USA.com / Texas / Fort Bend County / Income and Careers / Historical Careers Data

Fort Bend County Historical Careers Data

Basic InfoPopulation/RacesIncome/CareersHousingEducationOthers

ACS 2010-2014 data

Occupation

	Fort Bend County	Texas	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	300,816	11,809,010	143,435,233
Male¹	162,622, 54.06%, see rank	54.40%	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	76,448, 47.01%, see rank	31.45%	33.12%
Service Occupations²	17,212, 10.58%, see rank	13.98%	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	30,082, 18.50%, see rank	17.42%	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	308, 0.19%, see rank	0.82%	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	11,199, 6.89%, see rank	12.08%	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	19,957, 12.27%, see rank	17.70%	17.94%
Female¹	138,194, 45.94%, see rank	45.60%	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	69,257, 50.12%, see rank	38.98%	40.04%
Service Occupations²	21,861, 15.82%, see rank	22.28%	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	41,965, 30.37%, see rank	33.15%	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	101, 0.07%, see rank	0.14%	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	320, 0.23%, see rank	0.32%	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	4,427, 3.20%, see rank	4.80%	5.65%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Fort Bend County	Texas	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	300,816, 100%	11,809,010	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	15,411, 5.12%, see rank	3.28%	1.96%
Construction	17,940, 5.96%, see rank	7.80%	6.17%
Manufacturing	27,429, 9.12%, see rank	9.28%	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	11,255, 3.74%, see rank	2.99%	2.75%
Retail Trade	33,615, 11.17%, see rank	11.56%	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	14,169, 4.71%, see rank	5.41%	4.93%
Information	4,953, 1.65%, see rank	1.80%	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	20,891, 6.94%, see rank	6.60%	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	40,609, 13.50%, see rank	10.91%	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	72,479, 24.09%, see rank	21.76%	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	18,369, 6.11%, see rank	8.79%	9.49%
Public Administration	9,837, 3.27%, see rank	4.43%	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	13,859, 4.61%, see rank	5.39%	4.96%

ACS 2008-2012 data

Occupation

	Fort Bend County	Texas	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	280,214	11,440,956	141,996,548
Male¹	150,574, 53.74%, see rank	54.34%	52.32%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	67,347, 44.73%, see rank	30.85%	32.75%
Service Occupations²	15,287, 10.15%, see rank	13.79%	14.76%
Sales and Office Occupations²	31,009, 20.59%, see rank	17.75%	17.65%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	266, 0.18%, see rank	0.88%	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	10,516, 6.98%, see rank	12.39%	9.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	18,478, 12.27%, see rank	17.65%	17.87%
Female¹	129,640, 46.26%, see rank	45.66%	47.68%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	63,348, 48.86%, see rank	38.31%	39.35%
Service Occupations²	19,998, 15.43%, see rank	21.94%	21.19%
Sales and Office Occupations²	41,338, 31.89%, see rank	34.02%	32.82%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	115, 0.09%, see rank	0.15%	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	294, 0.23%, see rank	0.32%	0.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	4,299, 3.32%, see rank	4.94%	5.77%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Fort Bend County	Texas	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	280,214, 100%	11,440,956	141,996,548
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	13,459, 4.80%, see rank	3.00%	1.90%
Construction	17,281, 6.17%, see rank	8.12%	6.49%
Manufacturing	26,308, 9.39%, see rank	9.49%	10.62%
Wholesale Trade	11,074, 3.95%, see rank	3.06%	2.83%
Retail Trade	31,193, 11.13%, see rank	11.64%	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	13,678, 4.88%, see rank	5.57%	5.00%
Information	4,480, 1.60%, see rank	1.93%	2.21%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	19,923, 7.11%, see rank	6.71%	6.74%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	37,012, 13.21%, see rank	10.73%	10.66%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	65,758, 23.47%, see rank	21.51%	22.90%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	16,551, 5.91%, see rank	8.47%	9.18%
Public Administration	10,270, 3.67%, see rank	4.46%	4.94%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	13,227, 4.72%, see rank	5.32%	4.95%

ACS 2006-2010 data

Occupation

	Fort Bend County	Texas	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	259,598	11,125,616	141,833,331
Male¹	139,503, 53.74%, see rank	54.55%	52.63%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	61,192, 43.86%, see rank	30.46%	32.27%
Service Occupations²	14,075, 10.09%, see rank	13.22%	14.06%
Sales and Office Occupations²	29,166, 20.91%, see rank	17.91%	17.76%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	341, 0.24%, see rank	0.91%	1.08%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	10,109, 7.25%, see rank	13.03%	10.60%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	17,315, 12.41%, see rank	17.86%	18.08%
Female¹	120,095, 46.26%, see rank	45.45%	47.37%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	57,378, 47.78%, see rank	37.63%	38.62%
Service Occupations²	18,177, 15.14%, see rank	21.27%	20.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	39,778, 33.12%, see rank	34.94%	33.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	86, 0.07%, see rank	0.17%	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	327, 0.27%, see rank	0.36%	0.34%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	4,166, 3.47%, see rank	5.27%	6.07%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Fort Bend County	Texas	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	259,598, 100%	11,125,616	141,833,331
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	11,617, 4.47%, see rank	2.92%	1.86%
Construction	16,394, 6.32%, see rank	8.63%	7.13%
Manufacturing	24,910, 9.60%, see rank	9.72%	10.99%
Wholesale Trade	10,303, 3.97%, see rank	3.32%	3.06%
Retail Trade	27,840, 10.72%, see rank	11.53%	11.49%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	13,485, 5.19%, see rank	5.67%	5.07%
Information	4,489, 1.73%, see rank	2.17%	2.38%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	19,981, 7.70%, see rank	6.91%	7.00%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	33,715, 12.99%, see rank	10.52%	10.42%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	60,464, 23.29%, see rank	20.78%	22.05%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	15,203, 5.86%, see rank	8.23%	8.86%
Public Administration	9,833, 3.79%, see rank	4.40%	4.84%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	11,364, 4.38%, see rank	5.20%	4.86%

