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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 5,592 56.88% 4,240 43.12%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,412 24.53% 1,726 17.55%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,244 12.65% 734 7.47%
Management, except farm managers 892 9.07% 463 4.71%
Farmers & farm managers 54 0.55% 23 0.23%
Business & financial operations: 298 3.03% 248 2.52%
Business operations specialists 123 1.25% 96 0.98%
Financial specialists 175 1.78% 152 1.55%
Professional & related occupations: 1,168 11.88% 992 10.09%
Computer & mathematical 107 1.09% 1 0.01%
Architecture & engineering: 189 1.92% 41 0.42%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 185 1.88% 34 0.35%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 4 0.04% 7 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 35 0.36% 64 0.65%
Community & social services 23 0.23% 22 0.22%
Legal 148 1.51% 18 0.18%
Education, training, & library 140 1.42% 250 2.54%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 398 4.05% 370 3.76%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 128 1.30% 226 2.30%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 111 1.13% 181 1.84%
Health technologists & technicians 17 0.17% 45 0.46%
Service occupations: 1,003 10.20% 868 8.83%
Healthcare support 15 0.15% 97 0.99%
Protective services: 132 1.34% 21 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 50 0.51% 4 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 82 0.83% 17 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 572 5.82% 284 2.89%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 155 1.58% 235 2.39%
Personal care & service 129 1.31% 231 2.35%
Sales & office occupations: 868 8.83% 1,458 14.83%
Sales & related occupations 575 5.85% 687 6.99%
Office & administrative support 293 2.98% 771 7.84%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 115 1.17% 38 0.39%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 913 9.29% 32 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 640 6.51% 32 0.33%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 106 1.08% 5 0.05%
Construction trades 534 5.43% 27 0.27%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 273 2.78% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 281 2.86% 118 1.20%
Production 92 0.94% 96 0.98%
Transportation & material moving: 189 1.92% 22 0.22%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.06% 7 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 20 0.20% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 100 1.02% 10 0.10%
Rail, water & other transportation 8 0.08% 0 0.00%
Material moving 55 0.56% 5 0.05%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,592 56.88% 4,240 43.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 219 2.23% 82 0.83%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 215 2.19% 76 0.77%
Mining 4 0.04% 6 0.06%
Construction 805 8.19% 106 1.08%
Manufacturing 67 0.68% 83 0.84%
Wholesale trade 117 1.19% 66 0.67%
Retail trade 457 4.65% 535 5.44%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 244 2.48% 65 0.66%
Transportation & warehousing 205 2.09% 63 0.64%
Utilities 39 0.40% 2 0.02%
Information 140 1.42% 103 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 548 5.57% 376 3.82%
Finance & insurance 197 2.00% 110 1.12%
Real estate & rental & leasing 351 3.57% 266 2.71%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 700 7.12% 525 5.34%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 598 6.08% 389 3.96%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 102 1.04% 136 1.38%
Educational, health & social services: 294 2.99% 805 8.19%
Educational services 159 1.62% 364 3.70%
Health care & social assistance 135 1.37% 441 4.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,587 16.14% 1,062 10.80%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 312 3.17% 267 2.72%
Accommodation & food services 1,275 12.97% 795 8.09%
Other services (except public administration) 233 2.37% 304 3.09%
Public administration 181 1.84% 128 1.30%

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

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