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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 2,597 54.51% 2,167 45.49%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 716 15.03% 571 11.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 528 11.08% 167 3.51%
Management, except farm managers 145 3.04% 80 1.68%
Farmers & farm managers 335 7.03% 61 1.28%
Business & financial operations: 48 1.01% 26 0.55%
Business operations specialists 14 0.29% 0 0.00%
Financial specialists 34 0.71% 26 0.55%
Professional & related occupations: 188 3.95% 404 8.48%
Computer & mathematical 9 0.19% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 56 1.18% 7 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 30 0.63% 7 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 26 0.55% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 6 0.13% 16 0.34%
Community & social services 32 0.67% 14 0.29%
Legal 30 0.63% 11 0.23%
Education, training, & library 11 0.23% 171 3.59%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 17 0.36% 21 0.44%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 27 0.57% 164 3.44%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 17 0.36% 116 2.43%
Health technologists & technicians 10 0.21% 48 1.01%
Service occupations: 144 3.02% 518 10.87%
Healthcare support 12 0.25% 147 3.09%
Protective services: 32 0.67% 19 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 15 0.31% 6 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 17 0.36% 13 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 20 0.42% 183 3.84%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 63 1.32% 83 1.74%
Personal care & service 17 0.36% 86 1.81%
Sales & office occupations: 308 6.47% 616 12.93%
Sales & related occupations 218 4.58% 186 3.90%
Office & administrative support 90 1.89% 430 9.03%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 144 3.02% 49 1.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 444 9.32% 10 0.21%
Construction & extraction: 209 4.39% 6 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 9 0.19% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 200 4.20% 6 0.13%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 235 4.93% 4 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 841 17.65% 403 8.46%
Production 467 9.80% 344 7.22%
Transportation & material moving: 374 7.85% 59 1.24%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 2 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 228 4.79% 16 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Material moving 146 3.06% 41 0.86%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,597 54.51% 2,167 45.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 496 10.41% 126 2.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 488 10.24% 126 2.64%
Mining 8 0.17% 0 0.00%
Construction 261 5.48% 22 0.46%
Manufacturing 839 17.61% 432 9.07%
Wholesale trade 89 1.87% 61 1.28%
Retail trade 212 4.45% 230 4.83%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 155 3.25% 32 0.67%
Transportation & warehousing 136 2.85% 17 0.36%
Utilities 19 0.40% 15 0.31%
Information 40 0.84% 20 0.42%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 73 1.53% 126 2.64%
Finance & insurance 57 1.20% 117 2.46%
Real estate & rental & leasing 16 0.34% 9 0.19%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 67 1.41% 44 0.92%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 36 0.76% 21 0.44%
Management of companies & enterprises 12 0.25% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 19 0.40% 23 0.48%
Educational, health & social services: 122 2.56% 739 15.51%
Educational services 48 1.01% 227 4.76%
Health care & social assistance 74 1.55% 512 10.75%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 47 0.99% 179 3.76%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 26 0.55% 20 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 21 0.44% 159 3.34%
Other services (except public administration) 143 3.00% 85 1.78%
Public administration 53 1.11% 71 1.49%

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

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