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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 4,183 54.69% 3,466 45.31%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 944 12.34% 904 11.82%
Management, business, & financial operations: 561 7.33% 204 2.67%
Management, except farm managers 255 3.33% 132 1.73%
Farmers & farm managers 254 3.32% 19 0.25%
Business & financial operations: 52 0.68% 53 0.69%
Business operations specialists 15 0.20% 22 0.29%
Financial specialists 37 0.48% 31 0.41%
Professional & related occupations: 383 5.01% 700 9.15%
Computer & mathematical 8 0.10% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 96 1.26% 6 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 71 0.93% 6 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 25 0.33% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 15 0.20% 8 0.10%
Community & social services 47 0.61% 43 0.56%
Legal 7 0.09% 14 0.18%
Education, training, & library 119 1.56% 328 4.29%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 41 0.54% 47 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 50 0.65% 254 3.32%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 48 0.63% 156 2.04%
Health technologists & technicians 2 0.03% 98 1.28%
Service occupations: 326 4.26% 719 9.40%
Healthcare support 8 0.10% 178 2.33%
Protective services: 46 0.60% 6 0.08%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 31 0.41% 4 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 15 0.20% 2 0.03%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 76 0.99% 187 2.44%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 174 2.27% 131 1.71%
Personal care & service 22 0.29% 217 2.84%
Sales & office occupations: 526 6.88% 1,097 14.34%
Sales & related occupations 304 3.97% 360 4.71%
Office & administrative support 222 2.90% 737 9.64%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 112 1.46% 20 0.26%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 742 9.70% 51 0.67%
Construction & extraction: 398 5.20% 22 0.29%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 62 0.81% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 284 3.71% 22 0.29%
Extraction 52 0.68% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 344 4.50% 29 0.38%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,533 20.04% 675 8.82%
Production 970 12.68% 551 7.20%
Transportation & material moving: 563 7.36% 124 1.62%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 11 0.14% 2 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 267 3.49% 46 0.60%
Rail, water & other transportation 16 0.21% 12 0.16%
Material moving 267 3.49% 64 0.84%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,183 54.69% 3,466 45.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 577 7.54% 64 0.84%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 406 5.31% 47 0.61%
Mining 171 2.24% 17 0.22%
Construction 315 4.12% 39 0.51%
Manufacturing 1,485 19.41% 758 9.91%
Wholesale trade 163 2.13% 38 0.50%
Retail trade 415 5.43% 487 6.37%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 338 4.42% 66 0.86%
Transportation & warehousing 264 3.45% 51 0.67%
Utilities 74 0.97% 15 0.20%
Information 46 0.60% 54 0.71%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 87 1.14% 195 2.55%
Finance & insurance 64 0.84% 177 2.31%
Real estate & rental & leasing 23 0.30% 18 0.24%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 111 1.45% 83 1.09%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 54 0.71% 51 0.67%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 57 0.75% 32 0.42%
Educational, health & social services: 309 4.04% 1,152 15.06%
Educational services 195 2.55% 473 6.18%
Health care & social assistance 114 1.49% 679 8.88%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 118 1.54% 219 2.86%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 23 0.30% 30 0.39%
Accommodation & food services 95 1.24% 189 2.47%
Other services (except public administration) 143 1.87% 196 2.56%
Public administration 76 0.99% 115 1.50%

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

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