New London 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 64,461 51.49% 60,733 48.51%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 21,908 17.50% 22,664 18.10%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,902 6.31% 5,910 4.72%
Management, except farm managers 5,818 4.65% 3,628 2.90%
Farmers & farm managers 279 0.22% 82 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 1,805 1.44% 2,200 1.76%
Business operations specialists 1,100 0.88% 960 0.77%
Financial specialists 705 0.56% 1,240 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 14,006 11.19% 16,754 13.38%
Computer & mathematical 2,008 1.60% 835 0.67%
Architecture & engineering: 3,981 3.18% 478 0.38%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,969 2.37% 362 0.29%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,012 0.81% 116 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 1,597 1.28% 1,100 0.88%
Community & social services 851 0.68% 1,216 0.97%
Legal 574 0.46% 620 0.50%
Education, training, & library 1,962 1.57% 6,450 5.15%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,453 1.16% 1,303 1.04%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,580 1.26% 4,752 3.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,124 0.90% 3,443 2.75%
Health technologists & technicians 456 0.36% 1,309 1.05%
Service occupations: 11,096 8.86% 13,766 11.00%
Healthcare support 454 0.36% 2,540 2.03%
Protective services: 2,767 2.21% 832 0.66%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,468 1.17% 322 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,299 1.04% 510 0.41%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,190 2.55% 4,470 3.57%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,823 2.25% 1,676 1.34%
Personal care & service 1,862 1.49% 4,248 3.39%
Sales & office occupations: 10,006 7.99% 20,553 16.42%
Sales & related occupations 6,041 4.83% 7,336 5.86%
Office & administrative support 3,965 3.17% 13,217 10.56%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 368 0.29% 156 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,708 8.55% 467 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 6,419 5.13% 242 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 810 0.65% 33 0.03%
Construction trades 5,540 4.43% 209 0.17%
Extraction 69 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,289 3.43% 225 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,375 8.29% 3,127 2.50%
Production 5,555 4.44% 2,055 1.64%
Transportation & material moving: 4,820 3.85% 1,072 0.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 106 0.08% 44 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 54 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,593 2.07% 624 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 478 0.38% 38 0.03%
Material moving 1,589 1.27% 366 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 64,461 51.49% 60,733 48.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 828 0.66% 228 0.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 723 0.58% 228 0.18%
Mining 105 0.08% 0 0.00%
Construction 7,209 5.76% 693 0.55%
Manufacturing 12,687 10.13% 5,125 4.09%
Wholesale trade 2,157 1.72% 749 0.60%
Retail trade 6,896 5.51% 7,505 5.99%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,263 3.41% 1,640 1.31%
Transportation & warehousing 2,078 1.66% 1,162 0.93%
Utilities 2,185 1.75% 478 0.38%
Information 1,363 1.09% 1,496 1.19%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,192 1.75% 3,209 2.56%
Finance & insurance 1,380 1.10% 2,368 1.89%
Real estate & rental & leasing 812 0.65% 841 0.67%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,638 4.50% 4,142 3.31%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,798 3.03% 2,887 2.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 6 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,840 1.47% 1,249 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 6,017 4.81% 20,010 15.98%
Educational services 3,340 2.67% 8,448 6.75%
Health care & social assistance 2,677 2.14% 11,562 9.24%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,068 7.24% 10,062 8.04%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5,693 4.55% 5,787 4.62%
Accommodation & food services 3,375 2.70% 4,275 3.41%
Other services (except public administration) 2,194 1.75% 2,789 2.23%
Public administration 3,949 3.15% 3,085 2.46%

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

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