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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 4,372 55.52% 3,503 44.48%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,098 13.94% 975 12.38%
Management, business, & financial operations: 646 8.20% 246 3.12%
Management, except farm managers 376 4.77% 128 1.63%
Farmers & farm managers 216 2.74% 6 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 54 0.69% 112 1.42%
Business operations specialists 29 0.37% 38 0.48%
Financial specialists 25 0.32% 74 0.94%
Professional & related occupations: 452 5.74% 729 9.26%
Computer & mathematical 12 0.15% 15 0.19%
Architecture & engineering: 79 1.00% 3 0.04%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 41 0.52% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 38 0.48% 3 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 42 0.53% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 89 1.13% 47 0.60%
Legal 32 0.41% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 86 1.09% 388 4.93%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 8 0.10% 16 0.20%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 104 1.32% 260 3.30%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 77 0.98% 109 1.38%
Health technologists & technicians 27 0.34% 151 1.92%
Service occupations: 455 5.78% 819 10.40%
Healthcare support 26 0.33% 155 1.97%
Protective services: 134 1.70% 31 0.39%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 118 1.50% 22 0.28%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 16 0.20% 9 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 124 1.57% 319 4.05%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 115 1.46% 101 1.28%
Personal care & service 56 0.71% 213 2.70%
Sales & office occupations: 597 7.58% 1,311 16.65%
Sales & related occupations 395 5.02% 412 5.23%
Office & administrative support 202 2.57% 899 11.42%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 120 1.52% 6 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 977 12.41% 74 0.94%
Construction & extraction: 616 7.82% 67 0.85%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 149 1.89% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 379 4.81% 67 0.85%
Extraction 88 1.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 361 4.58% 7 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,125 14.29% 318 4.04%
Production 645 8.19% 280 3.56%
Transportation & material moving: 480 6.10% 38 0.48%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 15 0.19% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 245 3.11% 6 0.08%
Rail, water & other transportation 14 0.18% 0 0.00%
Material moving 206 2.62% 32 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,372 55.52% 3,503 44.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 864 10.97% 139 1.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 376 4.77% 50 0.63%
Mining 488 6.20% 89 1.13%
Construction 526 6.68% 47 0.60%
Manufacturing 737 9.36% 382 4.85%
Wholesale trade 146 1.85% 44 0.56%
Retail trade 453 5.75% 461 5.85%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 322 4.09% 65 0.83%
Transportation & warehousing 176 2.23% 48 0.61%
Utilities 146 1.85% 17 0.22%
Information 86 1.09% 26 0.33%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 155 1.97% 273 3.47%
Finance & insurance 84 1.07% 198 2.51%
Real estate & rental & leasing 71 0.90% 75 0.95%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 149 1.89% 129 1.64%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 96 1.22% 50 0.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 53 0.67% 79 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 309 3.92% 1,177 14.95%
Educational services 158 2.01% 496 6.30%
Health care & social assistance 151 1.92% 681 8.65%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 168 2.13% 318 4.04%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 25 0.32% 26 0.33%
Accommodation & food services 143 1.82% 292 3.71%
Other services (except public administration) 290 3.68% 311 3.95%
Public administration 167 2.12% 131 1.66%

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

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