Putnam 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 13,047 54.62% 10,838 45.38%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,010 16.79% 3,828 16.03%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,821 7.62% 1,157 4.84%
Management, except farm managers 1,307 5.47% 707 2.96%
Farmers & farm managers 45 0.19% 9 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 469 1.96% 441 1.85%
Business operations specialists 228 0.95% 148 0.62%
Financial specialists 241 1.01% 293 1.23%
Professional & related occupations: 2,189 9.16% 2,671 11.18%
Computer & mathematical 348 1.46% 66 0.28%
Architecture & engineering: 563 2.36% 74 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 452 1.89% 50 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 111 0.46% 24 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 231 0.97% 100 0.42%
Community & social services 140 0.59% 199 0.83%
Legal 88 0.37% 169 0.71%
Education, training, & library 265 1.11% 873 3.66%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 138 0.58% 187 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 416 1.74% 1,003 4.20%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 291 1.22% 697 2.92%
Health technologists & technicians 125 0.52% 306 1.28%
Service occupations: 1,166 4.88% 2,021 8.46%
Healthcare support 35 0.15% 468 1.96%
Protective services: 337 1.41% 48 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 226 0.95% 31 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 111 0.46% 17 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 344 1.44% 714 2.99%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 371 1.55% 303 1.27%
Personal care & service 79 0.33% 488 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 2,372 9.93% 4,489 18.79%
Sales & related occupations 1,652 6.92% 1,252 5.24%
Office & administrative support 720 3.01% 3,237 13.55%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 79 0.33% 49 0.21%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,513 10.52% 62 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 1,564 6.55% 43 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 222 0.93% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,318 5.52% 43 0.18%
Extraction 24 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 949 3.97% 19 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,907 12.17% 389 1.63%
Production 1,397 5.85% 252 1.06%
Transportation & material moving: 1,510 6.32% 137 0.57%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 73 0.31% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 963 4.03% 50 0.21%
Rail, water & other transportation 44 0.18% 5 0.02%
Material moving 423 1.77% 82 0.34%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 13,047 54.62% 10,838 45.38%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 338 1.42% 127 0.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 130 0.54% 84 0.35%
Mining 208 0.87% 43 0.18%
Construction 1,820 7.62% 161 0.67%
Manufacturing 2,473 10.35% 467 1.96%
Wholesale trade 710 2.97% 265 1.11%
Retail trade 1,564 6.55% 1,473 6.17%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,391 5.82% 391 1.64%
Transportation & warehousing 916 3.84% 266 1.11%
Utilities 475 1.99% 125 0.52%
Information 222 0.93% 356 1.49%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 526 2.20% 877 3.67%
Finance & insurance 344 1.44% 647 2.71%
Real estate & rental & leasing 182 0.76% 230 0.96%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 939 3.93% 905 3.79%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 535 2.24% 631 2.64%
Management of companies & enterprises 22 0.09% 4 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 382 1.60% 270 1.13%
Educational, health & social services: 1,016 4.25% 3,620 15.16%
Educational services 490 2.05% 1,285 5.38%
Health care & social assistance 526 2.20% 2,335 9.78%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 700 2.93% 869 3.64%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 207 0.87% 107 0.45%
Accommodation & food services 493 2.06% 762 3.19%
Other services (except public administration) 615 2.57% 604 2.53%
Public administration 733 3.07% 723 3.03%

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

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