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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 7,654 55.88% 6,042 44.12%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,366 9.97% 1,810 13.22%
Management, business, & financial operations: 864 6.31% 649 4.74%
Management, except farm managers 451 3.29% 343 2.50%
Farmers & farm managers 348 2.54% 83 0.61%
Business & financial operations: 65 0.47% 223 1.63%
Business operations specialists 43 0.31% 62 0.45%
Financial specialists 22 0.16% 161 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 502 3.67% 1,161 8.48%
Computer & mathematical 52 0.38% 7 0.05%
Architecture & engineering: 114 0.83% 30 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 80 0.58% 5 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 34 0.25% 25 0.18%
Life, physical, & social science 0 0.00% 22 0.16%
Community & social services 54 0.39% 67 0.49%
Legal 18 0.13% 26 0.19%
Education, training, & library 114 0.83% 549 4.01%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 37 0.27% 56 0.41%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 113 0.83% 404 2.95%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 79 0.58% 227 1.66%
Health technologists & technicians 34 0.25% 177 1.29%
Service occupations: 694 5.07% 1,237 9.03%
Healthcare support 2 0.01% 301 2.20%
Protective services: 202 1.47% 37 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 143 1.04% 18 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 59 0.43% 19 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 215 1.57% 459 3.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 249 1.82% 204 1.49%
Personal care & service 26 0.19% 236 1.72%
Sales & office occupations: 1,014 7.40% 2,035 14.86%
Sales & related occupations 616 4.50% 651 4.75%
Office & administrative support 398 2.91% 1,384 10.11%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 185 1.35% 27 0.20%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,886 13.77% 58 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 1,101 8.04% 39 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 130 0.95% 11 0.08%
Construction trades 965 7.05% 28 0.20%
Extraction 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 785 5.73% 19 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,509 18.32% 875 6.39%
Production 1,394 10.18% 635 4.64%
Transportation & material moving: 1,115 8.14% 240 1.75%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 33 0.24% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 26 0.19% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 655 4.78% 102 0.74%
Rail, water & other transportation 22 0.16% 0 0.00%
Material moving 379 2.77% 136 0.99%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,654 55.88% 6,042 44.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 556 4.06% 151 1.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 545 3.98% 142 1.04%
Mining 11 0.08% 9 0.07%
Construction 1,210 8.83% 63 0.46%
Manufacturing 2,021 14.76% 805 5.88%
Wholesale trade 526 3.84% 207 1.51%
Retail trade 889 6.49% 805 5.88%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 639 4.67% 300 2.19%
Transportation & warehousing 528 3.86% 233 1.70%
Utilities 111 0.81% 67 0.49%
Information 100 0.73% 57 0.42%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 129 0.94% 462 3.37%
Finance & insurance 53 0.39% 359 2.62%
Real estate & rental & leasing 76 0.55% 103 0.75%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 247 1.80% 275 2.01%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 95 0.69% 155 1.13%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 152 1.11% 120 0.88%
Educational, health & social services: 442 3.23% 1,831 13.37%
Educational services 208 1.52% 695 5.07%
Health care & social assistance 234 1.71% 1,136 8.29%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 303 2.21% 521 3.80%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 65 0.47% 52 0.38%
Accommodation & food services 238 1.74% 469 3.42%
Other services (except public administration) 388 2.83% 355 2.59%
Public administration 204 1.49% 210 1.53%

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

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