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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 2,558 52.08% 2,354 47.92%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 793 16.14% 761 15.49%
Management, business, & financial operations: 550 11.20% 246 5.01%
Management, except farm managers 194 3.95% 130 2.65%
Farmers & farm managers 331 6.74% 30 0.61%
Business & financial operations: 25 0.51% 86 1.75%
Business operations specialists 10 0.20% 41 0.83%
Financial specialists 15 0.31% 45 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 243 4.95% 515 10.48%
Computer & mathematical 21 0.43% 3 0.06%
Architecture & engineering: 12 0.24% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1 0.02% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 11 0.22% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 39 0.79% 3 0.06%
Community & social services 46 0.94% 28 0.57%
Legal 11 0.22% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 74 1.51% 251 5.11%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 9 0.18% 29 0.59%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 31 0.63% 201 4.09%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 30 0.61% 151 3.07%
Health technologists & technicians 1 0.02% 50 1.02%
Service occupations: 179 3.64% 635 12.93%
Healthcare support 13 0.26% 142 2.89%
Protective services: 10 0.20% 11 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 10 0.20% 4 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 0 0.00% 7 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 79 1.61% 205 4.17%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 69 1.40% 84 1.71%
Personal care & service 8 0.16% 193 3.93%
Sales & office occupations: 361 7.35% 662 13.48%
Sales & related occupations 237 4.82% 192 3.91%
Office & administrative support 124 2.52% 470 9.57%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 91 1.85% 8 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 479 9.75% 11 0.22%
Construction & extraction: 234 4.76% 9 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 25 0.51% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 209 4.25% 9 0.18%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 245 4.99% 2 0.04%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 655 13.33% 277 5.64%
Production 382 7.78% 217 4.42%
Transportation & material moving: 273 5.56% 60 1.22%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3 0.06% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 174 3.54% 24 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 2 0.04% 0 0.00%
Material moving 94 1.91% 36 0.73%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,558 52.08% 2,354 47.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 455 9.26% 51 1.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 455 9.26% 51 1.04%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 222 4.52% 12 0.24%
Manufacturing 515 10.48% 275 5.60%
Wholesale trade 127 2.59% 39 0.79%
Retail trade 189 3.85% 233 4.74%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 254 5.17% 65 1.32%
Transportation & warehousing 205 4.17% 54 1.10%
Utilities 49 1.00% 11 0.22%
Information 80 1.63% 73 1.49%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 68 1.38% 113 2.30%
Finance & insurance 57 1.16% 84 1.71%
Real estate & rental & leasing 11 0.22% 29 0.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 69 1.40% 126 2.57%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 47 0.96% 81 1.65%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 22 0.45% 45 0.92%
Educational, health & social services: 208 4.23% 1,025 20.87%
Educational services 118 2.40% 358 7.29%
Health care & social assistance 90 1.83% 667 13.58%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 135 2.75% 168 3.42%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 27 0.55% 16 0.33%
Accommodation & food services 108 2.20% 152 3.09%
Other services (except public administration) 159 3.24% 122 2.48%
Public administration 77 1.57% 52 1.06%

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

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