Jefferson County - East-West Gateway Coordinating Council

A Regional Overview All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
The primary employer sectors include the services industry and the manufacturing industry.
The agriculture and mining sectors employ 556 individuals, the construction industry
employs 10,410 individuals and the manufacturing industry employs 16,563.
Manufacturing is the single largest industry category with 16.6 percent of existing
employment, a five percent increase since 1990. Nevertheless, the national trend of
shrinking manufacturing sector has also occurred in Jefferson County during the past 10
years. There are 8,632 individuals employed by the transportation, communications and
public utilities industries; 4,045 persons are employed by the wholesale trade; 12,680
persons are employed by the retail trade; 6,701 persons are employed by the finance,
insurance and real estate industry; 37,487 individuals are employed by the services industry
(the largest employer at 30 percent); and 2,763 individuals are employed in the public
administration industry. In addition, Jefferson County saw an increase of 16.5 percent in
the educational, health and social services sector. Refer to Table J8 for a summary of
Jefferson County industry types.
TABLE J8 JEFFERSON COUNTY INDUSTRY TYPES
CATEGORY NUMBER PERCENT
Employed civilian population 16 years and over 99,837 100.0
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations 23,750 23.8
Service occupations 14,646 14.7
Sales and office occupations 27,984 28.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 135 0.1
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations 14,779 14.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 18,543 18.6
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 556 0.6
Construction 10,410 10.4
Manufacturing 16,563 16.6
Wholesale trade 4,045 4.1
Retail trade 12,680 12.7
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 5,921 5.9
Information 2,711 2.7
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 6,701 6.7
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste
management services
7,979 8.0
Educational, health and social services 16,459 16.5
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 7,206 7.2
Other services (except public administration) 5,843 5.9
Public administration 2,763 2.8
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