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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 3,861 52.37% 3,512 47.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,049 14.23% 1,170 15.87%
Management, business, & financial operations: 660 8.95% 338 4.58%
Management, except farm managers 290 3.93% 146 1.98%
Farmers & farm managers 259 3.51% 11 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 111 1.51% 181 2.45%
Business operations specialists 62 0.84% 90 1.22%
Financial specialists 49 0.66% 91 1.23%
Professional & related occupations: 389 5.28% 832 11.28%
Computer & mathematical 84 1.14% 32 0.43%
Architecture & engineering: 56 0.76% 6 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 12 0.16% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 44 0.60% 6 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 35 0.47% 9 0.12%
Community & social services 27 0.37% 105 1.42%
Legal 19 0.26% 31 0.42%
Education, training, & library 100 1.36% 287 3.89%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 12 0.16% 58 0.79%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 56 0.76% 304 4.12%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 54 0.73% 241 3.27%
Health technologists & technicians 2 0.03% 63 0.85%
Service occupations: 538 7.30% 943 12.79%
Healthcare support 102 1.38% 355 4.81%
Protective services: 101 1.37% 11 0.15%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 73 0.99% 7 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 28 0.38% 4 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 79 1.07% 212 2.88%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 149 2.02% 29 0.39%
Personal care & service 107 1.45% 336 4.56%
Sales & office occupations: 609 8.26% 1,171 15.88%
Sales & related occupations 352 4.77% 304 4.12%
Office & administrative support 257 3.49% 867 11.76%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 63 0.85% 1 0.01%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 792 10.74% 24 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 499 6.77% 7 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 51 0.69% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 446 6.05% 7 0.09%
Extraction 2 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 293 3.97% 17 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 810 10.99% 203 2.75%
Production 354 4.80% 181 2.45%
Transportation & material moving: 456 6.18% 22 0.30%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 7 0.09% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 249 3.38% 6 0.08%
Rail, water & other transportation 19 0.26% 0 0.00%
Material moving 179 2.43% 16 0.22%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,861 52.37% 3,512 47.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 341 4.62% 26 0.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 332 4.50% 26 0.35%
Mining 9 0.12% 0 0.00%
Construction 542 7.35% 63 0.85%
Manufacturing 472 6.40% 176 2.39%
Wholesale trade 172 2.33% 67 0.91%
Retail trade 354 4.80% 403 5.47%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 375 5.09% 84 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 324 4.39% 72 0.98%
Utilities 51 0.69% 12 0.16%
Information 94 1.27% 41 0.56%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 180 2.44% 329 4.46%
Finance & insurance 149 2.02% 281 3.81%
Real estate & rental & leasing 31 0.42% 48 0.65%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 152 2.06% 219 2.97%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 71 0.96% 159 2.16%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 81 1.10% 60 0.81%
Educational, health & social services: 623 8.45% 1,485 20.14%
Educational services 270 3.66% 419 5.68%
Health care & social assistance 353 4.79% 1,066 14.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 173 2.35% 252 3.42%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 67 0.91% 69 0.94%
Accommodation & food services 106 1.44% 183 2.48%
Other services (except public administration) 212 2.88% 199 2.70%
Public administration 171 2.32% 168 2.28%

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

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