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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 3,774 54.47% 3,155 45.53%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 953 13.75% 1,000 14.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 660 9.53% 277 4.00%
Management, except farm managers 256 3.69% 164 2.37%
Farmers & farm managers 343 4.95% 27 0.39%
Business & financial operations: 61 0.88% 86 1.24%
Business operations specialists 10 0.14% 22 0.32%
Financial specialists 51 0.74% 64 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 293 4.23% 723 10.43%
Computer & mathematical 23 0.33% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 27 0.39% 24 0.35%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 23 0.33% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 4 0.06% 24 0.35%
Life, physical, & social science 40 0.58% 24 0.35%
Community & social services 60 0.87% 60 0.87%
Legal 9 0.13% 8 0.12%
Education, training, & library 81 1.17% 306 4.42%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 21 0.30% 51 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 32 0.46% 250 3.61%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 16 0.23% 177 2.55%
Health technologists & technicians 16 0.23% 73 1.05%
Service occupations: 340 4.91% 687 9.91%
Healthcare support 26 0.38% 111 1.60%
Protective services: 29 0.42% 2 0.03%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 19 0.27% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 10 0.14% 2 0.03%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 127 1.83% 251 3.62%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 121 1.75% 82 1.18%
Personal care & service 37 0.53% 241 3.48%
Sales & office occupations: 435 6.28% 942 13.60%
Sales & related occupations 268 3.87% 250 3.61%
Office & administrative support 167 2.41% 692 9.99%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 163 2.35% 20 0.29%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 606 8.75% 9 0.13%
Construction & extraction: 344 4.96% 9 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 32 0.46% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 307 4.43% 9 0.13%
Extraction 5 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 262 3.78% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,277 18.43% 497 7.17%
Production 610 8.80% 415 5.99%
Transportation & material moving: 667 9.63% 82 1.18%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 17 0.25% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 356 5.14% 4 0.06%
Rail, water & other transportation 26 0.38% 0 0.00%
Material moving 268 3.87% 78 1.13%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,774 54.47% 3,155 45.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 622 8.98% 83 1.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 619 8.93% 83 1.20%
Mining 3 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 377 5.44% 38 0.55%
Manufacturing 888 12.82% 492 7.10%
Wholesale trade 217 3.13% 44 0.64%
Retail trade 326 4.70% 314 4.53%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 417 6.02% 119 1.72%
Transportation & warehousing 367 5.30% 99 1.43%
Utilities 50 0.72% 20 0.29%
Information 79 1.14% 149 2.15%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 51 0.74% 184 2.66%
Finance & insurance 39 0.56% 156 2.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 12 0.17% 28 0.40%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 125 1.80% 156 2.25%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 94 1.36% 114 1.65%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 31 0.45% 42 0.61%
Educational, health & social services: 306 4.42% 1,186 17.12%
Educational services 159 2.29% 414 5.97%
Health care & social assistance 147 2.12% 772 11.14%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 139 2.01% 145 2.09%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 29 0.42% 13 0.19%
Accommodation & food services 110 1.59% 132 1.91%
Other services (except public administration) 179 2.58% 157 2.27%
Public administration 48 0.69% 88 1.27%

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

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