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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 3,565 54.06% 3,029 45.94%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,047 15.88% 862 13.07%
Management, business, & financial operations: 778 11.80% 253 3.84%
Management, except farm managers 232 3.52% 150 2.27%
Farmers & farm managers 473 7.17% 14 0.21%
Business & financial operations: 73 1.11% 89 1.35%
Business operations specialists 30 0.45% 57 0.86%
Financial specialists 43 0.65% 32 0.49%
Professional & related occupations: 269 4.08% 609 9.24%
Computer & mathematical 41 0.62% 31 0.47%
Architecture & engineering: 35 0.53% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 21 0.32% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 14 0.21% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 28 0.42% 10 0.15%
Community & social services 25 0.38% 37 0.56%
Legal 7 0.11% 14 0.21%
Education, training, & library 39 0.59% 233 3.53%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 11 0.17% 17 0.26%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 83 1.26% 267 4.05%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 60 0.91% 175 2.65%
Health technologists & technicians 23 0.35% 92 1.40%
Service occupations: 303 4.60% 655 9.93%
Healthcare support 16 0.24% 214 3.25%
Protective services: 33 0.50% 19 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 27 0.41% 5 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6 0.09% 14 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 76 1.15% 159 2.41%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 165 2.50% 64 0.97%
Personal care & service 13 0.20% 199 3.02%
Sales & office occupations: 566 8.58% 1,220 18.50%
Sales & related occupations 369 5.60% 328 4.97%
Office & administrative support 197 2.99% 892 13.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 131 1.99% 22 0.33%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 678 10.28% 11 0.17%
Construction & extraction: 360 5.46% 1 0.02%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 56 0.85% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 299 4.53% 1 0.02%
Extraction 5 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 318 4.82% 10 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 840 12.74% 259 3.93%
Production 348 5.28% 153 2.32%
Transportation & material moving: 492 7.46% 106 1.61%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.08% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 16 0.24% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 318 4.82% 18 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 5 0.08% 0 0.00%
Material moving 148 2.24% 88 1.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,565 54.06% 3,029 45.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 640 9.71% 44 0.67%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 632 9.58% 44 0.67%
Mining 8 0.12% 0 0.00%
Construction 444 6.73% 41 0.62%
Manufacturing 458 6.95% 136 2.06%
Wholesale trade 230 3.49% 250 3.79%
Retail trade 456 6.92% 554 8.40%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 397 6.02% 59 0.89%
Transportation & warehousing 338 5.13% 56 0.85%
Utilities 59 0.89% 3 0.05%
Information 53 0.80% 63 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 92 1.40% 278 4.22%
Finance & insurance 90 1.36% 253 3.84%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2 0.03% 25 0.38%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 138 2.09% 152 2.31%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 46 0.70% 81 1.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 92 1.40% 71 1.08%
Educational, health & social services: 295 4.47% 1,092 16.56%
Educational services 172 2.61% 359 5.44%
Health care & social assistance 123 1.87% 733 11.12%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 108 1.64% 150 2.27%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 34 0.52% 23 0.35%
Accommodation & food services 74 1.12% 127 1.93%
Other services (except public administration) 165 2.50% 132 2.00%
Public administration 89 1.35% 78 1.18%

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

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