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Most common industries (%)
Most common industries for males (%)
Most common industries for females (%)
Most Common Industries |
Industry | All | Males | Females |
| Public administration | 10.1% (423) | 9.3% (207) | 11.0% (216) |
| Health care | 9.8% (410) | 3.5% (77) | 17.0% (333) |
| Construction | 9.7% (406) | 15.1% (337) | 3.5% (69) |
| Educational services | 7.2% (302) | 3.3% (73) | 11.7% (229) |
| Wood products | 4.6% (192) | 7.6% (168) | 1.2% (24) |
| Food and beverage stores | 4.4% (185) | 2.9% (65) | 6.1% (120) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 4.3% (180) | 4.3% (95) | 4.3% (85) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 4.1% (170) | 5.1% (114) | 2.9% (56) |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 3.6% (149) | 6.1% (136) | 0.7% (13) |
| Accommodation and food services | 3.4% (144) | 1.8% (41) | 5.2% (103) |
| Repair and maintenance | 2.7% (115) | 4.0% (90) | 1.3% (25) |
| Transportation equipment | 2.7% (113) | 4.6% (102) | 0.6% (11) |
| Finance and insurance | 2.4% (99) | 1.2% (26) | 3.7% (73) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1.9% (81) | 2.3% (51) | 1.5% (30) |
| Social assistance | 1.8% (76) | 0.0% (0) | 3.9% (76) |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 1.8% (75) | 2.6% (57) | 0.9% (18) |
| Personal and laundry services | 1.6% (66) | 0.4% (9) | 2.9% (57) |
| Department and other general merchandise stores | 1.3% (54) | 1.1% (25) | 1.5% (29) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1.3% (54) | 1.9% (42) | 0.6% (12) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 1.2% (52) | 0.9% (21) | 1.6% (31) |
| Truck transportation | 1.2% (50) | 2.0% (45) | 0.3% (5) |
| Utilities | 1.1% (48) | 1.5% (33) | 0.8% (15) |
| Metal and metal products | 1.1% (47) | 1.8% (41) | 0.3% (6) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1.0% (40) | 1.8% (40) | 0.0% (0) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 0.9% (39) | 0.4% (8) | 1.6% (31) |
| U. S. Postal service | 0.9% (39) | 0.6% (14) | 1.3% (25) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 0.9% (36) | 0.6% (13) | 1.2% (23) |
| Air transportation | 0.8% (33) | 0.8% (18) | 0.8% (15) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 0.8% (33) | 0.6% (14) | 1.0% (19) |
| Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 0.7% (31) | 1.0% (22) | 0.5% (9) |
| Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.7% (30) | 0.6% (13) | 0.9% (17) |
| Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.7% (28) | 0.6% (13) | 0.8% (15) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.6% (27) | 0.1% (3) | 1.2% (24) |
| Other direct selling establishments | 0.6% (25) | 0.2% (5) | 1.0% (20) |
| Food | 0.6% (24) | 0.6% (14) | 0.5% (10) |
| Private households | 0.6% (24) | 0.6% (13) | 0.6% (11) |
| Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 0.5% (22) | 0.5% (12) | 0.5% (10) |
| Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.4% (18) | 0.7% (15) | 0.2% (3) |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.4% (16) | 0.7% (16) | 0.0% (0) |
| Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.4% (16) | 0.4% (8) | 0.4% (8) |
| Printing and related support activities | 0.4% (16) | 0.7% (16) | 0.0% (0) |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.4% (16) | 0.7% (15) | 0.1% (1) |
| Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.4% (15) | 0.0% (0) | 0.8% (15) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.3% (14) | 0.3% (7) | 0.4% (7) |
| Paper | 0.3% (12) | 0.5% (12) | 0.0% (0) |
| Water transportation | 0.3% (11) | 0.4% (9) | 0.1% (2) |
| Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (10) | 0.4% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
| Computer and electronic products | 0.2% (9) | 0.3% (7) | 0.1% (2) |
| Warehousing and storage | 0.2% (8) | 0.4% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (8) | 0.4% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
| Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (8) | 0.4% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
| Management of companies and enterprises | 0.2% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 0.4% (7) |
| Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.2% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 0.4% (7) |
| Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 0.4% (7) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.2% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 0.4% (7) |
| Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (7) | 0.3% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (7) | 0.3% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (7) | 0.3% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Book stores and news dealers | 0.1% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (6) |
| Gasoline stations | 0.1% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (6) |
| Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (6) | 0.3% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Recyclable material merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (5) |
Most common occupations (%)
Most common occupations for males (%)
Most common occupations for females (%)
Most common occupations |
Occupation | All | Males | Females |
| Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers | 4.5% (188) | 4.3% (95) | 4.7% (93) |
| Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors | 4.2% (177) | 1.5% (33) | 7.3% (144) |
| Other sales and related workers including supervisors | 3.9% (164) | 2.9% (64) | 5.1% (100) |
| Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors | 3.6% (152) | 6.1% (136) | 0.8% (16) |
| Other production occupations including supervisors | 3.5% (146) | 5.4% (120) | 1.3% (26) |
| Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers | 3.1% (130) | 3.7% (82) | 2.4% (48) |
| Secretaries and administrative assistants | 2.7% (114) | 0.0% (0) | 5.8% (114) |
| Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides | 2.7% (114) | 0.6% (14) | 5.1% (100) |
| Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2.7% (113) | 5.1% (113) | 0.0% (0) |
| Metal workers and plastic workers | 2.5% (106) | 4.8% (106) | 0.0% (0) |
| Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers | 2.5% (104) | 2.2% (48) | 2.9% (56) |
| Business operations specialists | 2.4% (100) | 2.3% (52) | 2.4% (48) |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2.4% (99) | 2.7% (59) | 2.0% (40) |
| Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations | 2.2% (91) | 0.5% (11) | 4.1% (80) |
| Retail sales workers except cashiers | 2.1% (87) | 2.1% (47) | 2.0% (40) |
| Information and record clerks except customer service representatives | 2.1% (87) | 1.5% (34) | 2.7% (53) |
| Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers | 2.1% (86) | 3.6% (79) | 0.4% (7) |
| Driver/sales workers and truck drivers | 2.1% (86) | 3.3% (74) | 0.6% (12) |
| Laborers and material movers, hand | 1.9% (78) | 2.6% (57) | 1.1% (21) |
| Cooks and food preparation workers | 1.8% (77) | 0.9% (19) | 3.0% (58) |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1.7% (73) | 0.1% (2) | 3.6% (71) |
| Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers | 1.7% (72) | 3.2% (72) | 0.0% (0) |
| Law enforcement workers including supervisors | 1.6% (69) | 2.7% (59) | 0.5% (10) |
| Cashiers | 1.6% (68) | 0.3% (6) | 3.2% (62) |
| Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand | 1.6% (66) | 2.9% (64) | 0.1% (2) |
| Computer specialists | 1.5% (64) | 2.1% (47) | 0.9% (17) |
| Accountants and auditors | 1.4% (60) | 0.7% (15) | 2.3% (45) |
| Supervisors, construction and extraction workers | 1.4% (59) | 2.7% (59) | 0.0% (0) |
| Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers | 1.4% (59) | 0.4% (9) | 2.5% (50) |
| Carpenters | 1.4% (57) | 2.6% (57) | 0.0% (0) |
| Child care workers | 1.2% (52) | 0.0% (0) | 2.7% (52) |
| Electricians | 1.2% (50) | 2.0% (44) | 0.3% (6) |
| Health technologists and technicians | 1.2% (50) | 0.0% (0) | 2.5% (50) |
