Prince George 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 6,325 50.64% 6,165 49.36%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,495 11.97% 2,228 17.84%
Management, business, & financial operations: 745 5.96% 788 6.31%
Management, except farm managers 488 3.91% 474 3.80%
Farmers & farm managers 25 0.20% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 232 1.86% 314 2.51%
Business operations specialists 165 1.32% 199 1.59%
Financial specialists 67 0.54% 115 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 750 6.00% 1,440 11.53%
Computer & mathematical 195 1.56% 167 1.34%
Architecture & engineering: 145 1.16% 24 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 94 0.75% 20 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 51 0.41% 4 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 103 0.82% 38 0.30%
Community & social services 41 0.33% 85 0.68%
Legal 11 0.09% 86 0.69%
Education, training, & library 105 0.84% 374 2.99%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 54 0.43% 107 0.86%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 96 0.77% 559 4.48%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 74 0.59% 362 2.90%
Health technologists & technicians 22 0.18% 197 1.58%
Service occupations: 874 7.00% 1,114 8.92%
Healthcare support 30 0.24% 196 1.57%
Protective services: 275 2.20% 132 1.06%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 240 1.92% 76 0.61%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 35 0.28% 56 0.45%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 282 2.26% 453 3.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 212 1.70% 86 0.69%
Personal care & service 75 0.60% 247 1.98%
Sales & office occupations: 1,065 8.53% 2,365 18.94%
Sales & related occupations 484 3.88% 558 4.47%
Office & administrative support 581 4.65% 1,807 14.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 60 0.48% 6 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,389 11.12% 39 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 830 6.65% 15 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 221 1.77% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 599 4.80% 15 0.12%
Extraction 10 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 559 4.48% 24 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,442 11.55% 413 3.31%
Production 755 6.04% 305 2.44%
Transportation & material moving: 687 5.50% 108 0.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 16 0.13% 19 0.15%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 244 1.95% 41 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 30 0.24% 19 0.15%
Material moving 389 3.11% 29 0.23%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,325 50.64% 6,165 49.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 118 0.94% 11 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 101 0.81% 11 0.09%
Mining 17 0.14% 0 0.00%
Construction 830 6.65% 104 0.83%
Manufacturing 1,556 12.46% 589 4.72%
Wholesale trade 292 2.34% 69 0.55%
Retail trade 668 5.35% 719 5.76%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 489 3.92% 189 1.51%
Transportation & warehousing 344 2.75% 133 1.06%
Utilities 145 1.16% 56 0.45%
Information 101 0.81% 116 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 183 1.47% 534 4.28%
Finance & insurance 117 0.94% 410 3.28%
Real estate & rental & leasing 66 0.53% 124 0.99%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 373 2.99% 416 3.33%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 179 1.43% 288 2.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 194 1.55% 128 1.02%
Educational, health & social services: 297 2.38% 1,790 14.33%
Educational services 162 1.30% 600 4.80%
Health care & social assistance 135 1.08% 1,190 9.53%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 436 3.49% 573 4.59%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 37 0.30% 37 0.30%
Accommodation & food services 399 3.19% 536 4.29%
Other services (except public administration) 279 2.23% 273 2.19%
Public administration 703 5.63% 782 6.26%

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

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