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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 7,371 55.07% 6,014 44.93%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,275 9.53% 1,764 13.18%
Management, business, & financial operations: 547 4.09% 428 3.20%
Management, except farm managers 261 1.95% 331 2.47%
Farmers & farm managers 224 1.67% 20 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 62 0.46% 77 0.58%
Business operations specialists 54 0.40% 7 0.05%
Financial specialists 8 0.06% 70 0.52%
Professional & related occupations: 728 5.44% 1,336 9.98%
Computer & mathematical 12 0.09% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 47 0.35% 6 0.04%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 25 0.19% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 22 0.16% 6 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 7 0.05% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 83 0.62% 74 0.55%
Legal 41 0.31% 13 0.10%
Education, training, & library 376 2.81% 1,050 7.84%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 67 0.50% 0 0.00%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 95 0.71% 193 1.44%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 48 0.36% 86 0.64%
Health technologists & technicians 47 0.35% 107 0.80%
Service occupations: 850 6.35% 2,195 16.40%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 947 7.08%
Protective services: 268 2.00% 29 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 132 0.99% 8 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 136 1.02% 21 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 203 1.52% 353 2.64%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 334 2.50% 523 3.91%
Personal care & service 45 0.34% 343 2.56%
Sales & office occupations: 1,119 8.36% 1,576 11.77%
Sales & related occupations 743 5.55% 628 4.69%
Office & administrative support 376 2.81% 948 7.08%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 705 5.27% 232 1.73%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,869 13.96% 38 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 1,362 10.18% 19 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 46 0.34% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,254 9.37% 19 0.14%
Extraction 62 0.46% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 507 3.79% 19 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,553 11.60% 209 1.56%
Production 520 3.88% 90 0.67%
Transportation & material moving: 1,033 7.72% 119 0.89%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 52 0.39% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 483 3.61% 44 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 35 0.26% 9 0.07%
Material moving 463 3.46% 66 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,371 55.07% 6,014 44.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,303 9.73% 240 1.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,002 7.49% 236 1.76%
Mining 301 2.25% 4 0.03%
Construction 1,385 10.35% 51 0.38%
Manufacturing 337 2.52% 64 0.48%
Wholesale trade 480 3.59% 138 1.03%
Retail trade 909 6.79% 651 4.86%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 454 3.39% 86 0.64%
Transportation & warehousing 322 2.41% 71 0.53%
Utilities 132 0.99% 15 0.11%
Information 23 0.17% 35 0.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 68 0.51% 245 1.83%
Finance & insurance 49 0.37% 186 1.39%
Real estate & rental & leasing 19 0.14% 59 0.44%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 266 1.99% 214 1.60%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 87 0.65% 165 1.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 179 1.34% 49 0.37%
Educational, health & social services: 1,021 7.63% 3,493 26.10%
Educational services 853 6.37% 1,628 12.16%
Health care & social assistance 168 1.26% 1,865 13.93%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 352 2.63% 393 2.94%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 69 0.52% 40 0.30%
Accommodation & food services 283 2.11% 353 2.64%
Other services (except public administration) 440 3.29% 205 1.53%
Public administration 333 2.49% 199 1.49%

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

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