Wood 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 20,646 53.87% 17,678 46.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,339 13.93% 5,692 14.85%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,439 6.36% 1,668 4.35%
Management, except farm managers 1,873 4.89% 935 2.44%
Farmers & farm managers 28 0.07% 4 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 538 1.40% 729 1.90%
Business operations specialists 245 0.64% 353 0.92%
Financial specialists 293 0.76% 376 0.98%
Professional & related occupations: 2,900 7.57% 4,024 10.50%
Computer & mathematical 288 0.75% 155 0.40%
Architecture & engineering: 697 1.82% 45 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 511 1.33% 34 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 186 0.49% 11 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 338 0.88% 108 0.28%
Community & social services 232 0.61% 248 0.65%
Legal 151 0.39% 179 0.47%
Education, training, & library 519 1.35% 1,513 3.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 227 0.59% 203 0.53%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 448 1.17% 1,573 4.10%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 371 0.97% 966 2.52%
Health technologists & technicians 77 0.20% 607 1.58%
Service occupations: 2,102 5.48% 3,393 8.85%
Healthcare support 104 0.27% 743 1.94%
Protective services: 459 1.20% 67 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 274 0.71% 21 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 185 0.48% 46 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 628 1.64% 1,354 3.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 748 1.95% 511 1.33%
Personal care & service 163 0.43% 718 1.87%
Sales & office occupations: 3,565 9.30% 7,467 19.48%
Sales & related occupations 2,120 5.53% 2,896 7.56%
Office & administrative support 1,445 3.77% 4,571 11.93%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 88 0.23% 14 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,540 9.24% 85 0.22%
Construction & extraction: 1,879 4.90% 42 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 302 0.79% 18 0.05%
Construction trades 1,525 3.98% 24 0.06%
Extraction 52 0.14% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,661 4.33% 43 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,012 15.69% 1,027 2.68%
Production 3,091 8.07% 731 1.91%
Transportation & material moving: 2,921 7.62% 296 0.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 68 0.18% 5 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 60 0.16% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,496 3.90% 90 0.23%
Rail, water & other transportation 154 0.40% 15 0.04%
Material moving 1,143 2.98% 186 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 20,646 53.87% 17,678 46.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 240 0.63% 29 0.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 102 0.27% 4 0.01%
Mining 138 0.36% 25 0.07%
Construction 2,160 5.64% 289 0.75%
Manufacturing 5,487 14.32% 1,454 3.79%
Wholesale trade 1,003 2.62% 190 0.50%
Retail trade 2,614 6.82% 3,237 8.45%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,684 4.39% 291 0.76%
Transportation & warehousing 1,254 3.27% 262 0.68%
Utilities 430 1.12% 29 0.08%
Information 280 0.73% 254 0.66%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 755 1.97% 1,274 3.32%
Finance & insurance 544 1.42% 1,053 2.75%
Real estate & rental & leasing 211 0.55% 221 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,422 3.71% 1,050 2.74%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 563 1.47% 547 1.43%
Management of companies & enterprises 21 0.05% 56 0.15%
Administrative & support & waste management services 838 2.19% 447 1.17%
Educational, health & social services: 1,819 4.75% 5,720 14.93%
Educational services 865 2.26% 1,951 5.09%
Health care & social assistance 954 2.49% 3,769 9.83%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,177 3.07% 1,865 4.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 164 0.43% 202 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 1,013 2.64% 1,663 4.34%
Other services (except public administration) 1,068 2.79% 1,014 2.65%
Public administration 937 2.44% 1,011 2.64%

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

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