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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 5,286 55.23% 4,285 44.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,254 13.10% 1,170 12.22%
Management, business, & financial operations: 793 8.29% 473 4.94%
Management, except farm managers 358 3.74% 333 3.48%
Farmers & farm managers 330 3.45% 21 0.22%
Business & financial operations: 105 1.10% 119 1.24%
Business operations specialists 46 0.48% 57 0.60%
Financial specialists 59 0.62% 62 0.65%
Professional & related occupations: 461 4.82% 697 7.28%
Computer & mathematical 28 0.29% 20 0.21%
Architecture & engineering: 69 0.72% 20 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 44 0.46% 12 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 25 0.26% 8 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 55 0.57% 23 0.24%
Community & social services 69 0.72% 43 0.45%
Legal 7 0.07% 15 0.16%
Education, training, & library 115 1.20% 302 3.16%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 32 0.33% 48 0.50%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 86 0.90% 226 2.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 46 0.48% 123 1.29%
Health technologists & technicians 40 0.42% 103 1.08%
Service occupations: 496 5.18% 947 9.89%
Healthcare support 4 0.04% 183 1.91%
Protective services: 99 1.03% 3 0.03%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 56 0.59% 3 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 43 0.45% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 152 1.59% 390 4.07%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 212 2.22% 169 1.77%
Personal care & service 29 0.30% 202 2.11%
Sales & office occupations: 808 8.44% 1,559 16.29%
Sales & related occupations 508 5.31% 560 5.85%
Office & administrative support 300 3.13% 999 10.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 84 0.88% 18 0.19%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 899 9.39% 27 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 603 6.30% 6 0.06%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 88 0.92% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 508 5.31% 6 0.06%
Extraction 7 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 296 3.09% 21 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,745 18.23% 564 5.89%
Production 935 9.77% 460 4.81%
Transportation & material moving: 810 8.46% 104 1.09%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3 0.03% 5 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 427 4.46% 28 0.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 57 0.60% 6 0.06%
Material moving 323 3.37% 65 0.68%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,286 55.23% 4,285 44.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 445 4.65% 69 0.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 438 4.58% 69 0.72%
Mining 7 0.07% 0 0.00%
Construction 614 6.42% 76 0.79%
Manufacturing 1,510 15.78% 663 6.93%
Wholesale trade 310 3.24% 66 0.69%
Retail trade 575 6.01% 714 7.46%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 442 4.62% 117 1.22%
Transportation & warehousing 413 4.32% 97 1.01%
Utilities 29 0.30% 20 0.21%
Information 74 0.77% 67 0.70%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 150 1.57% 325 3.40%
Finance & insurance 107 1.12% 311 3.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 43 0.45% 14 0.15%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 167 1.74% 178 1.86%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 55 0.57% 110 1.15%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 112 1.17% 68 0.71%
Educational, health & social services: 438 4.58% 1,257 13.13%
Educational services 319 3.33% 547 5.72%
Health care & social assistance 119 1.24% 710 7.42%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 232 2.42% 442 4.62%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 47 0.49% 52 0.54%
Accommodation & food services 185 1.93% 390 4.07%
Other services (except public administration) 199 2.08% 211 2.20%
Public administration 130 1.36% 100 1.04%

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

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