Census Trend Charts Demographic Maps Rankings & Comparisons Segregation Data  

Zoom in and out of geography at levels: US, States or Metro Areas, and Counties within States.

You can zoom out to United States


Visit the SSDAN Web Site
CensusScope is a product of the Social Science Data Analysis Network.

York, PA

Print-Friendly Version

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 105,378 53.77% 90,584 46.23%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 28,285 14.43% 27,324 13.94%
Management, business, & financial operations: 13,764 7.02% 8,907 4.55%
Management, except farm managers 9,604 4.90% 4,741 2.42%
Farmers & farm managers 732 0.37% 176 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 3,428 1.75% 3,990 2.04%
Business operations specialists 1,707 0.87% 2,129 1.09%
Financial specialists 1,721 0.88% 1,861 0.95%
Professional & related occupations: 14,521 7.41% 18,417 9.40%
Computer & mathematical 2,801 1.43% 1,208 0.62%
Architecture & engineering: 3,977 2.03% 486 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,686 1.37% 246 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,291 0.66% 240 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 597 0.30% 384 0.20%
Community & social services 1,153 0.59% 1,502 0.77%
Legal 607 0.31% 805 0.41%
Education, training, & library 2,201 1.12% 5,819 2.97%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,420 0.72% 1,354 0.69%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,765 0.90% 6,859 3.50%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,292 0.66% 4,335 2.21%
Health technologists & technicians 473 0.24% 2,524 1.29%
Service occupations: 9,010 4.60% 15,555 7.94%
Healthcare support 299 0.15% 3,679 1.88%
Protective services: 2,145 1.09% 387 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,453 0.74% 134 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 692 0.35% 253 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,920 1.49% 5,922 3.02%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,912 1.49% 2,214 1.13%
Personal care & service 734 0.37% 3,353 1.71%
Sales & office occupations: 16,719 8.53% 34,541 17.63%
Sales & related occupations 9,981 5.09% 10,567 5.39%
Office & administrative support 6,738 3.44% 23,974 12.23%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 484 0.25% 302 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 18,748 9.57% 586 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 10,618 5.42% 299 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,669 0.85% 16 0.01%
Construction trades 8,862 4.52% 277 0.14%
Extraction 87 0.04% 6 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,130 4.15% 287 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 32,132 16.40% 12,276 6.26%
Production 18,679 9.53% 8,987 4.59%
Transportation & material moving: 13,453 6.87% 3,289 1.68%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 226 0.12% 58 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 113 0.06% 4 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 6,125 3.13% 860 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 348 0.18% 117 0.06%
Material moving 6,641 3.39% 2,250 1.15%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 105,378 53.77% 90,584 46.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,641 0.84% 518 0.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,271 0.65% 490 0.25%
Mining 370 0.19% 28 0.01%
Construction 12,960 6.61% 1,171 0.60%
Manufacturing 31,416 16.03% 15,449 7.88%
Wholesale trade 5,831 2.98% 2,585 1.32%
Retail trade 11,042 5.63% 13,179 6.73%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,641 3.90% 2,633 1.34%
Transportation & warehousing 6,366 3.25% 2,310 1.18%
Utilities 1,275 0.65% 323 0.16%
Information 2,349 1.20% 2,076 1.06%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,787 1.93% 6,577 3.36%
Finance & insurance 2,598 1.33% 5,487 2.80%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,189 0.61% 1,090 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,140 3.64% 6,588 3.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,321 2.21% 4,029 2.06%
Management of companies & enterprises 13 0.01% 104 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,806 1.43% 2,455 1.25%
Educational, health & social services: 7,244 3.70% 25,534 13.03%
Educational services 3,644 1.86% 8,314 4.24%
Health care & social assistance 3,600 1.84% 17,220 8.79%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,209 2.66% 6,566 3.35%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,223 0.62% 1,030 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 3,986 2.03% 5,536 2.83%
Other services (except public administration) 4,527 2.31% 4,462 2.28%
Public administration 4,591 2.34% 3,246 1.66%

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

Home | About | Help | Contact | Use Policy