ACS 2005-2009 data

Occupation

	Fort Bend County	Texas	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	241,335	10,860,964	141,303,145
Male¹	132,347, 54.84%, see rank	55.30%	53.11%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	54,925, 41.50%, see rank	29.93%	31.81%
Service Occupations²	13,325, 10.07%, see rank	13.17%	13.79%
Sales and Office Occupations²	28,648, 21.65%, see rank	17.98%	17.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	411, 0.31%, see rank	0.88%	1.06%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	16,888, 12.76%, see rank	20.07%	17.24%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	18,150, 13.71%, see rank	17.97%	18.26%
Female¹	108,988, 45.16%, see rank	44.70%	46.89%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	50,575, 46.40%, see rank	37.18%	38.12%
Service Occupations²	16,811, 15.42%, see rank	21.28%	20.39%
Sales and Office Occupations²	37,227, 34.16%, see rank	35.43%	34.43%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	89, 0.08%, see rank	0.17%	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	413, 0.38%, see rank	0.73%	0.68%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	3,873, 3.55%, see rank	5.20%	6.09%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Fort Bend County	Texas	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	241,335, 100%	10,860,964	141,303,145
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	10,641, 4.41%, see rank	2.82%	1.82%
Construction	16,054, 6.65%, see rank	9.02%	7.45%
Manufacturing	22,708, 9.41%, see rank	9.89%	11.24%
Wholesale Trade	10,039, 4.16%, see rank	3.47%	3.20%
Retail Trade	26,856, 11.13%, see rank	11.61%	11.52%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	12,990, 5.38%, see rank	5.68%	5.08%
Information	4,440, 1.84%, see rank	2.24%	2.44%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	18,967, 7.86%, see rank	6.95%	7.10%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	30,974, 12.83%, see rank	10.44%	10.29%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	53,309, 22.09%, see rank	20.20%	21.51%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	14,926, 6.18%, see rank	8.23%	8.77%
Public Administration	8,842, 3.66%, see rank	4.23%	4.74%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	10,589, 4.39%, see rank	5.21%	4.84%

US Census 2000 data

Occupation

	Fort Bend County	Texas	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	166,172	9,234,372	129,721,512
Male¹	90,432, 54.42%, see rank	54.89%	53.26%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	39,414, 43.58%, see rank	30.86%	31.42%
Service Occupations²	8,612, 9.52%, see rank	11.50%	12.08%
Sales and Office Occupations²	18,273, 20.21%, see rank	18.43%	17.86%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	325, 0.36%, see rank	1.02%	1.09%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	12,023, 13.30%, see rank	19.23%	17.08%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	11,785, 13.03%, see rank	18.96%	20.47%
Female¹	75,740, 45.58%, see rank	45.11%	46.74%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	34,327, 45.32%, see rank	36.36%	36.18%
Service Occupations²	10,028, 13.24%, see rank	18.45%	18.03%
Sales and Office Occupations²	27,713, 36.59%, see rank	37.97%	36.75%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	129, 0.17%, see rank	0.23%	0.33%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	536, 0.71%, see rank	0.81%	0.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	3,007, 3.97%, see rank	6.19%	7.96%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Fort Bend County	Texas	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	166,172, 100%	9,234,372	129,721,512
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	6,466, 3.89%, see rank	2.68%	1.87%
Construction	10,888, 6.55%, see rank	8.05%	6.78%
Manufacturing	17,610, 10.60%, see rank	11.84%	14.10%
Wholesale Trade	7,765, 4.67%, see rank	3.93%	3.60%
Retail Trade	19,168, 11.54%, see rank	12.00%	11.73%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	9,364, 5.64%, see rank	5.80%	5.20%
Information	4,768, 2.87%, see rank	3.07%	3.08%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	12,703, 7.64%, see rank	6.82%	6.89%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	20,573, 12.38%, see rank	9.52%	9.30%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	34,588, 20.81%, see rank	19.27%	19.92%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	8,892, 5.35%, see rank	7.29%	7.87%
Public Administration	6,073, 3.65%, see rank	4.52%	4.79%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	7,314, 4.40%, see rank	5.21%	4.87%

* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.