| Engineers | 1.2% (49) | 1.8% (41) | 0.4% (8) |
| Operations specialties managers except financial managers | 1.1% (47) | 1.0% (22) | 1.3% (25) |
| Top executives | 1.1% (46) | 1.5% (34) | 0.6% (12) |
| Other protective service workers including supervisors | 1.1% (46) | 1.8% (41) | 0.3% (5) |
| Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing | 1.1% (44) | 1.6% (36) | 0.4% (8) |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1.0% (43) | 0.0% (0) | 2.2% (43) |
| Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses | 0.9% (37) | 0.1% (2) | 1.8% (35) |
| Media and communication equipment workers | 0.9% (36) | 0.0% (0) | 1.8% (36) |
| Registered nurses | 0.8% (35) | 0.0% (0) | 1.8% (35) |
| Woodworkers | 0.8% (34) | 1.3% (28) | 0.3% (6) |
| Other healthcare support occupations | 0.7% (31) | 0.0% (0) | 1.6% (31) |
| Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists | 0.7% (31) | 0.3% (7) | 1.2% (24) |
| Bus drivers | 0.7% (31) | 0.6% (13) | 0.9% (18) |
| Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians | 0.7% (31) | 1.4% (31) | 0.0% (0) |
| Assemblers and fabricators | 0.7% (30) | 0.9% (20) | 0.5% (10) |
| Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 0.7% (28) | 1.3% (28) | 0.0% (0) |
| Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 0.6% (27) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (27) |
| Financial managers | 0.6% (24) | 0.6% (14) | 0.5% (10) |
| Postsecondary teachers | 0.6% (24) | 1.1% (24) | 0.0% (0) |
| Agricultural workers including supervisors | 0.5% (22) | 1.0% (22) | 0.0% (0) |
| Farmers and farm managers | 0.5% (21) | 0.8% (18) | 0.2% (3) |
| Personal appearance workers | 0.5% (21) | 0.0% (0) | 1.1% (21) |
| Art and design workers | 0.5% (21) | 0.0% (1) | 1.0% (20) |
| Librarians, curators, and archivists | 0.5% (21) | 0.0% (0) | 1.1% (21) |
| Secondary school teachers | 0.5% (21) | 0.1% (2) | 1.0% (19) |
| Other transportation workers | 0.5% (21) | 0.7% (15) | 0.3% (6) |
| Physicians and surgeons | 0.5% (19) | 0.9% (19) | 0.0% (0) |
| Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers | 0.4% (18) | 0.5% (12) | 0.3% (6) |
| Construction laborers | 0.4% (17) | 0.8% (17) | 0.0% (0) |
| Customer service representatives | 0.4% (17) | 0.3% (6) | 0.6% (11) |
| Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations | 0.4% (16) | 0.0% (0) | 0.8% (16) |
| Painters and paperhangers | 0.4% (16) | 0.4% (9) | 0.4% (7) |
| Life and physical scientists | 0.4% (16) | 0.6% (13) | 0.2% (3) |
| Other financial specialists | 0.3% (13) | 0.2% (5) | 0.4% (8) |
| Printing workers | 0.3% (12) | 0.2% (5) | 0.4% (7) |
| Therapists | 0.3% (12) | 0.0% (0) | 0.6% (12) |
| Fire fighting and prevention workers including supervisors | 0.3% (11) | 0.4% (9) | 0.1% (2) |
| Lawyers | 0.3% (11) | 0.4% (8) | 0.2% (3) |
| Other construction workers and helpers | 0.2% (10) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (10) |
| Rail and water transportation workers | 0.2% (9) | 0.4% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
| Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors | 0.2% (9) | 0.2% (4) | 0.3% (5) |
| Legal support workers | 0.2% (8) | 0.0% (0) | 0.4% (8) |
| Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers | 0.2% (8) | 0.3% (6) | 0.1% (2) |
| Religious workers | 0.2% (8) | 0.3% (6) | 0.1% (2) |
| Transportation, tourism, and lodging attendants | 0.2% (7) | 0.3% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Special education teachers | 0.2% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 0.4% (7) |
| Food processing workers | 0.1% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (6) |
| Social scientists and related workers | 0.1% (6) | 0.1% (3) | 0.2% (3) |
| Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers | 0.1% (6) | 0.3% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Air transportation workers | 0.1% (3) | 0.1% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
Unemployment by race in 2000:
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 7.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 8.6%
Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.9%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 24.2%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 8.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 36.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 5.6%
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work (%)
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work:
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 4.7% (190) | | Washington: | 4.2% (115,997) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 4.2% (169) | | Washington: | 3.7% (102,868) |
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 9.1% (371) | | Washington: | 5.3% (147,812) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 10.3% (418) | | Washington: | 8.9% (248,462) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 9.5% (386) | | Washington: | 10.3% (288,005) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 13.7% (558) | | Washington: | 13.5% (375,030) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 11.2% (455) | | Washington: | 13.4% (372,576) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 8.1% (329) | | Washington: | 9.0% (252,058) |
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 3.6% (147) | | Washington: | 5.1% (141,936) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 4.3% (176) | | Washington: | 5.8% (161,204) |
10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 1.6% (67) | | Washington: | 2.5% (70,123) |
11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.:
| South Shore: | 1.5% (63) | | Washington: | 1.3% (35,612) |
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
| South Shore: | 8.7% (352) | | Washington: | 6.8% (190,565) |
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
| South Shore: | 4.8% (195) | | Washington: | 5.8% (162,401) |
Percentage of workers working in this county: 60.7%
Number of people working at home: 192 (4.7% of all workers)
Travel time (in minutes) to work (%)
Working at home - South Shore
Working at home - Washington
Travel time to work:
Less than 5 minutes:
| South Shore: | 2.6% (107) | | Washington: | 3.3% (91,132) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| South Shore: | 3.8% (154) | | Washington: | 10.3% (286,517) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| South Shore: | 7.9% (323) | | Washington: | 14.1% (391,606) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| South Shore: | 13.2% (536) | | Washington: | 15.0% (418,990) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| South Shore: | 16.0% (649) | | Washington: | 14.2% (394,209) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| South Shore: | 2.8% (114) | | Washington: | 5.8% (162,590) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| South Shore: | 9.0% (367) | | Washington: | 12.5% (348,311) |
35 to 39 minutes:
| South Shore: | 3.7% (149) | | Washington: | 2.6% (73,592) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| South Shore: | 4.6% (187) | | Washington: | 3.4% (95,182) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| South Shore: | 13.7% (558) | | Washington: | 7.0% (195,343) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| South Shore: | 10.2% (413) | | Washington: | 4.7% (131,691) |
90 or more minutes:
| South Shore: | 7.8% (319) | | Washington: | 2.7% (75,486) |
Travel time to work (in minutes) by means of transportation (%)
Travel time to work by means of transportation:
Less than 30 minutes - other means:
| South Shore: | 48.8% (1,883) | | Washington: | 67.5% (1,707,640) |
30 to 44 minutes - other means:
| South Shore: | 18.2% (703) | | Washington: | 18.9% (477,972) |
45 to 59 minutes - public transportation:
| South Shore: | 26.3% (5) | | Washington: | 16.6% (22,607) |
45 to 59 minutes - other means:
| South Shore: | 14.3% (553) | | Washington: | 6.8% (172,736) |
60 or more minutes - public transportation:
| South Shore: | 73.7% (14) | | Washington: | 27.3% (37,154) |
