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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 5,599 58.11% 4,037 41.89%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 931 9.66% 1,148 11.91%
Management, business, & financial operations: 596 6.19% 306 3.18%
Management, except farm managers 335 3.48% 181 1.88%
Farmers & farm managers 178 1.85% 15 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 83 0.86% 110 1.14%
Business operations specialists 34 0.35% 17 0.18%
Financial specialists 49 0.51% 93 0.97%
Professional & related occupations: 335 3.48% 842 8.74%
Computer & mathematical 8 0.08% 5 0.05%
Architecture & engineering: 80 0.83% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 30 0.31% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 50 0.52% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 63 0.65% 27 0.28%
Community & social services 69 0.72% 48 0.50%
Legal 17 0.18% 15 0.16%
Education, training, & library 46 0.48% 440 4.57%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 22 0.23% 37 0.38%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 30 0.31% 270 2.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 25 0.26% 181 1.88%
Health technologists & technicians 5 0.05% 89 0.92%
Service occupations: 392 4.07% 878 9.11%
Healthcare support 4 0.04% 174 1.81%
Protective services: 94 0.98% 28 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 65 0.67% 9 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 29 0.30% 19 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 91 0.94% 349 3.62%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 177 1.84% 134 1.39%
Personal care & service 26 0.27% 193 2.00%
Sales & office occupations: 567 5.88% 1,404 14.57%
Sales & related occupations 367 3.81% 519 5.39%
Office & administrative support 200 2.08% 885 9.18%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 294 3.05% 30 0.31%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,357 14.08% 47 0.49%
Construction & extraction: 778 8.07% 39 0.40%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 158 1.64% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 616 6.39% 39 0.40%
Extraction 4 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 579 6.01% 8 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,058 21.36% 530 5.50%
Production 1,229 12.75% 398 4.13%
Transportation & material moving: 829 8.60% 132 1.37%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 19 0.20% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 340 3.53% 30 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 56 0.58% 17 0.18%
Material moving 410 4.25% 85 0.88%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,599 58.11% 4,037 41.89%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 637 6.61% 74 0.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 627 6.51% 74 0.77%
Mining 10 0.10% 0 0.00%
Construction 877 9.10% 76 0.79%
Manufacturing 2,117 21.97% 557 5.78%
Wholesale trade 139 1.44% 59 0.61%
Retail trade 472 4.90% 661 6.86%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 380 3.94% 136 1.41%
Transportation & warehousing 322 3.34% 117 1.21%
Utilities 58 0.60% 19 0.20%
Information 70 0.73% 64 0.66%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 96 1.00% 243 2.52%
Finance & insurance 80 0.83% 195 2.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 16 0.17% 48 0.50%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 144 1.49% 198 2.05%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 41 0.43% 116 1.20%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 103 1.07% 82 0.85%
Educational, health & social services: 156 1.62% 1,259 13.07%
Educational services 89 0.92% 630 6.54%
Health care & social assistance 67 0.70% 629 6.53%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 178 1.85% 255 2.65%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 48 0.50% 25 0.26%
Accommodation & food services 130 1.35% 230 2.39%
Other services (except public administration) 232 2.41% 256 2.66%
Public administration 101 1.05% 199 2.07%

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

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