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Avery 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 25.7% 21.6% 30.4%
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations 11.0% 12.8% 9.0%
        Management occupations, except farmers and farm managers 6.7% 6.9% 6.5%
        Farmers and farm managers 2.2% 3.9% 0.2%
        Business and financial operations occupations 2.2% 2.1% 2.2%
            Business operations specialists 0.9% 1.3% 0.5%
            Financial specialists 1.2% 0.8% 1.7%
    Professional and related occupations 14.6% 8.7% 21.4%
        Computer and mathematical occupations 0.7% 0.9% 0.4%
        Architecture and engineering occupations 0.5% 0.9% 0.0%
            Architects, surveyors, cartographers, and engineers 0.2% 0.4% 0.0%
            Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians 0.3% 0.5% 0.0%
        Life, physical, and social science occupations 0.8% 1.0% 0.5%
        Community and social services occupations 1.8% 1.6% 2.1%
        Legal occupations 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%
        Education, training, and library occupations 5.1% 1.6% 9.3%
        Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 0.9% 0.8% 1.0%
        Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 4.3% 1.4% 7.6%
            Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations 2.4% 0.6% 4.5%
            Health technologists and technicians 1.9% 0.8% 3.1%
       
Service occupations 20.7% 17.8% 24.1%
    Healthcare support occupations 3.6% 0.6% 7.1%
    Protective service occupations 2.9% 4.3% 1.2%
        Fire Fighting, prevention, and law enforcement workers, including supervisors 2.3% 3.3% 1.2%
        Other protective service occupations, including supervisors 0.6% 1.0% 0.0%
    Food prepartion and serving related occupations 5.1% 3.6% 6.8%
    Building and grounds cleaning and maintenace occupations 6.7% 8.2% 4.8%
    Personal care and service occupations 2.5% 1.1% 4.1%
       
Sales and office occupations 20.1% 11.9% 29.6%
    Sales and related occupations 8.3% 6.9% 10.0%
    Office and administrative support occupations 11.8% 5.0% 19.6%
       
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 2.1% 3.9% 0.2%
Construction, extraction, and maintenace occupations 15.1% 27.5% 0.8%
    Construction and extraction occupations 10.0% 18.3% 0.4%
        Supervisors, construction and extraction workers 1.6% 2.9% 0.0%
        Construction trades workers 8.3% 15.1% 0.4%
        Extraction workers 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5.1% 9.1% 0.3%
       
Production, transportaion, and material moving occupations 16.3% 17.4% 15.0%
    Production occupations 10.6% 10.0% 11.2%
    Transportation and material moving occupations 5.7% 7.4% 3.8%
        Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
        Aircraft and traffic control occupations 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
        Motor vehicle operators 2.8% 3.9% 1.6%
        Rail, water and other transportaion occupations 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
        Material moving workers 2.8% 3.3% 2.2%

 

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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