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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 1,221 54.75% 1,009 45.25%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 341 15.29% 386 17.31%
Management, business, & financial operations: 265 11.88% 120 5.38%
Management, except farm managers 67 3.00% 63 2.83%
Farmers & farm managers 177 7.94% 27 1.21%
Business & financial operations: 21 0.94% 30 1.35%
Business operations specialists 14 0.63% 17 0.76%
Financial specialists 7 0.31% 13 0.58%
Professional & related occupations: 76 3.41% 266 11.93%
Computer & mathematical 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 8 0.36% 2 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 8 0.36% 2 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 7 0.31% 18 0.81%
Legal 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 27 1.21% 126 5.65%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 16 0.72% 6 0.27%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 18 0.81% 114 5.11%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 15 0.67% 59 2.65%
Health technologists & technicians 3 0.13% 55 2.47%
Service occupations: 87 3.90% 256 11.48%
Healthcare support 7 0.31% 104 4.66%
Protective services: 9 0.40% 6 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4 0.18% 6 0.27%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 5 0.22% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 16 0.72% 73 3.27%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 36 1.61% 16 0.72%
Personal care & service 19 0.85% 57 2.56%
Sales & office occupations: 175 7.85% 268 12.02%
Sales & related occupations 90 4.04% 52 2.33%
Office & administrative support 85 3.81% 216 9.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 62 2.78% 3 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 215 9.64% 2 0.09%
Construction & extraction: 104 4.66% 2 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 10 0.45% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 94 4.22% 2 0.09%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 111 4.98% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 341 15.29% 94 4.22%
Production 182 8.16% 59 2.65%
Transportation & material moving: 159 7.13% 35 1.57%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 122 5.47% 5 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 5 0.22% 3 0.13%
Material moving 32 1.43% 27 1.21%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,221 54.75% 1,009 45.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 252 11.30% 35 1.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 248 11.12% 35 1.57%
Mining 4 0.18% 0 0.00%
Construction 121 5.43% 2 0.09%
Manufacturing 194 8.70% 107 4.80%
Wholesale trade 117 5.25% 32 1.43%
Retail trade 120 5.38% 79 3.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 141 6.32% 20 0.90%
Transportation & warehousing 114 5.11% 18 0.81%
Utilities 27 1.21% 2 0.09%
Information 25 1.12% 18 0.81%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 16 0.72% 26 1.17%
Finance & insurance 16 0.72% 25 1.12%
Real estate & rental & leasing 0 0.00% 1 0.04%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 19 0.85% 32 1.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 9 0.40% 22 0.99%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 10 0.45% 10 0.45%
Educational, health & social services: 74 3.32% 502 22.51%
Educational services 46 2.06% 167 7.49%
Health care & social assistance 28 1.26% 335 15.02%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 33 1.48% 47 2.11%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 11 0.49% 8 0.36%
Accommodation & food services 22 0.99% 39 1.75%
Other services (except public administration) 91 4.08% 64 2.87%
Public administration 18 0.81% 45 2.02%

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

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