Northumberland 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 22,566 53.97% 19,248 46.03%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,098 9.80% 5,475 13.09%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,809 4.33% 1,273 3.04%
Management, except farm managers 1,066 2.55% 708 1.69%
Farmers & farm managers 284 0.68% 52 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 459 1.10% 513 1.23%
Business operations specialists 229 0.55% 312 0.75%
Financial specialists 230 0.55% 201 0.48%
Professional & related occupations: 2,289 5.47% 4,202 10.05%
Computer & mathematical 188 0.45% 80 0.19%
Architecture & engineering: 256 0.61% 40 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 117 0.28% 14 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 139 0.33% 26 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 130 0.31% 77 0.18%
Community & social services 441 1.05% 470 1.12%
Legal 96 0.23% 99 0.24%
Education, training, & library 480 1.15% 1,220 2.92%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 164 0.39% 199 0.48%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 534 1.28% 2,017 4.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 308 0.74% 1,084 2.59%
Health technologists & technicians 226 0.54% 933 2.23%
Service occupations: 2,767 6.62% 4,372 10.46%
Healthcare support 194 0.46% 1,320 3.16%
Protective services: 907 2.17% 73 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 717 1.71% 47 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 190 0.45% 26 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 688 1.65% 1,723 4.12%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 820 1.96% 497 1.19%
Personal care & service 158 0.38% 759 1.82%
Sales & office occupations: 3,153 7.54% 6,378 15.25%
Sales & related occupations 1,731 4.14% 1,897 4.54%
Office & administrative support 1,422 3.40% 4,481 10.72%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 229 0.55% 133 0.32%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,989 9.54% 135 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 2,400 5.74% 100 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 196 0.47% 13 0.03%
Construction trades 2,172 5.19% 85 0.20%
Extraction 32 0.08% 2 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,589 3.80% 35 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,330 19.92% 2,755 6.59%
Production 3,919 9.37% 1,857 4.44%
Transportation & material moving: 4,411 10.55% 898 2.15%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 64 0.15% 5 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 20 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,748 4.18% 224 0.54%
Rail, water & other transportation 98 0.23% 9 0.02%
Material moving 2,481 5.93% 660 1.58%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 22,566 53.97% 19,248 46.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 658 1.57% 202 0.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 512 1.22% 190 0.45%
Mining 146 0.35% 12 0.03%
Construction 2,233 5.34% 175 0.42%
Manufacturing 6,402 15.31% 2,697 6.45%
Wholesale trade 976 2.33% 232 0.55%
Retail trade 2,827 6.76% 2,728 6.52%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,050 4.90% 453 1.08%
Transportation & warehousing 1,520 3.64% 409 0.98%
Utilities 530 1.27% 44 0.11%
Information 246 0.59% 318 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 533 1.27% 969 2.32%
Finance & insurance 380 0.91% 782 1.87%
Real estate & rental & leasing 153 0.37% 187 0.45%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 850 2.03% 704 1.68%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 358 0.86% 364 0.87%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 492 1.18% 340 0.81%
Educational, health & social services: 2,195 5.25% 7,017 16.78%
Educational services 880 2.10% 1,987 4.75%
Health care & social assistance 1,315 3.14% 5,030 12.03%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 993 2.37% 1,682 4.02%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 179 0.43% 144 0.34%
Accommodation & food services 814 1.95% 1,538 3.68%
Other services (except public administration) 838 2.00% 1,021 2.44%
Public administration 1,765 4.22% 1,050 2.51%

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

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