Fond du Lac 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 27,165 52.88% 24,209 47.12%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,486 12.63% 7,040 13.70%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,459 6.73% 2,525 4.91%
Management, except farm managers 1,909 3.72% 1,225 2.38%
Farmers & farm managers 954 1.86% 278 0.54%
Business & financial operations: 596 1.16% 1,022 1.99%
Business operations specialists 253 0.49% 517 1.01%
Financial specialists 343 0.67% 505 0.98%
Professional & related occupations: 3,027 5.89% 4,515 8.79%
Computer & mathematical 279 0.54% 214 0.42%
Architecture & engineering: 874 1.70% 127 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 613 1.19% 78 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 261 0.51% 49 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 151 0.29% 73 0.14%
Community & social services 245 0.48% 384 0.75%
Legal 79 0.15% 84 0.16%
Education, training, & library 793 1.54% 1,589 3.09%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 299 0.58% 263 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 307 0.60% 1,781 3.47%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 239 0.47% 1,030 2.00%
Health technologists & technicians 68 0.13% 751 1.46%
Service occupations: 2,763 5.38% 4,987 9.71%
Healthcare support 44 0.09% 1,164 2.27%
Protective services: 941 1.83% 301 0.59%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 811 1.58% 223 0.43%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 130 0.25% 78 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 809 1.57% 1,723 3.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 814 1.58% 723 1.41%
Personal care & service 155 0.30% 1,076 2.09%
Sales & office occupations: 3,310 6.44% 8,315 16.19%
Sales & related occupations 2,005 3.90% 2,566 4.99%
Office & administrative support 1,305 2.54% 5,749 11.19%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 426 0.83% 212 0.41%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,691 9.13% 146 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 2,519 4.90% 55 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 345 0.67% 2 0.00%
Construction trades 2,147 4.18% 53 0.10%
Extraction 27 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,172 4.23% 91 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,489 18.47% 3,509 6.83%
Production 5,986 11.65% 2,600 5.06%
Transportation & material moving: 3,503 6.82% 909 1.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 98 0.19% 14 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 17 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,647 3.21% 240 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 270 0.53% 18 0.04%
Material moving 1,471 2.86% 637 1.24%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 27,165 52.88% 24,209 47.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,630 3.17% 518 1.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,481 2.88% 504 0.98%
Mining 149 0.29% 14 0.03%
Construction 2,974 5.79% 351 0.68%
Manufacturing 9,597 18.68% 4,338 8.44%
Wholesale trade 956 1.86% 409 0.80%
Retail trade 2,589 5.04% 3,274 6.37%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,035 3.96% 504 0.98%
Transportation & warehousing 1,787 3.48% 474 0.92%
Utilities 248 0.48% 30 0.06%
Information 279 0.54% 494 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 633 1.23% 1,487 2.89%
Finance & insurance 422 0.82% 1,193 2.32%
Real estate & rental & leasing 211 0.41% 294 0.57%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 961 1.87% 1,534 2.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 518 1.01% 959 1.87%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.01% 13 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 437 0.85% 562 1.09%
Educational, health & social services: 1,871 3.64% 7,059 13.74%
Educational services 1,252 2.44% 2,463 4.79%
Health care & social assistance 619 1.20% 4,596 8.95%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,297 2.52% 1,953 3.80%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 266 0.52% 224 0.44%
Accommodation & food services 1,031 2.01% 1,729 3.37%
Other services (except public administration) 1,010 1.97% 1,297 2.52%
Public administration 1,333 2.59% 991 1.93%

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

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