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Most common industries (%)
Most common industries for males (%)
Most common industries for females (%)
Most Common Industries |
|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
|---|
| Health care | 9.6% (87) | 3.7% (18) | 16.4% (69) |
| Construction | 8.8% (80) | 15.2% (74) | 1.4% (6) |
| Accommodation and food services | 6.9% (63) | 3.9% (19) | 10.4% (44) |
| Educational services | 6.5% (59) | 7.0% (34) | 5.9% (25) |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 5.5% (50) | 9.4% (46) | 0.9% (4) |
| Paper | 4.9% (45) | 8.0% (39) | 1.4% (6) |
| Public administration | 3.8% (35) | 2.5% (12) | 5.5% (23) |
| Food and beverage stores | 3.7% (34) | 1.0% (5) | 6.9% (29) |
| Leather and allied products | 3.6% (33) | 2.0% (10) | 5.5% (23) |
| Department and other general merchandise stores | 3.1% (28) | 1.6% (8) | 4.7% (20) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 2.7% (25) | 2.5% (12) | 3.1% (13) |
| Truck transportation | 2.7% (25) | 4.5% (22) | 0.7% (3) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 2.3% (21) | 3.3% (16) | 1.2% (5) |
| Social assistance | 2.2% (20) | 0.4% (2) | 4.3% (18) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 2.0% (18) | 2.5% (12) | 1.4% (6) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 1.9% (17) | 1.8% (9) | 1.9% (8) |
| Computer and electronic products | 1.6% (15) | 1.0% (5) | 2.4% (10) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1.6% (15) | 0.8% (4) | 2.6% (11) |
| Wood products | 1.6% (15) | 2.3% (11) | 0.9% (4) |
| Finance and insurance | 1.5% (14) | 0.8% (4) | 2.4% (10) |
| Metal and metal products | 1.4% (13) | 2.7% (13) | 0.0% (0) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 1.2% (11) | 0.8% (4) | 1.7% (7) |
| Textile mills and textile products | 1.1% (10) | 0.6% (3) | 1.7% (7) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1.1% (10) | 1.6% (8) | 0.5% (2) |
| Personal and laundry services | 1.1% (10) | 0.4% (2) | 1.9% (8) |
| Repair and maintenance | 1.1% (10) | 2.0% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
| Utilities | 1.1% (10) | 0.8% (4) | 1.4% (6) |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 1.0% (9) | 1.4% (7) | 0.5% (2) |
| Machinery | 1.0% (9) | 1.0% (5) | 0.9% (4) |
| Food | 0.9% (8) | 1.2% (6) | 0.5% (2) |
| Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.9% (8) | 1.0% (5) | 0.7% (3) |
| Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 0.9% (8) | 1.0% (5) | 0.7% (3) |
| Transportation equipment | 0.8% (7) | 1.4% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 0.8% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 1.7% (7) |
| Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (5) | 1.0% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Gasoline stations | 0.5% (5) | 1.0% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 0.5% (5) | 0.4% (2) | 0.7% (3) |
| Recyclable material merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (5) | 0.4% (2) | 0.7% (3) |
| Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.9% (4) |
| Plastics and rubber products | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (4) | 0.4% (2) | 0.5% (2) |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.9% (4) |
| Private households | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.9% (4) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.9% (4) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Farm supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (3) | 0.6% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
| Warehousing and storage | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (2) |
| Apparel | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (2) |
| Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (2) |
| Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Other direct selling establishments | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Retail florists | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (2) |
| Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (2) |
| Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Fuel dealers | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| U. S. Postal service | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
Most common occupations (%)
Most common occupations for males (%)
Most common occupations for females (%)
Most common occupations |
