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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 3,205 54.04% 2,726 45.96%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,003 16.91% 773 13.03%
Management, business, & financial operations: 746 12.58% 217 3.66%
Management, except farm managers 188 3.17% 100 1.69%
Farmers & farm managers 508 8.57% 43 0.73%
Business & financial operations: 50 0.84% 74 1.25%
Business operations specialists 6 0.10% 17 0.29%
Financial specialists 44 0.74% 57 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 257 4.33% 556 9.37%
Computer & mathematical 15 0.25% 23 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 40 0.67% 4 0.07%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 23 0.39% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 17 0.29% 4 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 22 0.37% 23 0.39%
Community & social services 34 0.57% 35 0.59%
Legal 15 0.25% 12 0.20%
Education, training, & library 74 1.25% 184 3.10%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 17 0.29% 29 0.49%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 40 0.67% 246 4.15%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 26 0.44% 149 2.51%
Health technologists & technicians 14 0.24% 97 1.64%
Service occupations: 218 3.68% 623 10.50%
Healthcare support 2 0.03% 183 3.09%
Protective services: 17 0.29% 11 0.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 14 0.24% 6 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3 0.05% 5 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 78 1.32% 209 3.52%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 95 1.60% 94 1.58%
Personal care & service 26 0.44% 126 2.12%
Sales & office occupations: 460 7.76% 890 15.01%
Sales & related occupations 297 5.01% 204 3.44%
Office & administrative support 163 2.75% 686 11.57%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 128 2.16% 46 0.78%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 606 10.22% 24 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 319 5.38% 19 0.32%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 30 0.51% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 289 4.87% 19 0.32%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 287 4.84% 5 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 790 13.32% 370 6.24%
Production 445 7.50% 313 5.28%
Transportation & material moving: 345 5.82% 57 0.96%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.08% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 1 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 242 4.08% 11 0.19%
Rail, water & other transportation 7 0.12% 0 0.00%
Material moving 90 1.52% 46 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,205 54.04% 2,726 45.96%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 632 10.66% 128 2.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 626 10.55% 128 2.16%
Mining 6 0.10% 0 0.00%
Construction 360 6.07% 39 0.66%
Manufacturing 638 10.76% 450 7.59%
Wholesale trade 166 2.80% 41 0.69%
Retail trade 301 5.08% 324 5.46%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 264 4.45% 45 0.76%
Transportation & warehousing 245 4.13% 45 0.76%
Utilities 19 0.32% 0 0.00%
Information 55 0.93% 81 1.37%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 98 1.65% 184 3.10%
Finance & insurance 89 1.50% 169 2.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 9 0.15% 15 0.25%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 115 1.94% 136 2.29%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 78 1.32% 103 1.74%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 37 0.62% 33 0.56%
Educational, health & social services: 181 3.05% 976 16.46%
Educational services 127 2.14% 246 4.15%
Health care & social assistance 54 0.91% 730 12.31%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 110 1.85% 134 2.26%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 27 0.46% 18 0.30%
Accommodation & food services 83 1.40% 116 1.96%
Other services (except public administration) 212 3.57% 139 2.34%
Public administration 73 1.23% 49 0.83%

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

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