Manatee 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 59,642 53.35% 52,151 46.65%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,508 13.87% 17,039 15.24%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,586 6.79% 5,659 5.06%
Management, except farm managers 5,596 5.01% 3,476 3.11%
Farmers & farm managers 181 0.16% 89 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 1,809 1.62% 2,094 1.87%
Business operations specialists 897 0.80% 983 0.88%
Financial specialists 912 0.82% 1,111 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 7,922 7.09% 11,380 10.18%
Computer & mathematical 1,034 0.92% 479 0.43%
Architecture & engineering: 1,670 1.49% 154 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,170 1.05% 64 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 500 0.45% 90 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 432 0.39% 260 0.23%
Community & social services 599 0.54% 877 0.78%
Legal 350 0.31% 513 0.46%
Education, training, & library 1,191 1.07% 3,684 3.30%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,163 1.04% 927 0.83%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,483 1.33% 4,486 4.01%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,101 0.98% 2,821 2.52%
Health technologists & technicians 382 0.34% 1,665 1.49%
Service occupations: 8,619 7.71% 10,282 9.20%
Healthcare support 299 0.27% 2,436 2.18%
Protective services: 1,855 1.66% 478 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,180 1.06% 262 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 675 0.60% 216 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,872 2.57% 3,352 3.00%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,062 2.74% 1,748 1.56%
Personal care & service 531 0.47% 2,268 2.03%
Sales & office occupations: 11,427 10.22% 20,059 17.94%
Sales & related occupations 7,604 6.80% 7,443 6.66%
Office & administrative support 3,823 3.42% 12,616 11.29%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,153 1.03% 407 0.36%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 11,956 10.69% 534 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 7,533 6.74% 274 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 792 0.71% 40 0.04%
Construction trades 6,726 6.02% 234 0.21%
Extraction 15 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,423 3.96% 260 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,979 9.82% 3,830 3.43%
Production 5,635 5.04% 2,875 2.57%
Transportation & material moving: 5,344 4.78% 955 0.85%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 150 0.13% 18 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 197 0.18% 7 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,638 2.36% 419 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 241 0.22% 22 0.02%
Material moving 2,118 1.89% 489 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 59,642 53.35% 52,151 46.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,367 1.22% 456 0.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,331 1.19% 451 0.40%
Mining 36 0.03% 5 0.00%
Construction 9,122 8.16% 1,210 1.08%
Manufacturing 8,720 7.80% 4,378 3.92%
Wholesale trade 2,866 2.56% 1,163 1.04%
Retail trade 8,153 7.29% 7,857 7.03%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,111 2.78% 1,102 0.99%
Transportation & warehousing 2,483 2.22% 948 0.85%
Utilities 628 0.56% 154 0.14%
Information 1,293 1.16% 954 0.85%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,407 3.05% 4,452 3.98%
Finance & insurance 1,814 1.62% 2,873 2.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,593 1.42% 1,579 1.41%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,099 5.46% 4,614 4.13%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,731 2.44% 2,366 2.12%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.01% 34 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,358 3.00% 2,214 1.98%
Educational, health & social services: 4,621 4.13% 16,120 14.42%
Educational services 1,950 1.74% 4,975 4.45%
Health care & social assistance 2,671 2.39% 11,145 9.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,317 4.76% 4,751 4.25%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,490 1.33% 946 0.85%
Accommodation & food services 3,827 3.42% 3,805 3.40%
Other services (except public administration) 2,875 2.57% 2,665 2.38%
Public administration 2,691 2.41% 2,429 2.17%

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

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