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Occupation | All | Males | Females |
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| Other production occupations including supervisors | 5.3% (48) | 7.0% (34) | 3.3% (14) |
| Other sales and related workers including supervisors | 5.1% (46) | 5.9% (29) | 4.0% (17) |
| Driver/sales workers and truck drivers | 4.9% (45) | 8.6% (42) | 0.7% (3) |
| Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers | 4.2% (38) | 3.7% (18) | 4.7% (20) |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers | 3.2% (29) | 1.4% (7) | 5.2% (22) |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 3.0% (27) | 2.9% (14) | 3.1% (13) |
| Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides | 2.7% (25) | 0.4% (2) | 5.5% (23) |
| Cashiers | 2.7% (25) | 0.0% (0) | 5.9% (25) |
| Waiters and waitresses | 2.7% (25) | 0.6% (3) | 5.2% (22) |
| Metal workers and plastic workers | 2.7% (25) | 3.9% (19) | 1.4% (6) |
| Laborers and material movers, hand | 2.6% (24) | 3.7% (18) | 1.4% (6) |
| Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2.5% (23) | 4.7% (23) | 0.0% (0) |
| Cooks and food preparation workers | 2.4% (22) | 1.2% (6) | 3.8% (16) |
| Agricultural workers including supervisors | 2.3% (21) | 3.9% (19) | 0.5% (2) |
| Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers | 2.3% (21) | 1.4% (7) | 3.3% (14) |
| Retail sales workers except cashiers | 2.2% (20) | 2.0% (10) | 2.4% (10) |
| Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors | 2.2% (20) | 4.1% (20) | 0.0% (0) |
| Business operations specialists | 1.8% (16) | 0.6% (3) | 3.1% (13) |
| Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists | 1.8% (16) | 2.0% (10) | 1.4% (6) |
| Other healthcare support occupations | 1.8% (16) | 0.4% (2) | 3.3% (14) |
| Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers | 1.6% (15) | 3.1% (15) | 0.0% (0) |
| Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors | 1.6% (15) | 0.4% (2) | 3.1% (13) |
| Secretaries and administrative assistants | 1.6% (15) | 0.0% (0) | 3.6% (15) |
| Assemblers and fabricators | 1.6% (15) | 1.6% (8) | 1.7% (7) |
| Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1.5% (14) | 0.4% (2) | 2.8% (12) |
| Carpenters | 1.5% (14) | 2.9% (14) | 0.0% (0) |
| Health technologists and technicians | 1.3% (12) | 1.0% (5) | 1.7% (7) |
| Top executives | 1.2% (11) | 1.0% (5) | 1.4% (6) |
| Information and record clerks except customer service representatives | 1.2% (11) | 0.0% (0) | 2.6% (11) |
| Farmers and farm managers | 1.1% (10) | 1.0% (5) | 1.2% (5) |
| Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing | 1.1% (10) | 1.6% (8) | 0.5% (2) |
| Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations | 1.1% (10) | 0.0% (0) | 2.4% (10) |
| Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers | 1.1% (10) | 2.0% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
| Customer service representatives | 1.1% (10) | 0.4% (2) | 1.9% (8) |
| Supervisors, construction and extraction workers | 1.1% (10) | 2.0% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
| Operations specialties managers except financial managers | 1.0% (9) | 1.8% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
| Secondary school teachers | 1.0% (9) | 1.4% (7) | 0.5% (2) |
| Construction laborers | 1.0% (9) | 1.8% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
| Electricians | 1.0% (9) | 1.8% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
| Computer specialists | 0.9% (8) | 1.2% (6) | 0.5% (2) |
| Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers | 0.9% (8) | 0.8% (4) | 0.9% (4) |
| Personal appearance workers | 0.9% (8) | 0.4% (2) | 1.4% (6) |
| Child care workers | 0.8% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 1.7% (7) |
| Law enforcement workers including supervisors | 0.8% (7) | 1.4% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers | 0.7% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (6) |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 0.7% (6) | 0.2% (1) | 1.2% (5) |
| Woodworkers | 0.7% (6) | 1.2% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians | 0.7% (6) | 0.8% (4) | 0.5% (2) |
| Other protective service workers including supervisors | 0.5% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 1.2% (5) |
| Media and communication equipment workers | 0.5% (5) | 1.0% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Registered nurses | 0.5% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 1.2% (5) |
| Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations | 0.5% (5) | 0.6% (3) | 0.5% (2) |
| Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors | 0.5% (5) | 0.6% (3) | 0.5% (2) |
| Occupational and physical therapist assistants and aides | 0.5% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 1.2% (5) |
| Communications equipment operators | 0.5% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 1.2% (5) |
| Other construction workers and helpers | 0.5% (5) | 1.0% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Life and physical scientists | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Food processing workers | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Art and design workers | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.9% (4) |
| Postsecondary teachers | 0.4% (4) | 0.4% (2) | 0.5% (2) |
| Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers | 0.4% (4) | 0.4% (2) | 0.5% (2) |
| Accountants and auditors | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Engineers | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses | 0.3% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (3) |
| Legal support workers | 0.3% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (3) |
| Financial managers | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Fire fighting and prevention workers including supervisors | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Therapists | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (2) |
| Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (2) |
| Librarians, curators, and archivists | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (2) |
| Religious workers | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Bus drivers | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Mathematical science occupations | 0.2% (2) | 0.4% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Other financial specialists | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (2) |
Unemployment by race in 2000:
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 8.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 8.1%
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work:
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 8.6% (76) | | Maine: | 4.4% (26,948) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 4.8% (43) | | Maine: | 3.7% (22,592) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 7.9% (70) | | Maine: | 5.2% (32,239) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 9.8% (87) | | Maine: | 9.4% (57,835) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 12.6% (112) | | Maine: | 11.5% (70,598) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 14.8% (131) | | Maine: | 14.9% (91,521) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 8.6% (76) | | Maine: | 14.4% (88,758) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 5.9% (52) | | Maine: | 9.0% (55,154) |
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 3.0% (27) | | Maine: | 4.0% (24,448) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 3.7% (33) | | Maine: | 3.8% (23,244) |
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 1.5% (13) | | Maine: | 1.7% (10,648) |
11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.:
| Canaan: | 1.0% (9) | | Maine: | 1.0% (5,881) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
| Canaan: | 7.3% (65) | | Maine: | 6.9% (42,456) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
| Canaan: | 5.0% (44) | | Maine: | 5.8% (35,860) |
Percentage of workers working in this county: 64.1%
Number of people working at home: 49 (5.5% of all workers)
Travel time (in minutes) to work (%)
Travel time to work:
Less than 5 minutes:
| Canaan: | 6.9% (61) | | Maine: | 5.6% (34,404) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| Canaan: | 5.7% (51) | | Maine: | 14.1% (86,612) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| Canaan: | 5.3% (47) | | Maine: | 16.0% (98,470) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| Canaan: | 15.6% (138) | | Maine: | 14.9% (91,940) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| Canaan: | 17.4% (154) | | Maine: | 13.1% (80,377) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| Canaan: | 7.3% (65) | | Maine: | 5.1% (31,321) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| Canaan: | 16.2% (144) | | Maine: | 10.4% (63,930) |