60 or more minutes - other means:
| South Shore: | 18.6% (718) | | Washington: | 6.7% (170,023) |
Means of transportation to work - South Shore
Means of transportation to work - Washington
Means of transportation to work:
Drove car alone:
| South Shore: | 75.2% (3,059) | | Washington: | 73.3% (2,040,833) |
Carpooled:
| South Shore: | 15.6% (634) | | Washington: | 12.8% (357,742) |
Bus or trolley bus:
| South Shore: | 0.4% (17) | | Washington: | 4.5% (124,450) |
Ferryboat:
| South Shore: | 0.0% (2) | | Washington: | 0.3% (8,923) |
Motorcycle:
| South Shore: | 0.6% (25) | | Washington: | 0.2% (4,353) |
Bicycle:
| South Shore: | 0.4% (16) | | Washington: | 0.6% (16,205) |
Walked:
| South Shore: | 2.4% (97) | | Washington: | 3.2% (89,739) |
Other means:
| South Shore: | 0.6% (26) | | Washington: | 0.7% (19,499) |
Private vehicle occupancy (%)
Private vehicle occupancy:
Drove alone:
| South Shore: | 82.8% (3,059) | | Washington: | 85.1% (2,040,833) |
In 2 person carpool:
| South Shore: | 13.6% (501) | | Washington: | 11.8% (282,638) |
In 3 person carpool:
| South Shore: | 2.7% (99) | | Washington: | 1.9% (44,791) |
In 4 person carpool:
| South Shore: | 0.8% (30) | | Washington: | 0.6% (14,195) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
| South Shore: | 0.1% (2) | | Washington: | 0.3% (7,914) |
In 7+ person carpool:
| South Shore: | 0.1% (2) | | Washington: | 0.3% (8,204) |
Class of Workers (%) - Males
Class of Workers (%) - Females
Class of Workers:
Employee of private company:
| South Shore: | 55.6% (2,329) | | Washington: | 66.0% (1,843,000) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| South Shore: | 60.6% (1,348) | | Washington: | 69.7% (1,044,674) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| South Shore: | 50.0% (981) | | Washington: | 61.7% (798,326) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| South Shore: | 3.8% (159) | | Washington: | 3.2% (90,102) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
| South Shore: | 4.2% (94) | | Washington: | 4.3% (64,169) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
| South Shore: | 3.3% (65) | | Washington: | 2.0% (25,933) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| South Shore: | 5.6% (235) | | Washington: | 6.9% (191,927) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
| South Shore: | 3.3% (74) | | Washington: | 4.2% (63,257) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| South Shore: | 8.2% (161) | | Washington: | 9.9% (128,670) |
Local government workers:
| South Shore: | 8.3% (346) | | Washington: | 6.4% (178,161) |
Local government workers - Males:
| South Shore: | 5.1% (114) | | Washington: | 5.3% (79,844) |
Local government workers - Females:
| South Shore: | 11.8% (232) | | Washington: | 7.6% (98,317) |
State government workers:
| South Shore: | 10.9% (455) | | Washington: | 6.9% (192,408) |
State government workers - Males:
| South Shore: | 7.8% (173) | | Washington: | 5.1% (76,834) |
State government workers - Females:
| South Shore: | 14.4% (282) | | Washington: | 8.9% (115,574) |
Federal government workers:
| South Shore: | 4.4% (186) | | Washington: | 3.2% (89,153) |
Federal government workers - Males:
| South Shore: | 5.9% (132) | | Washington: | 3.5% (52,763) |
Federal government workers - Females:
| South Shore: | 2.8% (54) | | Washington: | 2.8% (36,390) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| South Shore: | 10.4% (437) | | Washington: | 7.2% (199,827) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| South Shore: | 12.4% (276) | | Washington: | 7.6% (114,199) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| South Shore: | 8.2% (161) | | Washington: | 6.6% (85,628) |
Unpaid family workers:
| South Shore: | 1.0% (40) | | Washington: | 0.3% (9,144) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
| South Shore: | 0.6% (14) | | Washington: | 0.3% (3,889) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
| South Shore: | 1.3% (26) | | Washington: | 0.4% (5,255) |
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