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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 4,410 53.52% 3,830 46.48%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,431 17.37% 1,221 14.82%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,066 12.94% 435 5.28%
Management, except farm managers 296 3.59% 226 2.74%
Farmers & farm managers 674 8.18% 60 0.73%
Business & financial operations: 96 1.17% 149 1.81%
Business operations specialists 24 0.29% 58 0.70%
Financial specialists 72 0.87% 91 1.10%
Professional & related occupations: 365 4.43% 786 9.54%
Computer & mathematical 10 0.12% 10 0.12%
Architecture & engineering: 60 0.73% 1 0.01%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 29 0.35% 1 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 31 0.38% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 29 0.35% 8 0.10%
Community & social services 47 0.57% 68 0.83%
Legal 47 0.57% 28 0.34%
Education, training, & library 101 1.23% 378 4.59%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 30 0.36% 65 0.79%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 41 0.50% 228 2.77%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 41 0.50% 166 2.01%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 62 0.75%
Service occupations: 321 3.90% 980 11.89%
Healthcare support 37 0.45% 303 3.68%
Protective services: 52 0.63% 29 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 42 0.51% 11 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 10 0.12% 18 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 130 1.58% 312 3.79%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 88 1.07% 115 1.40%
Personal care & service 14 0.17% 221 2.68%
Sales & office occupations: 625 7.58% 1,122 13.62%
Sales & related occupations 441 5.35% 354 4.30%
Office & administrative support 184 2.23% 768 9.32%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 156 1.89% 51 0.62%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 679 8.24% 44 0.53%
Construction & extraction: 368 4.47% 37 0.45%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 66 0.80% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 302 3.67% 37 0.45%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 311 3.77% 7 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,198 14.54% 412 5.00%
Production 637 7.73% 308 3.74%
Transportation & material moving: 561 6.81% 104 1.26%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 10 0.12% 9 0.11%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 283 3.43% 39 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 7 0.08% 5 0.06%
Material moving 261 3.17% 51 0.62%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,410 53.52% 3,830 46.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 886 10.75% 163 1.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 886 10.75% 163 1.98%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 444 5.39% 66 0.80%
Manufacturing 1,015 12.32% 431 5.23%
Wholesale trade 216 2.62% 41 0.50%
Retail trade 510 6.19% 440 5.34%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 288 3.50% 95 1.15%
Transportation & warehousing 267 3.24% 87 1.06%
Utilities 21 0.25% 8 0.10%
Information 47 0.57% 48 0.58%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 169 2.05% 324 3.93%
Finance & insurance 137 1.66% 284 3.45%
Real estate & rental & leasing 32 0.39% 40 0.49%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 141 1.71% 223 2.71%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 80 0.97% 170 2.06%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 61 0.74% 53 0.64%
Educational, health & social services: 253 3.07% 1,409 17.10%
Educational services 174 2.11% 526 6.38%
Health care & social assistance 79 0.96% 883 10.72%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 163 1.98% 322 3.91%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 15 0.18% 19 0.23%
Accommodation & food services 148 1.80% 303 3.68%
Other services (except public administration) 174 2.11% 139 1.69%
Public administration 104 1.26% 129 1.57%

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

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