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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 6,432 53.08% 5,685 46.92%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,547 12.77% 1,765 14.57%
Management, business, & financial operations: 804 6.64% 553 4.56%
Management, except farm managers 465 3.84% 323 2.67%
Farmers & farm managers 173 1.43% 24 0.20%
Business & financial operations: 166 1.37% 206 1.70%
Business operations specialists 111 0.92% 84 0.69%
Financial specialists 55 0.45% 122 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 743 6.13% 1,212 10.00%
Computer & mathematical 89 0.73% 111 0.92%
Architecture & engineering: 128 1.06% 50 0.41%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 62 0.51% 22 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 66 0.54% 28 0.23%
Life, physical, & social science 23 0.19% 36 0.30%
Community & social services 89 0.73% 63 0.52%
Legal 20 0.17% 37 0.31%
Education, training, & library 196 1.62% 525 4.33%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 107 0.88% 29 0.24%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 91 0.75% 361 2.98%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 58 0.48% 213 1.76%
Health technologists & technicians 33 0.27% 148 1.22%
Service occupations: 806 6.65% 1,130 9.33%
Healthcare support 12 0.10% 288 2.38%
Protective services: 232 1.91% 59 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 169 1.39% 39 0.32%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 63 0.52% 20 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 113 0.93% 423 3.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 354 2.92% 167 1.38%
Personal care & service 95 0.78% 193 1.59%
Sales & office occupations: 936 7.72% 2,107 17.39%
Sales & related occupations 597 4.93% 695 5.74%
Office & administrative support 339 2.80% 1,412 11.65%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 162 1.34% 28 0.23%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,814 14.97% 18 0.15%
Construction & extraction: 1,183 9.76% 9 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 185 1.53% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 974 8.04% 9 0.07%
Extraction 24 0.20% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 631 5.21% 9 0.07%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,167 9.63% 637 5.26%
Production 674 5.56% 467 3.85%
Transportation & material moving: 493 4.07% 170 1.40%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 12 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 292 2.41% 72 0.59%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Material moving 189 1.56% 98 0.81%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,432 53.08% 5,685 46.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 377 3.11% 112 0.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 361 2.98% 94 0.78%
Mining 16 0.13% 18 0.15%
Construction 1,287 10.62% 95 0.78%
Manufacturing 934 7.71% 581 4.79%
Wholesale trade 289 2.39% 141 1.16%
Retail trade 682 5.63% 751 6.20%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 510 4.21% 108 0.89%
Transportation & warehousing 301 2.48% 74 0.61%
Utilities 209 1.72% 34 0.28%
Information 229 1.89% 142 1.17%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 195 1.61% 408 3.37%
Finance & insurance 109 0.90% 332 2.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 86 0.71% 76 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 432 3.57% 462 3.81%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 213 1.76% 274 2.26%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 219 1.81% 188 1.55%
Educational, health & social services: 451 3.72% 1,765 14.57%
Educational services 257 2.12% 747 6.16%
Health care & social assistance 194 1.60% 1,018 8.40%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 303 2.50% 522 4.31%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 66 0.54% 83 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 237 1.96% 439 3.62%
Other services (except public administration) 382 3.15% 315 2.60%
Public administration 361 2.98% 283 2.34%

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

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