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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 4,832 52.54% 4,365 47.46%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 937 10.19% 1,234 13.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 487 5.30% 290 3.15%
Management, except farm managers 291 3.16% 211 2.29%
Farmers & farm managers 150 1.63% 2 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 46 0.50% 77 0.84%
Business operations specialists 21 0.23% 30 0.33%
Financial specialists 25 0.27% 47 0.51%
Professional & related occupations: 450 4.89% 944 10.26%
Computer & mathematical 25 0.27% 4 0.04%
Architecture & engineering: 123 1.34% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 60 0.65% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 63 0.69% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 38 0.41% 17 0.18%
Community & social services 48 0.52% 80 0.87%
Legal 17 0.18% 41 0.45%
Education, training, & library 81 0.88% 401 4.36%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 56 0.61% 46 0.50%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 62 0.67% 355 3.86%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 22 0.24% 152 1.65%
Health technologists & technicians 40 0.43% 203 2.21%
Service occupations: 743 8.08% 977 10.62%
Healthcare support 21 0.23% 184 2.00%
Protective services: 293 3.19% 30 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 237 2.58% 30 0.33%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 56 0.61% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 145 1.58% 402 4.37%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 230 2.50% 85 0.92%
Personal care & service 54 0.59% 276 3.00%
Sales & office occupations: 546 5.94% 1,464 15.92%
Sales & related occupations 309 3.36% 412 4.48%
Office & administrative support 237 2.58% 1,052 11.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 90 0.98% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 963 10.47% 49 0.53%
Construction & extraction: 505 5.49% 32 0.35%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 41 0.45% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 409 4.45% 21 0.23%
Extraction 55 0.60% 11 0.12%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 458 4.98% 17 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,553 16.89% 641 6.97%
Production 929 10.10% 529 5.75%
Transportation & material moving: 624 6.78% 112 1.22%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 11 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 266 2.89% 36 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 27 0.29% 7 0.08%
Material moving 320 3.48% 69 0.75%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,832 52.54% 4,365 47.46%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 418 4.54% 15 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 264 2.87% 4 0.04%
Mining 154 1.67% 11 0.12%
Construction 536 5.83% 53 0.58%
Manufacturing 1,375 14.95% 714 7.76%
Wholesale trade 108 1.17% 20 0.22%
Retail trade 479 5.21% 587 6.38%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 367 3.99% 87 0.95%
Transportation & warehousing 319 3.47% 85 0.92%
Utilities 48 0.52% 2 0.02%
Information 109 1.19% 89 0.97%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 131 1.42% 226 2.46%
Finance & insurance 98 1.07% 207 2.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 33 0.36% 19 0.21%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 151 1.64% 168 1.83%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 68 0.74% 95 1.03%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 83 0.90% 73 0.79%
Educational, health & social services: 338 3.68% 1,529 16.62%
Educational services 163 1.77% 534 5.81%
Health care & social assistance 175 1.90% 995 10.82%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 199 2.16% 419 4.56%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 37 0.40% 19 0.21%
Accommodation & food services 162 1.76% 400 4.35%
Other services (except public administration) 286 3.11% 175 1.90%
Public administration 335 3.64% 283 3.08%

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

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