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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 4,292 54.38% 3,601 45.62%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 969 12.28% 1,218 15.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 624 7.91% 260 3.29%
Management, except farm managers 283 3.59% 145 1.84%
Farmers & farm managers 264 3.34% 36 0.46%
Business & financial operations: 77 0.98% 79 1.00%
Business operations specialists 47 0.60% 6 0.08%
Financial specialists 30 0.38% 73 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 345 4.37% 958 12.14%
Computer & mathematical 5 0.06% 19 0.24%
Architecture & engineering: 43 0.54% 8 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 15 0.19% 6 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 28 0.35% 2 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 3 0.04% 6 0.08%
Community & social services 42 0.53% 41 0.52%
Legal 15 0.19% 10 0.13%
Education, training, & library 132 1.67% 464 5.88%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 45 0.57% 55 0.70%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 60 0.76% 355 4.50%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 46 0.58% 196 2.48%
Health technologists & technicians 14 0.18% 159 2.01%
Service occupations: 590 7.47% 943 11.95%
Healthcare support 33 0.42% 234 2.96%
Protective services: 165 2.09% 55 0.70%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 165 2.09% 42 0.53%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 0 0.00% 13 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 101 1.28% 261 3.31%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 252 3.19% 170 2.15%
Personal care & service 39 0.49% 223 2.83%
Sales & office occupations: 463 5.87% 1,097 13.90%
Sales & related occupations 339 4.29% 308 3.90%
Office & administrative support 124 1.57% 789 10.00%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 134 1.70% 24 0.30%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 941 11.92% 41 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 597 7.56% 13 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 166 2.10% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 377 4.78% 13 0.16%
Extraction 54 0.68% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 344 4.36% 28 0.35%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,195 15.14% 278 3.52%
Production 776 9.83% 234 2.96%
Transportation & material moving: 419 5.31% 44 0.56%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 179 2.27% 21 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 66 0.84% 0 0.00%
Material moving 174 2.20% 23 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,292 54.38% 3,601 45.62%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 621 7.87% 87 1.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 392 4.97% 80 1.01%
Mining 229 2.90% 7 0.09%
Construction 580 7.35% 49 0.62%
Manufacturing 865 10.96% 356 4.51%
Wholesale trade 217 2.75% 46 0.58%
Retail trade 413 5.23% 398 5.04%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 253 3.21% 58 0.73%
Transportation & warehousing 172 2.18% 21 0.27%
Utilities 81 1.03% 37 0.47%
Information 18 0.23% 74 0.94%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 119 1.51% 206 2.61%
Finance & insurance 86 1.09% 159 2.01%
Real estate & rental & leasing 33 0.42% 47 0.60%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 172 2.18% 101 1.28%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 64 0.81% 71 0.90%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 108 1.37% 30 0.38%
Educational, health & social services: 421 5.33% 1,524 19.31%
Educational services 237 3.00% 615 7.79%
Health care & social assistance 184 2.33% 909 11.52%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 166 2.10% 250 3.17%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 40 0.51% 36 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 126 1.60% 214 2.71%
Other services (except public administration) 163 2.07% 233 2.95%
Public administration 284 3.60% 219 2.77%

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

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