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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 4,887 53.46% 4,255 46.54%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,192 13.04% 1,182 12.93%
Management, business, & financial operations: 780 8.53% 441 4.82%
Management, except farm managers 350 3.83% 255 2.79%
Farmers & farm managers 290 3.17% 28 0.31%
Business & financial operations: 140 1.53% 158 1.73%
Business operations specialists 37 0.40% 46 0.50%
Financial specialists 103 1.13% 112 1.23%
Professional & related occupations: 412 4.51% 741 8.11%
Computer & mathematical 31 0.34% 10 0.11%
Architecture & engineering: 61 0.67% 6 0.07%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 33 0.36% 6 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 28 0.31% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 18 0.20% 2 0.02%
Community & social services 50 0.55% 53 0.58%
Legal 15 0.16% 17 0.19%
Education, training, & library 126 1.38% 282 3.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 37 0.40% 67 0.73%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 74 0.81% 304 3.33%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 50 0.55% 215 2.35%
Health technologists & technicians 24 0.26% 89 0.97%
Service occupations: 312 3.41% 944 10.33%
Healthcare support 24 0.26% 163 1.78%
Protective services: 53 0.58% 18 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 51 0.56% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2 0.02% 18 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 111 1.21% 394 4.31%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 103 1.13% 147 1.61%
Personal care & service 21 0.23% 222 2.43%
Sales & office occupations: 841 9.20% 1,521 16.64%
Sales & related occupations 616 6.74% 582 6.37%
Office & administrative support 225 2.46% 939 10.27%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 93 1.02% 25 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 852 9.32% 26 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 442 4.83% 6 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 51 0.56% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 391 4.28% 6 0.07%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 410 4.48% 20 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,597 17.47% 557 6.09%
Production 975 10.67% 463 5.06%
Transportation & material moving: 622 6.80% 94 1.03%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3 0.03% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 13 0.14% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 310 3.39% 54 0.59%
Rail, water & other transportation 5 0.05% 0 0.00%
Material moving 291 3.18% 40 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,887 53.46% 4,255 46.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 427 4.67% 72 0.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 420 4.59% 72 0.79%
Mining 7 0.08% 0 0.00%
Construction 575 6.29% 15 0.16%
Manufacturing 1,212 13.26% 485 5.31%
Wholesale trade 325 3.56% 69 0.75%
Retail trade 575 6.29% 733 8.02%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 405 4.43% 143 1.56%
Transportation & warehousing 340 3.72% 136 1.49%
Utilities 65 0.71% 7 0.08%
Information 142 1.55% 135 1.48%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 165 1.80% 193 2.11%
Finance & insurance 143 1.56% 151 1.65%
Real estate & rental & leasing 22 0.24% 42 0.46%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 213 2.33% 317 3.47%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 106 1.16% 156 1.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 107 1.17% 161 1.76%
Educational, health & social services: 329 3.60% 1,294 14.15%
Educational services 191 2.09% 382 4.18%
Health care & social assistance 138 1.51% 912 9.98%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 182 1.99% 389 4.26%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 14 0.15% 38 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 168 1.84% 351 3.84%
Other services (except public administration) 212 2.32% 285 3.12%
Public administration 125 1.37% 125 1.37%

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

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