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Clayton County

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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 4,925 52.24% 4,502 47.76%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,389 14.73% 1,257 13.33%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,022 10.84% 458 4.86%
Management, except farm managers 249 2.64% 216 2.29%
Farmers & farm managers 726 7.70% 135 1.43%
Business & financial operations: 47 0.50% 107 1.14%
Business operations specialists 21 0.22% 56 0.59%
Financial specialists 26 0.28% 51 0.54%
Professional & related occupations: 367 3.89% 799 8.48%
Computer & mathematical 7 0.07% 7 0.07%
Architecture & engineering: 57 0.60% 8 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 34 0.36% 8 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 23 0.24% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 22 0.23% 14 0.15%
Community & social services 42 0.45% 78 0.83%
Legal 21 0.22% 6 0.06%
Education, training, & library 112 1.19% 363 3.85%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 48 0.51% 36 0.38%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 58 0.62% 287 3.04%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 56 0.59% 178 1.89%
Health technologists & technicians 2 0.02% 109 1.16%
Service occupations: 361 3.83% 1,045 11.09%
Healthcare support 13 0.14% 236 2.50%
Protective services: 90 0.95% 24 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 55 0.58% 10 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 35 0.37% 14 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 69 0.73% 342 3.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 109 1.16% 126 1.34%
Personal care & service 80 0.85% 317 3.36%
Sales & office occupations: 531 5.63% 1,295 13.74%
Sales & related occupations 365 3.87% 438 4.65%
Office & administrative support 166 1.76% 857 9.09%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 185 1.96% 67 0.71%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,013 10.75% 21 0.22%
Construction & extraction: 648 6.87% 16 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 56 0.59% 4 0.04%
Construction trades 583 6.18% 12 0.13%
Extraction 9 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 365 3.87% 5 0.05%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,446 15.34% 817 8.67%
Production 799 8.48% 655 6.95%
Transportation & material moving: 647 6.86% 162 1.72%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.02% 4 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 374 3.97% 16 0.17%
Rail, water & other transportation 28 0.30% 1 0.01%
Material moving 243 2.58% 141 1.50%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,925 52.24% 4,502 47.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 959 10.17% 202 2.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 955 10.13% 202 2.14%
Mining 4 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 729 7.73% 37 0.39%
Manufacturing 1,082 11.48% 781 8.28%
Wholesale trade 226 2.40% 137 1.45%
Retail trade 456 4.84% 557 5.91%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 298 3.16% 59 0.63%
Transportation & warehousing 255 2.70% 55 0.58%
Utilities 43 0.46% 4 0.04%
Information 65 0.69% 68 0.72%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 120 1.27% 225 2.39%
Finance & insurance 95 1.01% 208 2.21%
Real estate & rental & leasing 25 0.27% 17 0.18%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 165 1.75% 257 2.73%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 91 0.97% 118 1.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 74 0.78% 139 1.47%
Educational, health & social services: 290 3.08% 1,497 15.88%
Educational services 172 1.82% 458 4.86%
Health care & social assistance 118 1.25% 1,039 11.02%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 222 2.35% 400 4.24%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 141 1.50% 133 1.41%
Accommodation & food services 81 0.86% 267 2.83%
Other services (except public administration) 194 2.06% 159 1.69%
Public administration 119 1.26% 123 1.30%

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

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