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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 5,627 54.22% 4,751 45.78%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 926 8.92% 1,025 9.88%
Management, business, & financial operations: 541 5.21% 245 2.36%
Management, except farm managers 322 3.10% 156 1.50%
Farmers & farm managers 154 1.48% 32 0.31%
Business & financial operations: 65 0.63% 57 0.55%
Business operations specialists 41 0.40% 15 0.14%
Financial specialists 24 0.23% 42 0.40%
Professional & related occupations: 385 3.71% 780 7.52%
Computer & mathematical 43 0.41% 18 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 71 0.68% 32 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 36 0.35% 19 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 35 0.34% 13 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 5 0.05% 8 0.08%
Community & social services 62 0.60% 64 0.62%
Legal 4 0.04% 23 0.22%
Education, training, & library 45 0.43% 357 3.44%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 82 0.79% 27 0.26%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 73 0.70% 251 2.42%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 46 0.44% 78 0.75%
Health technologists & technicians 27 0.26% 173 1.67%
Service occupations: 433 4.17% 703 6.77%
Healthcare support 13 0.13% 141 1.36%
Protective services: 138 1.33% 4 0.04%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 81 0.78% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 57 0.55% 4 0.04%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 87 0.84% 237 2.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 164 1.58% 145 1.40%
Personal care & service 31 0.30% 176 1.70%
Sales & office occupations: 794 7.65% 1,511 14.56%
Sales & related occupations 493 4.75% 542 5.22%
Office & administrative support 301 2.90% 969 9.34%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 113 1.09% 11 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,190 11.47% 52 0.50%
Construction & extraction: 684 6.59% 20 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 62 0.60% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 554 5.34% 20 0.19%
Extraction 68 0.66% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 506 4.88% 32 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,171 20.92% 1,449 13.96%
Production 1,292 12.45% 1,305 12.57%
Transportation & material moving: 879 8.47% 144 1.39%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 21 0.20% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 490 4.72% 25 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 8 0.08% 8 0.08%
Material moving 352 3.39% 111 1.07%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,627 54.22% 4,751 45.78%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 338 3.26% 43 0.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 261 2.51% 38 0.37%
Mining 77 0.74% 5 0.05%
Construction 779 7.51% 38 0.37%
Manufacturing 2,003 19.30% 1,573 15.16%
Wholesale trade 192 1.85% 108 1.04%
Retail trade 675 6.50% 680 6.55%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 568 5.47% 180 1.73%
Transportation & warehousing 466 4.49% 135 1.30%
Utilities 102 0.98% 45 0.43%
Information 59 0.57% 44 0.42%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 79 0.76% 231 2.23%
Finance & insurance 39 0.38% 159 1.53%
Real estate & rental & leasing 40 0.39% 72 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 215 2.07% 161 1.55%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 57 0.55% 104 1.00%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 158 1.52% 57 0.55%
Educational, health & social services: 251 2.42% 1,133 10.92%
Educational services 126 1.21% 457 4.40%
Health care & social assistance 125 1.20% 676 6.51%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 158 1.52% 216 2.08%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 58 0.56% 6 0.06%
Accommodation & food services 100 0.96% 210 2.02%
Other services (except public administration) 203 1.96% 152 1.46%
Public administration 107 1.03% 192 1.85%

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

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