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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 3,439 52.62% 3,097 47.38%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 966 14.78% 943 14.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 729 11.15% 277 4.24%
Management, except farm managers 264 4.04% 145 2.22%
Farmers & farm managers 395 6.04% 41 0.63%
Business & financial operations: 70 1.07% 91 1.39%
Business operations specialists 35 0.54% 25 0.38%
Financial specialists 35 0.54% 66 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 237 3.63% 666 10.19%
Computer & mathematical 0 0.00% 2 0.03%
Architecture & engineering: 20 0.31% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3 0.05% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 17 0.26% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 24 0.37% 20 0.31%
Community & social services 45 0.69% 67 1.03%
Legal 23 0.35% 29 0.44%
Education, training, & library 71 1.09% 240 3.67%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4 0.06% 28 0.43%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 50 0.76% 280 4.28%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 50 0.76% 145 2.22%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 135 2.07%
Service occupations: 328 5.02% 669 10.24%
Healthcare support 42 0.64% 159 2.43%
Protective services: 52 0.80% 11 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 47 0.72% 6 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 5 0.08% 5 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 72 1.10% 190 2.91%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 153 2.34% 130 1.99%
Personal care & service 9 0.14% 179 2.74%
Sales & office occupations: 365 5.58% 1,054 16.13%
Sales & related occupations 237 3.63% 375 5.74%
Office & administrative support 128 1.96% 679 10.39%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 103 1.58% 45 0.69%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 615 9.41% 62 0.95%
Construction & extraction: 336 5.14% 41 0.63%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 15 0.23% 2 0.03%
Construction trades 321 4.91% 39 0.60%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 279 4.27% 21 0.32%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,062 16.25% 324 4.96%
Production 507 7.76% 229 3.50%
Transportation & material moving: 555 8.49% 95 1.45%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1 0.02% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 304 4.65% 5 0.08%
Rail, water & other transportation 3 0.05% 0 0.00%
Material moving 247 3.78% 90 1.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,439 52.62% 3,097 47.38%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 544 8.32% 115 1.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 539 8.25% 115 1.76%
Mining 5 0.08% 0 0.00%
Construction 444 6.79% 60 0.92%
Manufacturing 793 12.13% 336 5.14%
Wholesale trade 234 3.58% 130 1.99%
Retail trade 330 5.05% 497 7.60%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 221 3.38% 42 0.64%
Transportation & warehousing 190 2.91% 42 0.64%
Utilities 31 0.47% 0 0.00%
Information 53 0.81% 43 0.66%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 71 1.09% 138 2.11%
Finance & insurance 62 0.95% 121 1.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 9 0.14% 17 0.26%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 119 1.82% 104 1.59%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 48 0.73% 73 1.12%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 71 1.09% 31 0.47%
Educational, health & social services: 305 4.67% 1,149 17.58%
Educational services 149 2.28% 317 4.85%
Health care & social assistance 156 2.39% 832 12.73%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 87 1.33% 158 2.42%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 15 0.23% 20 0.31%
Accommodation & food services 72 1.10% 138 2.11%
Other services (except public administration) 149 2.28% 194 2.97%
Public administration 89 1.36% 131 2.00%

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

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