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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 6,634 50.95% 6,386 49.05%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,491 11.45% 1,939 14.89%
Management, business, & financial operations: 654 5.02% 434 3.33%
Management, except farm managers 419 3.22% 233 1.79%
Farmers & farm managers 36 0.28% 7 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 199 1.53% 194 1.49%
Business operations specialists 107 0.82% 75 0.58%
Financial specialists 92 0.71% 119 0.91%
Professional & related occupations: 837 6.43% 1,505 11.56%
Computer & mathematical 29 0.22% 19 0.15%
Architecture & engineering: 61 0.47% 6 0.05%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 18 0.14% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 43 0.33% 6 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 40 0.31% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 113 0.87% 118 0.91%
Legal 28 0.22% 21 0.16%
Education, training, & library 289 2.22% 736 5.65%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 113 0.87% 46 0.35%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 164 1.26% 559 4.29%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 120 0.92% 368 2.83%
Health technologists & technicians 44 0.34% 191 1.47%
Service occupations: 711 5.46% 1,184 9.09%
Healthcare support 12 0.09% 232 1.78%
Protective services: 225 1.73% 44 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 151 1.16% 6 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 74 0.57% 38 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 300 2.30% 436 3.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 141 1.08% 210 1.61%
Personal care & service 33 0.25% 262 2.01%
Sales & office occupations: 951 7.30% 2,099 16.12%
Sales & related occupations 522 4.01% 848 6.51%
Office & administrative support 429 3.29% 1,251 9.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 102 0.78% 19 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,544 11.86% 56 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 920 7.07% 29 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 65 0.50% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 773 5.94% 29 0.22%
Extraction 82 0.63% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 624 4.79% 27 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,835 14.09% 1,089 8.36%
Production 938 7.20% 914 7.02%
Transportation & material moving: 897 6.89% 175 1.34%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 11 0.08% 3 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 3 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 534 4.10% 39 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 80 0.61% 5 0.04%
Material moving 269 2.07% 128 0.98%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,634 50.95% 6,386 49.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 350 2.69% 26 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 150 1.15% 26 0.20%
Mining 200 1.54% 0 0.00%
Construction 813 6.24% 55 0.42%
Manufacturing 1,268 9.74% 1,006 7.73%
Wholesale trade 355 2.73% 120 0.92%
Retail trade 763 5.86% 991 7.61%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 728 5.59% 93 0.71%
Transportation & warehousing 680 5.22% 76 0.58%
Utilities 48 0.37% 17 0.13%
Information 131 1.01% 144 1.11%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 148 1.14% 270 2.07%
Finance & insurance 101 0.78% 232 1.78%
Real estate & rental & leasing 47 0.36% 38 0.29%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 285 2.19% 195 1.50%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 149 1.14% 141 1.08%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 136 1.04% 54 0.41%
Educational, health & social services: 879 6.75% 2,539 19.50%
Educational services 611 4.69% 1,243 9.55%
Health care & social assistance 268 2.06% 1,296 9.95%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 419 3.22% 531 4.08%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 42 0.32% 78 0.60%
Accommodation & food services 377 2.90% 453 3.48%
Other services (except public administration) 215 1.65% 207 1.59%
Public administration 280 2.15% 209 1.61%

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

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