Sheridan 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 6,964 52.50% 6,302 47.50%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,964 14.80% 2,326 17.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 913 6.88% 728 5.49%
Management, except farm managers 512 3.86% 354 2.67%
Farmers & farm managers 257 1.94% 70 0.53%
Business & financial operations: 144 1.09% 304 2.29%
Business operations specialists 66 0.50% 110 0.83%
Financial specialists 78 0.59% 194 1.46%
Professional & related occupations: 1,051 7.92% 1,598 12.05%
Computer & mathematical 46 0.35% 13 0.10%
Architecture & engineering: 172 1.30% 15 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 103 0.78% 11 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 69 0.52% 4 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 110 0.83% 55 0.41%
Community & social services 188 1.42% 179 1.35%
Legal 64 0.48% 46 0.35%
Education, training, & library 189 1.42% 602 4.54%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 62 0.47% 145 1.09%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 220 1.66% 543 4.09%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 167 1.26% 361 2.72%
Health technologists & technicians 53 0.40% 182 1.37%
Service occupations: 827 6.23% 1,434 10.81%
Healthcare support 54 0.41% 282 2.13%
Protective services: 122 0.92% 24 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 79 0.60% 8 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 43 0.32% 16 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 306 2.31% 550 4.15%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 256 1.93% 229 1.73%
Personal care & service 89 0.67% 349 2.63%
Sales & office occupations: 959 7.23% 2,235 16.85%
Sales & related occupations 706 5.32% 657 4.95%
Office & administrative support 253 1.91% 1,578 11.90%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 213 1.61% 30 0.23%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,890 14.25% 33 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 1,309 9.87% 20 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 125 0.94% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,009 7.61% 20 0.15%
Extraction 175 1.32% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 581 4.38% 13 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,111 8.37% 244 1.84%
Production 376 2.83% 148 1.12%
Transportation & material moving: 735 5.54% 96 0.72%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.05% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 20 0.15% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 336 2.53% 52 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 177 1.33% 8 0.06%
Material moving 196 1.48% 36 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,964 52.50% 6,302 47.50%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,100 8.29% 208 1.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 596 4.49% 173 1.30%
Mining 504 3.80% 35 0.26%
Construction 1,184 8.93% 141 1.06%
Manufacturing 353 2.66% 91 0.69%
Wholesale trade 174 1.31% 92 0.69%
Retail trade 797 6.01% 791 5.96%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 551 4.15% 102 0.77%
Transportation & warehousing 490 3.69% 88 0.66%
Utilities 61 0.46% 14 0.11%
Information 112 0.84% 128 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 283 2.13% 482 3.63%
Finance & insurance 126 0.95% 381 2.87%
Real estate & rental & leasing 157 1.18% 101 0.76%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 459 3.46% 455 3.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 366 2.76% 368 2.77%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 93 0.70% 87 0.66%
Educational, health & social services: 861 6.49% 2,353 17.74%
Educational services 451 3.40% 861 6.49%
Health care & social assistance 410 3.09% 1,492 11.25%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 428 3.23% 800 6.03%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 71 0.54% 135 1.02%
Accommodation & food services 357 2.69% 665 5.01%
Other services (except public administration) 428 3.23% 403 3.04%
Public administration 234 1.76% 256 1.93%

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

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