35 to 39 minutes:
| Canaan: | 0.7% (6) | | Maine: | 2.2% (13,677) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| Canaan: | 4.1% (36) | | Maine: | 2.7% (16,863) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| Canaan: | 4.1% (36) | | Maine: | 5.6% (34,475) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| Canaan: | 4.6% (41) | | Maine: | 3.6% (21,933) |
90 or more minutes:
| Canaan: | 6.7% (59) | | Maine: | 2.3% (14,180) |
Travel time to work (in minutes) by means of transportation (%)
Travel time to work by means of transportation:
Less than 30 minutes - public transportation:
| Canaan: | 50.0% (2) | | Maine: | 56.1% (2,925) |
Less than 30 minutes - other means:
| Canaan: | 61.6% (514) | | Maine: | 72.1% (420,199) |
30 to 44 minutes - public transportation:
| Canaan: | 50.0% (2) | | Maine: | 19.7% (1,026) |
30 to 44 minutes - other means:
| Canaan: | 22.1% (184) | | Maine: | 16.0% (93,444) |
45 to 59 minutes - other means:
| Canaan: | 4.3% (36) | | Maine: | 5.8% (34,027) |
60 or more minutes - other means:
| Canaan: | 12.0% (100) | | Maine: | 6.1% (35,295) |
Means of transportation to work - Canaan
Means of transportation to work - Maine
Means of transportation to work:
Drove car alone:
| Canaan: | 76.3% (677) | | Maine: | 78.6% (483,317) |
Carpooled:
| Canaan: | 13.2% (117) | | Maine: | 11.3% (69,208) |
Bus or trolley bus:
| Canaan: | 0.2% (2) | | Maine: | 0.5% (3,220) |
Ferryboat:
| Canaan: | 0.2% (2) | | Maine: | 0.1% (451) |
Walked:
| Canaan: | 2.7% (24) | | Maine: | 4.0% (24,700) |
Other means:
| Canaan: | 1.8% (16) | | Maine: | 0.7% (4,104) |
Private vehicle occupancy (%)
Private vehicle occupancy:
Drove alone:
| Canaan: | 85.3% (677) | | Maine: | 87.5% (483,317) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Canaan: | 12.2% (97) | | Maine: | 10.3% (56,707) |
In 3 person carpool:
| Canaan: | 0.6% (5) | | Maine: | 1.4% (7,855) |
In 4 person carpool:
| Canaan: | 1.4% (11) | | Maine: | 0.3% (1,917) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
| Canaan: | 0.4% (3) | | Maine: | 0.2% (1,034) |
In 7+ person carpool:
| Canaan: | 0.1% (1) | | Maine: | 0.3% (1,695) |
Class of Workers (%) - Males
Class of Workers (%) - Females
Class of Workers:
Employee of private company:
| Canaan: | 70.7% (643) | | Maine: | 62.7% (390,945) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| Canaan: | 72.7% (355) | | Maine: | 65.6% (212,697) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| Canaan: | 68.2% (288) | | Maine: | 59.5% (178,248) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| Canaan: | 1.4% (13) | | Maine: | 3.1% (19,246) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
| Canaan: | 1.6% (8) | | Maine: | 4.3% (14,069) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
| Canaan: | 1.2% (5) | | Maine: | 1.7% (5,177) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Canaan: | 7.6% (69) | | Maine: | 10.2% (63,603) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
| Canaan: | 4.5% (22) | | Maine: | 6.0% (19,473) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| Canaan: | 11.1% (47) | | Maine: | 14.7% (44,130) |
Local government workers:
| Canaan: | 5.2% (47) | | Maine: | 7.6% (47,389) |
Local government workers - Males:
| Canaan: | 3.3% (16) | | Maine: | 5.6% (18,289) |
Local government workers - Females:
| Canaan: | 7.3% (31) | | Maine: | 9.7% (29,100) |
State government workers:
| Canaan: | 3.8% (35) | | Maine: | 4.3% (26,534) |
State government workers - Males:
| Canaan: | 4.1% (20) | | Maine: | 3.8% (12,314) |
State government workers - Females:
| Canaan: | 3.6% (15) | | Maine: | 4.7% (14,220) |
Federal government workers:
| Canaan: | 0.2% (2) | | Maine: | 2.6% (16,465) |
Federal government workers - Males:
| Canaan: | 0.4% (2) | | Maine: | 3.1% (9,960) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Canaan: | 9.9% (90) | | Maine: | 9.3% (58,153) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| Canaan: | 12.5% (61) | | Maine: | 11.3% (36,757) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| Canaan: | 6.9% (29) | | Maine: | 7.1% (21,396) |
Unpaid family workers:
| Canaan: | 1.2% (11) | | Maine: | 0.3% (1,676) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
| Canaan: | 0.8% (4) | | Maine: | 0.2% (688) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
| Canaan: | 1.7% (7) | | Maine: | 0.3% (988) |
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