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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 3,985 51.02% 3,825 48.98%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 976 12.50% 1,067 13.66%
Management, business, & financial operations: 397 5.08% 245 3.14%
Management, except farm managers 261 3.34% 149 1.91%
Farmers & farm managers 37 0.47% 10 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 99 1.27% 86 1.10%
Business operations specialists 46 0.59% 43 0.55%
Financial specialists 53 0.68% 43 0.55%
Professional & related occupations: 579 7.41% 822 10.52%
Computer & mathematical 25 0.32% 19 0.24%
Architecture & engineering: 108 1.38% 12 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 53 0.68% 2 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 55 0.70% 10 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 50 0.64% 10 0.13%
Community & social services 48 0.61% 55 0.70%
Legal 23 0.29% 41 0.52%
Education, training, & library 216 2.77% 384 4.92%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 44 0.56% 48 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 65 0.83% 253 3.24%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 58 0.74% 141 1.81%
Health technologists & technicians 7 0.09% 112 1.43%
Service occupations: 589 7.54% 1,035 13.25%
Healthcare support 35 0.45% 230 2.94%
Protective services: 125 1.60% 31 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 71 0.91% 3 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 54 0.69% 28 0.36%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 183 2.34% 402 5.15%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 205 2.62% 151 1.93%
Personal care & service 41 0.52% 221 2.83%
Sales & office occupations: 449 5.75% 1,261 16.15%
Sales & related occupations 241 3.09% 429 5.49%
Office & administrative support 208 2.66% 832 10.65%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 194 2.48% 17 0.22%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 664 8.50% 27 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 428 5.48% 5 0.06%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 43 0.55% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 372 4.76% 5 0.06%
Extraction 13 0.17% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 236 3.02% 22 0.28%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,113 14.25% 418 5.35%
Production 690 8.83% 283 3.62%
Transportation & material moving: 423 5.42% 135 1.73%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.06% 6 0.08%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 237 3.03% 32 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 13 0.17% 8 0.10%
Material moving 163 2.09% 89 1.14%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,985 51.02% 3,825 48.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 305 3.91% 47 0.60%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 305 3.91% 47 0.60%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 450 5.76% 26 0.33%
Manufacturing 960 12.29% 376 4.81%
Wholesale trade 73 0.93% 26 0.33%
Retail trade 333 4.26% 489 6.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 269 3.44% 69 0.88%
Transportation & warehousing 189 2.42% 53 0.68%
Utilities 80 1.02% 16 0.20%
Information 68 0.87% 58 0.74%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 98 1.25% 185 2.37%
Finance & insurance 53 0.68% 143 1.83%
Real estate & rental & leasing 45 0.58% 42 0.54%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 139 1.78% 217 2.78%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 82 1.05% 131 1.68%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 57 0.73% 86 1.10%
Educational, health & social services: 509 6.52% 1,506 19.28%
Educational services 377 4.83% 626 8.02%
Health care & social assistance 132 1.69% 880 11.27%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 417 5.34% 459 5.88%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 125 1.60% 92 1.18%
Accommodation & food services 292 3.74% 367 4.70%
Other services (except public administration) 148 1.90% 151 1.93%
Public administration 216 2.77% 216 2.77%

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

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