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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 7,351 53.23% 6,460 46.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,004 14.51% 2,046 14.81%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,188 8.60% 550 3.98%
Management, except farm managers 604 4.37% 270 1.95%
Farmers & farm managers 442 3.20% 94 0.68%
Business & financial operations: 142 1.03% 186 1.35%
Business operations specialists 73 0.53% 95 0.69%
Financial specialists 69 0.50% 91 0.66%
Professional & related occupations: 816 5.91% 1,496 10.83%
Computer & mathematical 38 0.28% 20 0.14%
Architecture & engineering: 148 1.07% 41 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 94 0.68% 17 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 54 0.39% 24 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 55 0.40% 11 0.08%
Community & social services 138 1.00% 150 1.09%
Legal 41 0.30% 26 0.19%
Education, training, & library 226 1.64% 656 4.75%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 73 0.53% 60 0.43%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 97 0.70% 532 3.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 78 0.56% 256 1.85%
Health technologists & technicians 19 0.14% 276 2.00%
Service occupations: 638 4.62% 1,680 12.16%
Healthcare support 20 0.14% 389 2.82%
Protective services: 108 0.78% 32 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 75 0.54% 20 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 33 0.24% 12 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 219 1.59% 566 4.10%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 204 1.48% 280 2.03%
Personal care & service 87 0.63% 413 2.99%
Sales & office occupations: 1,012 7.33% 2,034 14.73%
Sales & related occupations 696 5.04% 705 5.10%
Office & administrative support 316 2.29% 1,329 9.62%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 215 1.56% 102 0.74%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,614 11.69% 65 0.47%
Construction & extraction: 1,039 7.52% 40 0.29%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 125 0.91% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 914 6.62% 40 0.29%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 575 4.16% 25 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,868 13.53% 533 3.86%
Production 888 6.43% 361 2.61%
Transportation & material moving: 980 7.10% 172 1.25%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 24 0.17% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 636 4.61% 63 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 63 0.46% 32 0.23%
Material moving 251 1.82% 75 0.54%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,351 53.23% 6,460 46.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 708 5.13% 199 1.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 693 5.02% 199 1.44%
Mining 15 0.11% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,131 8.19% 89 0.64%
Manufacturing 1,337 9.68% 560 4.05%
Wholesale trade 337 2.44% 84 0.61%
Retail trade 851 6.16% 863 6.25%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 685 4.96% 169 1.22%
Transportation & warehousing 609 4.41% 156 1.13%
Utilities 76 0.55% 13 0.09%
Information 136 0.98% 88 0.64%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 253 1.83% 311 2.25%
Finance & insurance 182 1.32% 227 1.64%
Real estate & rental & leasing 71 0.51% 84 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 265 1.92% 286 2.07%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 165 1.19% 154 1.12%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 100 0.72% 132 0.96%
Educational, health & social services: 541 3.92% 2,444 17.70%
Educational services 377 2.73% 896 6.49%
Health care & social assistance 164 1.19% 1,548 11.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 457 3.31% 756 5.47%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 157 1.14% 166 1.20%
Accommodation & food services 300 2.17% 590 4.27%
Other services (except public administration) 347 2.51% 302 2.19%
Public administration 303 2.19% 309 2.24%

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

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