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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 3,631 51.89% 3,366 48.11%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 925 13.22% 893 12.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 612 8.75% 319 4.56%
Management, except farm managers 227 3.24% 131 1.87%
Farmers & farm managers 346 4.94% 106 1.51%
Business & financial operations: 39 0.56% 82 1.17%
Business operations specialists 16 0.23% 32 0.46%
Financial specialists 23 0.33% 50 0.71%
Professional & related occupations: 313 4.47% 574 8.20%
Computer & mathematical 9 0.13% 11 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 29 0.41% 9 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 7 0.10% 5 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 22 0.31% 4 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 18 0.26% 1 0.01%
Community & social services 36 0.51% 77 1.10%
Legal 12 0.17% 7 0.10%
Education, training, & library 117 1.67% 257 3.67%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 36 0.51% 47 0.67%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 56 0.80% 165 2.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 46 0.66% 121 1.73%
Health technologists & technicians 10 0.14% 44 0.63%
Service occupations: 304 4.34% 710 10.15%
Healthcare support 20 0.29% 163 2.33%
Protective services: 61 0.87% 2 0.03%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 48 0.69% 2 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 13 0.19% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 105 1.50% 284 4.06%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 102 1.46% 73 1.04%
Personal care & service 16 0.23% 188 2.69%
Sales & office occupations: 393 5.62% 927 13.25%
Sales & related occupations 261 3.73% 303 4.33%
Office & administrative support 132 1.89% 624 8.92%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 116 1.66% 39 0.56%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 651 9.30% 32 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 376 5.37% 15 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 24 0.34% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 348 4.97% 15 0.21%
Extraction 4 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 275 3.93% 17 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,242 17.75% 765 10.93%
Production 766 10.95% 591 8.45%
Transportation & material moving: 476 6.80% 174 2.49%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.09% 2 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 243 3.47% 23 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 9 0.13% 0 0.00%
Material moving 218 3.12% 149 2.13%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,631 51.89% 3,366 48.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 488 6.97% 146 2.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 484 6.92% 146 2.09%
Mining 4 0.06% 0 0.00%
Construction 387 5.53% 45 0.64%
Manufacturing 1,164 16.64% 879 12.56%
Wholesale trade 76 1.09% 25 0.36%
Retail trade 332 4.74% 389 5.56%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 240 3.43% 55 0.79%
Transportation & warehousing 203 2.90% 48 0.69%
Utilities 37 0.53% 7 0.10%
Information 52 0.74% 71 1.01%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 95 1.36% 124 1.77%
Finance & insurance 46 0.66% 103 1.47%
Real estate & rental & leasing 49 0.70% 21 0.30%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 103 1.47% 76 1.09%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 35 0.50% 50 0.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 68 0.97% 26 0.37%
Educational, health & social services: 310 4.43% 1,000 14.29%
Educational services 211 3.02% 380 5.43%
Health care & social assistance 99 1.41% 620 8.86%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 151 2.16% 281 4.02%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 17 0.24% 15 0.21%
Accommodation & food services 134 1.92% 266 3.80%
Other services (except public administration) 109 1.56% 127 1.82%
Public administration 124 1.77% 148 2.12%

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

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