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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 3,200 54.91% 2,628 45.09%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 625 10.72% 687 11.79%
Management, business, & financial operations: 389 6.67% 196 3.36%
Management, except farm managers 171 2.93% 111 1.90%
Farmers & farm managers 169 2.90% 30 0.51%
Business & financial operations: 49 0.84% 55 0.94%
Business operations specialists 31 0.53% 14 0.24%
Financial specialists 18 0.31% 41 0.70%
Professional & related occupations: 236 4.05% 491 8.42%
Computer & mathematical 14 0.24% 10 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 53 0.91% 14 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 21 0.36% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 32 0.55% 14 0.24%
Life, physical, & social science 72 1.24% 14 0.24%
Community & social services 17 0.29% 30 0.51%
Legal 11 0.19% 13 0.22%
Education, training, & library 44 0.75% 213 3.65%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4 0.07% 33 0.57%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 21 0.36% 164 2.81%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 21 0.36% 114 1.96%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 50 0.86%
Service occupations: 222 3.81% 553 9.49%
Healthcare support 5 0.09% 115 1.97%
Protective services: 57 0.98% 13 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 27 0.46% 8 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 30 0.51% 5 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 30 0.51% 201 3.45%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 121 2.08% 101 1.73%
Personal care & service 9 0.15% 123 2.11%
Sales & office occupations: 284 4.87% 861 14.77%
Sales & related occupations 165 2.83% 267 4.58%
Office & administrative support 119 2.04% 594 10.19%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 80 1.37% 20 0.34%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 630 10.81% 22 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 362 6.21% 18 0.31%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 33 0.57% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 305 5.23% 12 0.21%
Extraction 24 0.41% 6 0.10%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 268 4.60% 4 0.07%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,359 23.32% 485 8.32%
Production 782 13.42% 358 6.14%
Transportation & material moving: 577 9.90% 127 2.18%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.09% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 245 4.20% 34 0.58%
Rail, water & other transportation 28 0.48% 5 0.09%
Material moving 297 5.10% 88 1.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,200 54.91% 2,628 45.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 292 5.01% 66 1.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 283 4.86% 65 1.12%
Mining 9 0.15% 1 0.02%
Construction 395 6.78% 37 0.63%
Manufacturing 1,285 22.05% 563 9.66%
Wholesale trade 81 1.39% 49 0.84%
Retail trade 285 4.89% 337 5.78%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 280 4.80% 48 0.82%
Transportation & warehousing 233 4.00% 40 0.69%
Utilities 47 0.81% 8 0.14%
Information 55 0.94% 65 1.12%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 48 0.82% 157 2.69%
Finance & insurance 33 0.57% 124 2.13%
Real estate & rental & leasing 15 0.26% 33 0.57%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 88 1.51% 101 1.73%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 42 0.72% 48 0.82%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 46 0.79% 53 0.91%
Educational, health & social services: 126 2.16% 793 13.61%
Educational services 102 1.75% 319 5.47%
Health care & social assistance 24 0.41% 474 8.13%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 71 1.22% 188 3.23%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 22 0.38% 27 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 49 0.84% 161 2.76%
Other services (except public administration) 120 2.06% 104 1.78%
Public administration 74 1.27% 120 2.06%

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

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