Morgan 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 6,791 57.12% 5,097 42.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,457 12.26% 1,444 12.15%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,019 8.57% 461 3.88%
Management, except farm managers 391 3.29% 263 2.21%
Farmers & farm managers 497 4.18% 79 0.66%
Business & financial operations: 131 1.10% 119 1.00%
Business operations specialists 67 0.56% 55 0.46%
Financial specialists 64 0.54% 64 0.54%
Professional & related occupations: 438 3.68% 983 8.27%
Computer & mathematical 29 0.24% 7 0.06%
Architecture & engineering: 31 0.26% 18 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 8 0.07% 9 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 23 0.19% 9 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 38 0.32% 22 0.19%
Community & social services 74 0.62% 84 0.71%
Legal 41 0.34% 26 0.22%
Education, training, & library 114 0.96% 520 4.37%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 15 0.13% 28 0.24%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 96 0.81% 278 2.34%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 81 0.68% 186 1.56%
Health technologists & technicians 15 0.13% 92 0.77%
Service occupations: 536 4.51% 1,248 10.50%
Healthcare support 14 0.12% 280 2.36%
Protective services: 163 1.37% 55 0.46%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 117 0.98% 30 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 46 0.39% 25 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 132 1.11% 428 3.60%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 193 1.62% 167 1.40%
Personal care & service 34 0.29% 318 2.67%
Sales & office occupations: 810 6.81% 1,670 14.05%
Sales & related occupations 536 4.51% 525 4.42%
Office & administrative support 274 2.30% 1,145 9.63%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 423 3.56% 53 0.45%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,579 13.28% 65 0.55%
Construction & extraction: 956 8.04% 48 0.40%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 99 0.83% 2 0.02%
Construction trades 819 6.89% 46 0.39%
Extraction 38 0.32% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 623 5.24% 17 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,986 16.71% 617 5.19%
Production 1,175 9.88% 513 4.32%
Transportation & material moving: 811 6.82% 104 0.87%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 24 0.20% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 3 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 445 3.74% 26 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 14 0.12% 19 0.16%
Material moving 325 2.73% 59 0.50%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,791 57.12% 5,097 42.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,095 9.21% 168 1.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 996 8.38% 165 1.39%
Mining 99 0.83% 3 0.03%
Construction 927 7.80% 81 0.68%
Manufacturing 1,510 12.70% 611 5.14%
Wholesale trade 362 3.05% 109 0.92%
Retail trade 534 4.49% 635 5.34%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 579 4.87% 70 0.59%
Transportation & warehousing 332 2.79% 35 0.29%
Utilities 247 2.08% 35 0.29%
Information 114 0.96% 82 0.69%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 158 1.33% 297 2.50%
Finance & insurance 132 1.11% 218 1.83%
Real estate & rental & leasing 26 0.22% 79 0.66%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 259 2.18% 237 1.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 117 0.98% 159 1.34%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 142 1.19% 78 0.66%
Educational, health & social services: 443 3.73% 1,795 15.10%
Educational services 238 2.00% 794 6.68%
Health care & social assistance 205 1.72% 1,001 8.42%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 182 1.53% 430 3.62%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 31 0.26% 65 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 151 1.27% 365 3.07%
Other services (except public administration) 310 2.61% 265 2.23%
Public administration 318 2.67% 317 2.67%

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

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