Portage 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 18,819 52.75% 16,858 47.25%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,204 14.59% 5,506 15.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,623 7.35% 1,939 5.43%
Management, except farm managers 1,503 4.21% 884 2.48%
Farmers & farm managers 541 1.52% 124 0.35%
Business & financial operations: 579 1.62% 931 2.61%
Business operations specialists 291 0.82% 536 1.50%
Financial specialists 288 0.81% 395 1.11%
Professional & related occupations: 2,581 7.23% 3,567 10.00%
Computer & mathematical 422 1.18% 221 0.62%
Architecture & engineering: 481 1.35% 122 0.34%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 274 0.77% 66 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 207 0.58% 56 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 141 0.40% 94 0.26%
Community & social services 192 0.54% 258 0.72%
Legal 55 0.15% 45 0.13%
Education, training, & library 717 2.01% 1,641 4.60%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 298 0.84% 307 0.86%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 275 0.77% 879 2.46%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 221 0.62% 594 1.66%
Health technologists & technicians 54 0.15% 285 0.80%
Service occupations: 2,071 5.80% 3,032 8.50%
Healthcare support 64 0.18% 519 1.45%
Protective services: 426 1.19% 92 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 235 0.66% 19 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 191 0.54% 73 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 781 2.19% 1,392 3.90%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 661 1.85% 342 0.96%
Personal care & service 139 0.39% 687 1.93%
Sales & office occupations: 3,331 9.34% 6,388 17.91%
Sales & related occupations 1,848 5.18% 2,005 5.62%
Office & administrative support 1,483 4.16% 4,383 12.29%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 293 0.82% 137 0.38%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,798 7.84% 109 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 1,523 4.27% 57 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 147 0.41% 8 0.02%
Construction trades 1,374 3.85% 49 0.14%
Extraction 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,275 3.57% 52 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,122 14.36% 1,686 4.73%
Production 2,757 7.73% 1,164 3.26%
Transportation & material moving: 2,365 6.63% 522 1.46%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 101 0.28% 12 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 19 0.05% 8 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 992 2.78% 160 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 140 0.39% 15 0.04%
Material moving 1,113 3.12% 327 0.92%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 18,819 52.75% 16,858 47.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 949 2.66% 292 0.82%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 937 2.63% 287 0.80%
Mining 12 0.03% 5 0.01%
Construction 1,586 4.45% 121 0.34%
Manufacturing 4,640 13.01% 1,674 4.69%
Wholesale trade 902 2.53% 333 0.93%
Retail trade 2,385 6.68% 2,428 6.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,587 4.45% 361 1.01%
Transportation & warehousing 1,442 4.04% 338 0.95%
Utilities 145 0.41% 23 0.06%
Information 443 1.24% 392 1.10%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,130 3.17% 2,552 7.15%
Finance & insurance 941 2.64% 2,427 6.80%
Real estate & rental & leasing 189 0.53% 125 0.35%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 852 2.39% 775 2.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 405 1.14% 494 1.38%
Management of companies & enterprises 4 0.01% 13 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 443 1.24% 268 0.75%
Educational, health & social services: 1,952 5.47% 5,240 14.69%
Educational services 1,331 3.73% 2,582 7.24%
Health care & social assistance 621 1.74% 2,658 7.45%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,282 3.59% 1,723 4.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 202 0.57% 265 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 1,080 3.03% 1,458 4.09%
Other services (except public administration) 612 1.72% 624 1.75%
Public administration 499 1.40% 343 0.96%

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

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