1.79% 374 2.54%

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

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