Benson 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 1,274 53.71% 1,098 46.29%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 465 19.60% 363 15.30%
Management, business, & financial operations: 382 16.10% 125 5.27%
Management, except farm managers 98 4.13% 71 2.99%
Farmers & farm managers 272 11.47% 20 0.84%
Business & financial operations: 12 0.51% 34 1.43%
Business operations specialists 9 0.38% 13 0.55%
Financial specialists 3 0.13% 21 0.89%
Professional & related occupations: 83 3.50% 238 10.03%
Computer & mathematical 2 0.08% 4 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 2 0.08% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2 0.08% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 10 0.42% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 15 0.63% 41 1.73%
Legal 4 0.17% 7 0.30%
Education, training, & library 40 1.69% 132 5.56%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 8 0.34% 16 0.67%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2 0.08% 38 1.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2 0.08% 12 0.51%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 26 1.10%
Service occupations: 195 8.22% 253 10.67%
Healthcare support 8 0.34% 60 2.53%
Protective services: 48 2.02% 12 0.51%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 22 0.93% 1 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 26 1.10% 11 0.46%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 31 1.31% 61 2.57%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 80 3.37% 39 1.64%
Personal care & service 28 1.18% 81 3.41%
Sales & office occupations: 108 4.55% 385 16.23%
Sales & related occupations 66 2.78% 121 5.10%
Office & administrative support 42 1.77% 264 11.13%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 50 2.11% 14 0.59%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 189 7.97% 11 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 104 4.38% 11 0.46%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 8 0.34% 3 0.13%
Construction trades 96 4.05% 8 0.34%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 85 3.58% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 267 11.26% 72 3.04%
Production 130 5.48% 56 2.36%
Transportation & material moving: 137 5.78% 16 0.67%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.08% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 93 3.92% 7 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 4 0.17% 2 0.08%
Material moving 38 1.60% 7 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,274 53.71% 1,098 46.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 335 14.12% 39 1.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 335 14.12% 39 1.64%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 118 4.97% 23 0.97%
Manufacturing 137 5.78% 72 3.04%
Wholesale trade 22 0.93% 10 0.42%
Retail trade 82 3.46% 100 4.22%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 82 3.46% 25 1.05%
Transportation & warehousing 69 2.91% 25 1.05%
Utilities 13 0.55% 0 0.00%
Information 11 0.46% 32 1.35%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 41 1.73% 59 2.49%
Finance & insurance 24 1.01% 56 2.36%
Real estate & rental & leasing 17 0.72% 3 0.13%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 29 1.22% 33 1.39%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6 0.25% 9 0.38%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 23 0.97% 24 1.01%
Educational, health & social services: 152 6.41% 404 17.03%
Educational services 107 4.51% 207 8.73%
Health care & social assistance 45 1.90% 197 8.31%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 138 5.82% 168 7.08%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 95 4.01% 127 5.35%
Accommodation & food services 43 1.81% 41 1.73%
Other services (except public administration) 55 2.32% 52 2.19%
Public administration 72 3.04% 81 3.41%

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

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