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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 3,545 52.02% 3,270 47.98%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 668 9.80% 973 14.28%
Management, business, & financial operations: 365 5.36% 239 3.51%
Management, except farm managers 232 3.40% 140 2.05%
Farmers & farm managers 115 1.69% 25 0.37%
Business & financial operations: 18 0.26% 74 1.09%
Business operations specialists 0 0.00% 10 0.15%
Financial specialists 18 0.26% 64 0.94%
Professional & related occupations: 303 4.45% 734 10.77%
Computer & mathematical 47 0.69% 6 0.09%
Architecture & engineering: 52 0.76% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 34 0.50% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 18 0.26% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 9 0.13% 6 0.09%
Community & social services 40 0.59% 51 0.75%
Legal 25 0.37% 4 0.06%
Education, training, & library 44 0.65% 354 5.19%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 39 0.57% 28 0.41%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 47 0.69% 285 4.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 37 0.54% 124 1.82%
Health technologists & technicians 10 0.15% 161 2.36%
Service occupations: 464 6.81% 636 9.33%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 159 2.33%
Protective services: 141 2.07% 29 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 126 1.85% 24 0.35%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 15 0.22% 5 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 110 1.61% 185 2.71%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 199 2.92% 129 1.89%
Personal care & service 14 0.21% 134 1.97%
Sales & office occupations: 528 7.75% 1,022 15.00%
Sales & related occupations 373 5.47% 316 4.64%
Office & administrative support 155 2.27% 706 10.36%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 174 2.55% 10 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 832 12.21% 57 0.84%
Construction & extraction: 446 6.54% 37 0.54%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 88 1.29% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 351 5.15% 37 0.54%
Extraction 7 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 386 5.66% 20 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 879 12.90% 572 8.39%
Production 411 6.03% 400 5.87%
Transportation & material moving: 468 6.87% 172 2.52%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4 0.06% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 283 4.15% 50 0.73%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 6 0.09%
Material moving 176 2.58% 116 1.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,545 52.02% 3,270 47.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 386 5.66% 43 0.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 386 5.66% 43 0.63%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 475 6.97% 68 1.00%
Manufacturing 635 9.32% 614 9.01%
Wholesale trade 285 4.18% 68 1.00%
Retail trade 474 6.96% 400 5.87%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 238 3.49% 64 0.94%
Transportation & warehousing 192 2.82% 48 0.70%
Utilities 46 0.67% 16 0.23%
Information 53 0.78% 41 0.60%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 77 1.13% 125 1.83%
Finance & insurance 42 0.62% 99 1.45%
Real estate & rental & leasing 35 0.51% 26 0.38%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 149 2.19% 98 1.44%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 28 0.41% 52 0.76%
Management of companies & enterprises 15 0.22% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 106 1.56% 46 0.67%
Educational, health & social services: 218 3.20% 1,188 17.43%
Educational services 94 1.38% 469 6.88%
Health care & social assistance 124 1.82% 719 10.55%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 178 2.61% 244 3.58%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 32 0.47% 23 0.34%
Accommodation & food services 146 2.14% 221 3.24%
Other services (except public administration) 137 2.01% 148 2.17%
Public administration 240 3.52% 169 2.48%

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

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