Washington 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 33,336 52.26% 30,451 47.74%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 12,159 19.06% 12,967 20.33%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,230 8.20% 3,709 5.81%
Management, except farm managers 3,859 6.05% 2,304 3.61%
Farmers & farm managers 83 0.13% 56 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 1,288 2.02% 1,349 2.11%
Business operations specialists 696 1.09% 661 1.04%
Financial specialists 592 0.93% 688 1.08%
Professional & related occupations: 6,929 10.86% 9,258 14.51%
Computer & mathematical 944 1.48% 409 0.64%
Architecture & engineering: 1,632 2.56% 242 0.38%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,276 2.00% 192 0.30%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 356 0.56% 50 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 436 0.68% 285 0.45%
Community & social services 360 0.56% 851 1.33%
Legal 433 0.68% 271 0.42%
Education, training, & library 1,479 2.32% 3,600 5.64%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 681 1.07% 872 1.37%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 964 1.51% 2,728 4.28%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 749 1.17% 1,966 3.08%
Health technologists & technicians 215 0.34% 762 1.19%
Service occupations: 4,395 6.89% 5,869 9.20%
Healthcare support 163 0.26% 1,127 1.77%
Protective services: 972 1.52% 168 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 675 1.06% 68 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 297 0.47% 100 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,505 2.36% 2,270 3.56%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,069 1.68% 698 1.09%
Personal care & service 686 1.08% 1,606 2.52%
Sales & office occupations: 6,079 9.53% 9,726 15.25%
Sales & related occupations 3,831 6.01% 3,259 5.11%
Office & administrative support 2,248 3.52% 6,467 10.14%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 608 0.95% 84 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,096 7.99% 169 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 3,202 5.02% 104 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 371 0.58% 14 0.02%
Construction trades 2,818 4.42% 90 0.14%
Extraction 13 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,894 2.97% 65 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,999 7.84% 1,636 2.56%
Production 2,720 4.26% 1,247 1.95%
Transportation & material moving: 2,279 3.57% 389 0.61%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 78 0.12% 6 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 82 0.13% 7 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,196 1.87% 203 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 210 0.33% 23 0.04%
Material moving 713 1.12% 150 0.24%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 33,336 52.26% 30,451 47.74%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 786 1.23% 181 0.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 766 1.20% 175 0.27%
Mining 20 0.03% 6 0.01%
Construction 4,062 6.37% 403 0.63%
Manufacturing 5,729 8.98% 2,470 3.87%
Wholesale trade 1,079 1.69% 486 0.76%
Retail trade 3,930 6.16% 3,482 5.46%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,420 2.23% 565 0.89%
Transportation & warehousing 1,134 1.78% 523 0.82%
Utilities 286 0.45% 42 0.07%
Information 703 1.10% 727 1.14%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,647 2.58% 1,863 2.92%
Finance & insurance 1,174 1.84% 1,438 2.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 473 0.74% 425 0.67%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,146 4.93% 2,249 3.53%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,290 3.59% 1,594 2.50%
Management of companies & enterprises 24 0.04% 39 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 832 1.30% 616 0.97%
Educational, health & social services: 4,191 6.57% 11,397 17.87%
Educational services 2,777 4.35% 5,230 8.20%
Health care & social assistance 1,414 2.22% 6,167 9.67%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,368 5.28% 3,770 5.91%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,506 2.36% 1,277 2.00%
Accommodation & food services 1,862 2.92% 2,493 3.91%
Other services (except public administration) 1,251 1.96% 1,676 2.63%
Public administration 2,024 3.17% 1,182 1.85%

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

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