Colfax 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 3,045 57.80% 2,223 42.20%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 654 12.41% 519 9.85%
Management, business, & financial operations: 491 9.32% 167 3.17%
Management, except farm managers 107 2.03% 77 1.46%
Farmers & farm managers 344 6.53% 41 0.78%
Business & financial operations: 40 0.76% 49 0.93%
Business operations specialists 4 0.08% 35 0.66%
Financial specialists 36 0.68% 14 0.27%
Professional & related occupations: 163 3.09% 352 6.68%
Computer & mathematical 7 0.13% 18 0.34%
Architecture & engineering: 18 0.34% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3 0.06% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 15 0.28% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 12 0.23% 6 0.11%
Community & social services 32 0.61% 21 0.40%
Legal 2 0.04% 10 0.19%
Education, training, & library 43 0.82% 187 3.55%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 16 0.30% 17 0.32%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 33 0.63% 93 1.77%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 27 0.51% 56 1.06%
Health technologists & technicians 6 0.11% 37 0.70%
Service occupations: 177 3.36% 524 9.95%
Healthcare support 11 0.21% 101 1.92%
Protective services: 17 0.32% 10 0.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 13 0.25% 2 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4 0.08% 8 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 62 1.18% 212 4.02%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 82 1.56% 85 1.61%
Personal care & service 5 0.09% 116 2.20%
Sales & office occupations: 266 5.05% 576 10.93%
Sales & related occupations 153 2.90% 179 3.40%
Office & administrative support 113 2.15% 397 7.54%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 150 2.85% 40 0.76%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 463 8.79% 17 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 217 4.12% 15 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 17 0.32% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 198 3.76% 15 0.28%
Extraction 2 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 246 4.67% 2 0.04%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,335 25.34% 547 10.38%
Production 875 16.61% 394 7.48%
Transportation & material moving: 460 8.73% 153 2.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 12 0.23% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 186 3.53% 17 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 26 0.49% 0 0.00%
Material moving 236 4.48% 136 2.58%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,045 57.80% 2,223 42.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 499 9.47% 97 1.84%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 485 9.21% 97 1.84%
Mining 14 0.27% 0 0.00%
Construction 250 4.75% 43 0.82%
Manufacturing 1,236 23.46% 517 9.81%
Wholesale trade 100 1.90% 37 0.70%
Retail trade 265 5.03% 261 4.95%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 199 3.78% 66 1.25%
Transportation & warehousing 180 3.42% 43 0.82%
Utilities 19 0.36% 23 0.44%
Information 26 0.49% 45 0.85%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 63 1.20% 133 2.52%
Finance & insurance 49 0.93% 121 2.30%
Real estate & rental & leasing 14 0.27% 12 0.23%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 58 1.10% 74 1.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 34 0.65% 33 0.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 24 0.46% 41 0.78%
Educational, health & social services: 134 2.54% 587 11.14%
Educational services 85 1.61% 273 5.18%
Health care & social assistance 49 0.93% 314 5.96%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 74 1.40% 209 3.97%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5 0.09% 14 0.27%
Accommodation & food services 69 1.31% 195 3.70%
Other services (except public administration) 104 1.97% 101 1.92%
Public administration 37 0.70% 53 1.01%

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

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