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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 8,229 64.58% 4,513 35.42%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,068 8.38% 1,290 10.12%
Management, business, & financial operations: 582 4.57% 266 2.09%
Management, except farm managers 218 1.71% 177 1.39%
Farmers & farm managers 244 1.91% 18 0.14%
Business & financial operations: 120 0.94% 71 0.56%
Business operations specialists 92 0.72% 41 0.32%
Financial specialists 28 0.22% 30 0.24%
Professional & related occupations: 486 3.81% 1,024 8.04%
Computer & mathematical 0 0.00% 10 0.08%
Architecture & engineering: 82 0.64% 11 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 25 0.20% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 57 0.45% 11 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 10 0.08% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 127 1.00% 94 0.74%
Legal 6 0.05% 7 0.05%
Education, training, & library 84 0.66% 398 3.12%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 43 0.34% 20 0.16%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 134 1.05% 484 3.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 74 0.58% 228 1.79%
Health technologists & technicians 60 0.47% 256 2.01%
Service occupations: 1,203 9.44% 1,175 9.22%
Healthcare support 54 0.42% 235 1.84%
Protective services: 371 2.91% 138 1.08%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 314 2.46% 118 0.93%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 57 0.45% 20 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 163 1.28% 311 2.44%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 538 4.22% 204 1.60%
Personal care & service 77 0.60% 287 2.25%
Sales & office occupations: 608 4.77% 1,534 12.04%
Sales & related occupations 373 2.93% 506 3.97%
Office & administrative support 235 1.84% 1,028 8.07%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,858 22.43% 321 2.52%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,382 10.85% 26 0.20%
Construction & extraction: 784 6.15% 22 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 70 0.55% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 708 5.56% 22 0.17%
Extraction 6 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 598 4.69% 4 0.03%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,110 8.71% 167 1.31%
Production 360 2.83% 104 0.82%
Transportation & material moving: 750 5.89% 63 0.49%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.04% 20 0.16%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 413 3.24% 30 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 31 0.24% 0 0.00%
Material moving 301 2.36% 13 0.10%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,229 64.58% 4,513 35.42%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,362 26.39% 382 3.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 3,323 26.08% 382 3.00%
Mining 39 0.31% 0 0.00%
Construction 874 6.86% 102 0.80%
Manufacturing 264 2.07% 59 0.46%
Wholesale trade 261 2.05% 92 0.72%
Retail trade 613 4.81% 579 4.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 352 2.76% 90 0.71%
Transportation & warehousing 265 2.08% 80 0.63%
Utilities 87 0.68% 10 0.08%
Information 139 1.09% 18 0.14%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 158 1.24% 235 1.84%
Finance & insurance 81 0.64% 192 1.51%
Real estate & rental & leasing 77 0.60% 43 0.34%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 552 4.33% 201 1.58%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 91 0.71% 75 0.59%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 461 3.62% 126 0.99%
Educational, health & social services: 464 3.64% 1,758 13.80%
Educational services 145 1.14% 563 4.42%
Health care & social assistance 319 2.50% 1,195 9.38%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 442 3.47% 452 3.55%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 151 1.19% 37 0.29%
Accommodation & food services 291 2.28% 415 3.26%
Other services (except public administration) 242 1.90% 252 1.98%
Public administration 506 3.97% 293 2.30%

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

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