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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 2,672 54.00% 2,276 46.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 818 16.53% 691 13.97%
Management, business, & financial operations: 585 11.82% 193 3.90%
Management, except farm managers 173 3.50% 94 1.90%
Farmers & farm managers 354 7.15% 16 0.32%
Business & financial operations: 58 1.17% 83 1.68%
Business operations specialists 30 0.61% 26 0.53%
Financial specialists 28 0.57% 57 1.15%
Professional & related occupations: 233 4.71% 498 10.06%
Computer & mathematical 7 0.14% 16 0.32%
Architecture & engineering: 52 1.05% 17 0.34%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 29 0.59% 7 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 23 0.46% 10 0.20%
Life, physical, & social science 9 0.18% 16 0.32%
Community & social services 27 0.55% 22 0.44%
Legal 14 0.28% 7 0.14%
Education, training, & library 57 1.15% 237 4.79%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 18 0.36% 41 0.83%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 49 0.99% 142 2.87%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 34 0.69% 90 1.82%
Health technologists & technicians 15 0.30% 52 1.05%
Service occupations: 293 5.92% 444 8.97%
Healthcare support 2 0.04% 104 2.10%
Protective services: 68 1.37% 4 0.08%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 54 1.09% 4 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 14 0.28% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 67 1.35% 174 3.52%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 126 2.55% 67 1.35%
Personal care & service 30 0.61% 95 1.92%
Sales & office occupations: 327 6.61% 851 17.20%
Sales & related occupations 223 4.51% 258 5.21%
Office & administrative support 104 2.10% 593 11.98%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 215 4.35% 11 0.22%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 527 10.65% 26 0.53%
Construction & extraction: 255 5.15% 2 0.04%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 39 0.79% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 205 4.14% 2 0.04%
Extraction 11 0.22% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 272 5.50% 24 0.49%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 492 9.94% 253 5.11%
Production 262 5.30% 227 4.59%
Transportation & material moving: 230 4.65% 26 0.53%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.12% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.14% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 170 3.44% 4 0.08%
Rail, water & other transportation 4 0.08% 7 0.14%
Material moving 43 0.87% 15 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,672 54.00% 2,276 46.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 621 12.55% 78 1.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 621 12.55% 78 1.58%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 282 5.70% 25 0.51%
Manufacturing 366 7.40% 305 6.16%
Wholesale trade 138 2.79% 50 1.01%
Retail trade 217 4.39% 246 4.97%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 277 5.60% 64 1.29%
Transportation & warehousing 185 3.74% 29 0.59%
Utilities 92 1.86% 35 0.71%
Information 37 0.75% 41 0.83%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 71 1.43% 204 4.12%
Finance & insurance 60 1.21% 189 3.82%
Real estate & rental & leasing 11 0.22% 15 0.30%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 102 2.06% 137 2.77%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 54 1.09% 87 1.76%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 48 0.97% 50 1.01%
Educational, health & social services: 204 4.12% 733 14.81%
Educational services 102 2.06% 277 5.60%
Health care & social assistance 102 2.06% 456 9.22%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 145 2.93% 179 3.62%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 33 0.67% 35 0.71%
Accommodation & food services 112 2.26% 144 2.91%
Other services (except public administration) 117 2.36% 122 2.47%
Public administration 95 1.92% 92 1.86%

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

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