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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 1,606 52.47% 1,455 47.53%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 497 16.24% 427 13.95%
Management, business, & financial operations: 354 11.56% 117 3.82%
Management, except farm managers 88 2.87% 74 2.42%
Farmers & farm managers 262 8.56% 12 0.39%
Business & financial operations: 4 0.13% 31 1.01%
Business operations specialists 4 0.13% 3 0.10%
Financial specialists 0 0.00% 28 0.91%
Professional & related occupations: 143 4.67% 310 10.13%
Computer & mathematical 5 0.16% 2 0.07%
Architecture & engineering: 30 0.98% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 9 0.29% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 21 0.69% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 8 0.26% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 19 0.62% 21 0.69%
Legal 4 0.13% 4 0.13%
Education, training, & library 32 1.05% 154 5.03%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 19 0.62% 12 0.39%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 26 0.85% 117 3.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 22 0.72% 76 2.48%
Health technologists & technicians 4 0.13% 41 1.34%
Service occupations: 88 2.87% 333 10.88%
Healthcare support 2 0.07% 83 2.71%
Protective services: 11 0.36% 7 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 7 0.23% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4 0.13% 7 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 17 0.56% 122 3.99%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 50 1.63% 53 1.73%
Personal care & service 8 0.26% 68 2.22%
Sales & office occupations: 189 6.17% 506 16.53%
Sales & related occupations 86 2.81% 162 5.29%
Office & administrative support 103 3.36% 344 11.24%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 65 2.12% 15 0.49%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 292 9.54% 6 0.20%
Construction & extraction: 173 5.65% 2 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 15 0.49% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 158 5.16% 2 0.07%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 119 3.89% 4 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 475 15.52% 168 5.49%
Production 222 7.25% 145 4.74%
Transportation & material moving: 253 8.27% 23 0.75%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 9 0.29% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 123 4.02% 12 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 3 0.10% 0 0.00%
Material moving 118 3.85% 11 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,606 52.47% 1,455 47.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 346 11.30% 41 1.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 346 11.30% 41 1.34%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 201 6.57% 14 0.46%
Manufacturing 339 11.07% 208 6.80%
Wholesale trade 100 3.27% 24 0.78%
Retail trade 137 4.48% 167 5.46%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 128 4.18% 44 1.44%
Transportation & warehousing 104 3.40% 24 0.78%
Utilities 24 0.78% 20 0.65%
Information 10 0.33% 18 0.59%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 35 1.14% 114 3.72%
Finance & insurance 21 0.69% 101 3.30%
Real estate & rental & leasing 14 0.46% 13 0.42%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 62 2.03% 47 1.54%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 36 1.18% 32 1.05%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 2 0.07%
Administrative & support & waste management services 26 0.85% 13 0.42%
Educational, health & social services: 110 3.59% 564 18.43%
Educational services 82 2.68% 220 7.19%
Health care & social assistance 28 0.91% 344 11.24%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 22 0.72% 102 3.33%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1 0.03% 21 0.69%
Accommodation & food services 21 0.69% 81 2.65%
Other services (except public administration) 80 2.61% 71 2.32%
Public administration 36 1.18% 41 1.34%

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

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