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INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,646 60.29% 1,743 39.71%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 615 14.01% 472 10.75%
Management, business, & financial operations: 465 10.59% 156 3.55%
Management, except farm managers 109 2.48% 69 1.57%
Farmers & farm managers 333 7.59% 51 1.16%
Business & financial operations: 23 0.52% 36 0.82%
Business operations specialists 4 0.09% 18 0.41%
Financial specialists 19 0.43% 18 0.41%
Professional & related occupations: 150 3.42% 316 7.20%
Computer & mathematical 19 0.43% 5 0.11%
Architecture & engineering: 15 0.34% 7 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 13 0.30% 5 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2 0.05% 2 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 9 0.21% 9 0.21%
Community & social services 13 0.30% 52 1.18%
Legal 13 0.30% 12 0.27%
Education, training, & library 47 1.07% 156 3.55%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 28 0.64% 9 0.21%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6 0.14% 66 1.50%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4 0.09% 33 0.75%
Health technologists & technicians 2 0.05% 33 0.75%
Service occupations: 189 4.31% 394 8.98%
Healthcare support 7 0.16% 87 1.98%
Protective services: 45 1.03% 18 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 29 0.66% 8 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 16 0.36% 10 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 44 1.00% 140 3.19%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 73 1.66% 77 1.75%
Personal care & service 20 0.46% 72 1.64%
Sales & office occupations: 167 3.80% 522 11.89%
Sales & related occupations 93 2.12% 179 4.08%
Office & administrative support 74 1.69% 343 7.81%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 545 12.42% 71 1.62%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 519 11.83% 17 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 321 7.31% 12 0.27%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 31 0.71% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 287 6.54% 12 0.27%
Extraction 3 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 198 4.51% 5 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 611 13.92% 267 6.08%
Production 295 6.72% 173 3.94%
Transportation & material moving: 316 7.20% 94 2.14%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.05% 5 0.11%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 174 3.96% 43 0.98%
Rail, water & other transportation 2 0.05% 1 0.02%
Material moving 136 3.10% 45 1.03%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,646 60.29% 1,743 39.71%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 964 21.96% 154 3.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 951 21.67% 154 3.51%
Mining 13 0.30% 0 0.00%
Construction 395 9.00% 38 0.87%
Manufacturing 421 9.59% 230 5.24%
Wholesale trade 79 1.80% 47 1.07%
Retail trade 115 2.62% 207 4.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 158 3.60% 67 1.53%
Transportation & warehousing 109 2.48% 51 1.16%
Utilities 49 1.12% 16 0.36%
Information 21 0.48% 40 0.91%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 35 0.80% 52 1.18%
Finance & insurance 26 0.59% 33 0.75%
Real estate & rental & leasing 9 0.21% 19 0.43%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 99 2.26% 90 2.05%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 21 0.48% 46 1.05%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 78 1.78% 44 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 100 2.28% 503 11.46%
Educational services 76 1.73% 233 5.31%
Health care & social assistance 24 0.55% 270 6.15%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 85 1.94% 140 3.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 32 0.73% 11 0.25%
Accommodation & food services 53 1.21% 129 2.94%
Other services (except public administration) 69 1.57% 70 1.59%
Public administration 105 2.39% 105 2.39%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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