Lackawanna 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 50,289 52.23% 46,001 47.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 13,680 14.21% 14,817 15.39%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,044 6.28% 3,884 4.03%
Management, except farm managers 4,249 4.41% 2,346 2.44%
Farmers & farm managers 148 0.15% 34 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 1,647 1.71% 1,504 1.56%
Business operations specialists 676 0.70% 745 0.77%
Financial specialists 971 1.01% 759 0.79%
Professional & related occupations: 7,636 7.93% 10,933 11.35%
Computer & mathematical 875 0.91% 408 0.42%
Architecture & engineering: 1,388 1.44% 157 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 816 0.85% 102 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 572 0.59% 55 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 321 0.33% 144 0.15%
Community & social services 721 0.75% 1,052 1.09%
Legal 601 0.62% 395 0.41%
Education, training, & library 1,436 1.49% 3,582 3.72%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 701 0.73% 618 0.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,593 1.65% 4,577 4.75%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,298 1.35% 3,061 3.18%
Health technologists & technicians 295 0.31% 1,516 1.57%
Service occupations: 6,662 6.92% 8,332 8.65%
Healthcare support 349 0.36% 2,305 2.39%
Protective services: 1,756 1.82% 259 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,092 1.13% 59 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 664 0.69% 200 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,037 2.12% 3,172 3.29%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,999 2.08% 937 0.97%
Personal care & service 521 0.54% 1,659 1.72%
Sales & office occupations: 9,781 10.16% 18,244 18.95%
Sales & related occupations 5,683 5.90% 5,915 6.14%
Office & administrative support 4,098 4.26% 12,329 12.80%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 130 0.14% 46 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,637 7.93% 253 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 4,128 4.29% 108 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 425 0.44% 17 0.02%
Construction trades 3,653 3.79% 91 0.09%
Extraction 50 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,509 3.64% 145 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,399 12.88% 4,309 4.48%
Production 6,548 6.80% 3,397 3.53%
Transportation & material moving: 5,851 6.08% 912 0.95%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 97 0.10% 31 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 47 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,976 3.09% 175 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 255 0.26% 9 0.01%
Material moving 2,476 2.57% 697 0.72%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 50,289 52.23% 46,001 47.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 361 0.37% 105 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 292 0.30% 103 0.11%
Mining 69 0.07% 2 0.00%
Construction 4,525 4.70% 451 0.47%
Manufacturing 10,354 10.75% 4,805 4.99%
Wholesale trade 2,597 2.70% 883 0.92%
Retail trade 6,034 6.27% 6,852 7.12%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,082 4.24% 1,226 1.27%
Transportation & warehousing 3,425 3.56% 1,062 1.10%
Utilities 657 0.68% 164 0.17%
Information 1,382 1.44% 1,289 1.34%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,757 2.86% 3,583 3.72%
Finance & insurance 2,065 2.14% 3,191 3.31%
Real estate & rental & leasing 692 0.72% 392 0.41%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,243 3.37% 2,577 2.68%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,887 1.96% 1,417 1.47%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 7 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,356 1.41% 1,153 1.20%
Educational, health & social services: 6,362 6.61% 16,927 17.58%
Educational services 2,949 3.06% 5,947 6.18%
Health care & social assistance 3,413 3.54% 10,980 11.40%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,835 2.94% 3,607 3.75%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 493 0.51% 456 0.47%
Accommodation & food services 2,342 2.43% 3,151 3.27%
Other services (except public administration) 2,842 2.95% 2,318 2.41%
Public administration 2,915 3.03% 1,378 1.43%

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

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