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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 4,315 52.04% 3,977 47.96%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,263 15.23% 1,062 12.81%
Management, business, & financial operations: 856 10.32% 369 4.45%
Management, except farm managers 315 3.80% 207 2.50%
Farmers & farm managers 459 5.54% 51 0.62%
Business & financial operations: 82 0.99% 111 1.34%
Business operations specialists 66 0.80% 38 0.46%
Financial specialists 16 0.19% 73 0.88%
Professional & related occupations: 407 4.91% 693 8.36%
Computer & mathematical 74 0.89% 19 0.23%
Architecture & engineering: 77 0.93% 34 0.41%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 43 0.52% 18 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 34 0.41% 16 0.19%
Life, physical, & social science 55 0.66% 35 0.42%
Community & social services 36 0.43% 47 0.57%
Legal 20 0.24% 21 0.25%
Education, training, & library 82 0.99% 243 2.93%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 24 0.29% 47 0.57%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 39 0.47% 247 2.98%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 21 0.25% 201 2.42%
Health technologists & technicians 18 0.22% 46 0.55%
Service occupations: 289 3.49% 862 10.40%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 135 1.63%
Protective services: 44 0.53% 13 0.16%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 41 0.49% 13 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3 0.04% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 64 0.77% 352 4.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 146 1.76% 129 1.56%
Personal care & service 35 0.42% 233 2.81%
Sales & office occupations: 456 5.50% 1,452 17.51%
Sales & related occupations 273 3.29% 513 6.19%
Office & administrative support 183 2.21% 939 11.32%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 97 1.17% 14 0.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 717 8.65% 29 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 427 5.15% 0 0.00%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 60 0.72% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 367 4.43% 0 0.00%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 290 3.50% 29 0.35%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,493 18.01% 558 6.73%
Production 992 11.96% 498 6.01%
Transportation & material moving: 501 6.04% 60 0.72%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 16 0.19% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 269 3.24% 11 0.13%
Rail, water & other transportation 5 0.06% 0 0.00%
Material moving 206 2.48% 49 0.59%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,315 52.04% 3,977 47.96%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 610 7.36% 110 1.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 610 7.36% 110 1.33%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 525 6.33% 51 0.62%
Manufacturing 1,435 17.31% 719 8.67%
Wholesale trade 109 1.31% 69 0.83%
Retail trade 424 5.11% 583 7.03%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 220 2.65% 73 0.88%
Transportation & warehousing 206 2.48% 62 0.75%
Utilities 14 0.17% 11 0.13%
Information 78 0.94% 90 1.09%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 94 1.13% 199 2.40%
Finance & insurance 83 1.00% 170 2.05%
Real estate & rental & leasing 11 0.13% 29 0.35%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 149 1.80% 150 1.81%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 76 0.92% 97 1.17%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 8 0.10%
Administrative & support & waste management services 73 0.88% 45 0.54%
Educational, health & social services: 282 3.40% 1,301 15.69%
Educational services 192 2.32% 501 6.04%
Health care & social assistance 90 1.09% 800 9.65%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 147 1.77% 356 4.29%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 34 0.41% 40 0.48%
Accommodation & food services 113 1.36% 316 3.81%
Other services (except public administration) 132 1.59% 172 2.07%
Public administration 110 1.33% 104 1.25%

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

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