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Ashe County

QT-P28. Occupation by Sex - Percent Distribution: 2000

Occupation Both sexes Male Female
       
Employed civilian population 16 years and over 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Management, professional, and related occupations 22.4% 19.4% 26.0%
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations 9.6% 11.0% 7.9%
        Management occupations, except farmers and farm managers 5.4% 5.6% 5.0%
        Farmers and farm managers 2.3% 3.7% 0.5%
        Business and financial operations occupations 2.0% 1.7% 2.4%
            Business operations specialists 1.3% 1.4% 1.1%
            Financial specialists 0.7% 0.3% 1.3%
    Professional and related occupations 12.7% 8.4% 18.1%
        Computer and mathematical occupations 0.9% 1.1% 0.7%
        Architecture and engineering occupations 1.6% 2.5% 0.6%
            Architects, surveyors, cartographers, and engineers 0.5% 0.9% 0.0%
            Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians 1.1% 1.5% 0.6%
        Life, physical, and social science occupations 0.3% 0.2% 0.4%
        Community and social services occupations 1.4% 1.1% 1.9%
        Legal occupations 0.2% 0.0% 0.4%
        Education, training, and library occupations 4.3% 1.6% 7.7%
        Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1.0% 0.8% 1.1%
        Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 3.0% 1.1% 5.3%
            Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations 1.9% 0.7% 3.5%
            Health technologists and technicians 1.0% 0.4% 1.8%
       
Service occupations 14.0% 8.0% 21.5%
    Healthcare support occupations 3.7% 0.2% 8.0%
    Protective service occupations 1.1% 1.6% 0.5%
        Fire Fighting, prevention, and law enforcement workers, including supervisors 0.7% 1.2% 0.2%
        Other protective service occupations, including supervisors 0.3% 0.4% 0.3%
    Food prepartion and serving related occupations 4.0% 1.3% 7.4%
    Building and grounds cleaning and maintenace occupations 3.8% 4.6% 2.8%
    Personal care and service occupations 1.4% 0.3% 2.9%
       
Sales and office occupations 20.5% 12.1% 30.9%
    Sales and related occupations 8.6% 8.5% 8.7%
    Office and administrative support occupations 11.9% 3.5% 22.1%
       
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 2.3% 4.2% 0.0%
Construction, extraction, and maintenace occupations 15.3% 27.1% 0.8%
    Construction and extraction occupations 9.6% 16.8% 0.7%
        Supervisors, construction and extraction workers 1.3% 2.1% 0.2%
        Construction trades workers 8.3% 14.6% 0.5%
        Extraction workers 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5.7% 10.3% 0.2%
       
Production, transportaion, and material moving occupations 25.5% 29.3% 20.7%
    Production occupations 17.8% 17.9% 17.8%
    Transportation and material moving occupations 7.6% 11.4% 3.0%
        Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
        Aircraft and traffic control occupations 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
        Motor vehicle operators 4.5% 7.2% 1.3%
        Rail, water and other transportaion occupations 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
        Material moving workers 2.8% 3.7% 1.5%

 

Date: October 2, 2002

[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P50.
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