Washington 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 34,842 53.86% 29,845 46.14%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 10,471 16.19% 10,334 15.98%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,247 8.11% 3,614 5.59%
Management, except farm managers 3,866 5.98% 2,037 3.15%
Farmers & farm managers 425 0.66% 96 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 956 1.48% 1,481 2.29%
Business operations specialists 538 0.83% 755 1.17%
Financial specialists 418 0.65% 726 1.12%
Professional & related occupations: 5,224 8.08% 6,720 10.39%
Computer & mathematical 1,033 1.60% 426 0.66%
Architecture & engineering: 1,811 2.80% 237 0.37%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,347 2.08% 103 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 464 0.72% 134 0.21%
Life, physical, & social science 251 0.39% 185 0.29%
Community & social services 338 0.52% 525 0.81%
Legal 125 0.19% 178 0.28%
Education, training, & library 675 1.04% 1,970 3.05%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 577 0.89% 472 0.73%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 414 0.64% 2,727 4.22%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 341 0.53% 1,672 2.58%
Health technologists & technicians 73 0.11% 1,055 1.63%
Service occupations: 2,582 3.99% 4,662 7.21%
Healthcare support 40 0.06% 1,023 1.58%
Protective services: 417 0.64% 177 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 308 0.48% 69 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 109 0.17% 108 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 962 1.49% 1,684 2.60%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 965 1.49% 596 0.92%
Personal care & service 198 0.31% 1,182 1.83%
Sales & office occupations: 5,256 8.13% 10,992 16.99%
Sales & related occupations 3,246 5.02% 3,331 5.15%
Office & administrative support 2,010 3.11% 7,661 11.84%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 237 0.37% 116 0.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,257 9.67% 211 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 3,464 5.36% 78 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 355 0.55% 10 0.02%
Construction trades 3,071 4.75% 68 0.11%
Extraction 38 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,793 4.32% 133 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,039 15.52% 3,530 5.46%
Production 7,250 11.21% 2,924 4.52%
Transportation & material moving: 2,789 4.31% 606 0.94%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 100 0.15% 24 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 28 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,404 2.17% 141 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 115 0.18% 40 0.06%
Material moving 1,142 1.77% 401 0.62%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 34,842 53.86% 29,845 46.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 710 1.10% 233 0.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 661 1.02% 228 0.35%
Mining 49 0.08% 5 0.01%
Construction 4,136 6.39% 466 0.72%
Manufacturing 13,366 20.66% 5,997 9.27%
Wholesale trade 1,521 2.35% 993 1.54%
Retail trade 3,397 5.25% 3,539 5.47%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,818 2.81% 546 0.84%
Transportation & warehousing 1,483 2.29% 482 0.75%
Utilities 335 0.52% 64 0.10%
Information 670 1.04% 564 0.87%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,414 2.19% 2,641 4.08%
Finance & insurance 1,089 1.68% 2,310 3.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 325 0.50% 331 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,209 3.41% 2,045 3.16%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,272 1.97% 1,191 1.84%
Management of companies & enterprises 14 0.02% 62 0.10%
Administrative & support & waste management services 923 1.43% 792 1.22%
Educational, health & social services: 1,948 3.01% 8,854 13.69%
Educational services 1,024 1.58% 2,662 4.12%
Health care & social assistance 924 1.43% 6,192 9.57%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,465 2.26% 1,945 3.01%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 358 0.55% 259 0.40%
Accommodation & food services 1,107 1.71% 1,686 2.61%
Other services (except public administration) 1,533 2.37% 1,431 2.21%
Public administration 655 1.01% 591 0.91%

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

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