2000 Census Data of Employment: Occupations and Industry
Most Common Occupations in Madison County
Occupation
|
Number of employees
|
Percentage
|
Employed civilian population 16 years and over
|
6,496
|
100
|
Management, professional, and related occupations
|
1,622
|
25.0
|
Service occupations
|
868
|
13.4
|
Sales and office occupations
|
1,192
|
18.3
|
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
|
215
|
3.3
|
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations
|
863
|
13.3
|
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations
|
1,736
|
26.7
|
|
|
|
Employment by Industry
Industry
|
|
|
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining
|
674
|
10.4
|
Construction
|
652
|
10.0
|
Manufacturing
|
1,650
|
25.4
|
Wholesale trade
|
241
|
3.7
|
Retail trade
|
674
|
10.4
|
Transportation, warehouseing, utilities
|
413
|
6.4
|
Information
|
73
|
1.1
|
Finance, insurance, real estate, rentals
|
201
|
3.1
|
Professional, scientific, management, administrative
|
221
|
3.4
|
Educational, health, social services
|
925
|
14.2
|
Arts, entertainment, recreation, food services
|
302
|
4.6
|
Other services
|
288
|
4.4
|
Public administration
|
182
|
2.8
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