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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 6,873 53.70% 5,925 46.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,823 14.24% 1,724 13.47%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,134 8.86% 602 4.70%
Management, except farm managers 453 3.54% 302 2.36%
Farmers & farm managers 522 4.08% 68 0.53%
Business & financial operations: 159 1.24% 232 1.81%
Business operations specialists 83 0.65% 92 0.72%
Financial specialists 76 0.59% 140 1.09%
Professional & related occupations: 689 5.38% 1,122 8.77%
Computer & mathematical 77 0.60% 80 0.63%
Architecture & engineering: 196 1.53% 11 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 120 0.94% 2 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 76 0.59% 9 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 23 0.18% 18 0.14%
Community & social services 54 0.42% 72 0.56%
Legal 17 0.13% 21 0.16%
Education, training, & library 207 1.62% 497 3.88%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 45 0.35% 69 0.54%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 70 0.55% 354 2.77%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 35 0.27% 228 1.78%
Health technologists & technicians 35 0.27% 126 0.98%
Service occupations: 508 3.97% 1,322 10.33%
Healthcare support 5 0.04% 308 2.41%
Protective services: 128 1.00% 12 0.09%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 73 0.57% 12 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 55 0.43% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 125 0.98% 374 2.92%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 223 1.74% 187 1.46%
Personal care & service 27 0.21% 441 3.45%
Sales & office occupations: 1,111 8.68% 2,072 16.19%
Sales & related occupations 693 5.41% 586 4.58%
Office & administrative support 418 3.27% 1,486 11.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 143 1.12% 38 0.30%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,366 10.67% 30 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 741 5.79% 21 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 102 0.80% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 639 4.99% 21 0.16%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 625 4.88% 9 0.07%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,922 15.02% 739 5.77%
Production 1,064 8.31% 559 4.37%
Transportation & material moving: 858 6.70% 180 1.41%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 12 0.09% 3 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 20 0.16% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 484 3.78% 63 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 33 0.26% 3 0.02%
Material moving 309 2.41% 111 0.87%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,873 53.70% 5,925 46.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 779 6.09% 163 1.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 729 5.70% 161 1.26%
Mining 50 0.39% 2 0.02%
Construction 894 6.99% 75 0.59%
Manufacturing 1,648 12.88% 865 6.76%
Wholesale trade 341 2.66% 134 1.05%
Retail trade 710 5.55% 790 6.17%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 595 4.65% 179 1.40%
Transportation & warehousing 444 3.47% 127 0.99%
Utilities 151 1.18% 52 0.41%
Information 210 1.64% 284 2.22%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 252 1.97% 448 3.50%
Finance & insurance 176 1.38% 386 3.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 76 0.59% 62 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 355 2.77% 375 2.93%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 127 0.99% 149 1.16%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 228 1.78% 226 1.77%
Educational, health & social services: 402 3.14% 1,859 14.53%
Educational services 305 2.38% 688 5.38%
Health care & social assistance 97 0.76% 1,171 9.15%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 249 1.95% 314 2.45%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 86 0.67% 52 0.41%
Accommodation & food services 163 1.27% 262 2.05%
Other services (except public administration) 292 2.28% 306 2.39%
Public administration 146 1.14% 133 1.04%

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

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