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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 1,610 51.82% 1,497 48.18%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 474 15.26% 663 21.34%
Management, business, & financial operations: 208 6.69% 181 5.83%
Management, except farm managers 190 6.12% 152 4.89%
Farmers & farm managers 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 18 0.58% 29 0.93%
Business operations specialists 14 0.45% 6 0.19%
Financial specialists 4 0.13% 23 0.74%
Professional & related occupations: 266 8.56% 482 15.51%
Computer & mathematical 7 0.23% 3 0.10%
Architecture & engineering: 29 0.93% 7 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 19 0.61% 4 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 10 0.32% 3 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 10 0.32% 13 0.42%
Community & social services 29 0.93% 83 2.67%
Legal 5 0.16% 8 0.26%
Education, training, & library 123 3.96% 291 9.37%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 26 0.84% 17 0.55%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 37 1.19% 60 1.93%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 34 1.09% 57 1.83%
Health technologists & technicians 3 0.10% 3 0.10%
Service occupations: 350 11.26% 307 9.88%
Healthcare support 13 0.42% 75 2.41%
Protective services: 87 2.80% 41 1.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 79 2.54% 29 0.93%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 8 0.26% 12 0.39%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 64 2.06% 82 2.64%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 150 4.83% 23 0.74%
Personal care & service 36 1.16% 86 2.77%
Sales & office occupations: 258 8.30% 486 15.64%
Sales & related occupations 122 3.93% 126 4.06%
Office & administrative support 136 4.38% 360 11.59%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 14 0.45% 1 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 243 7.82% 3 0.10%
Construction & extraction: 145 4.67% 3 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 8 0.26% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 121 3.89% 0 0.00%
Extraction 16 0.51% 3 0.10%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 98 3.15% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 271 8.72% 37 1.19%
Production 90 2.90% 22 0.71%
Transportation & material moving: 181 5.83% 15 0.48%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.06% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 54 1.74% 3 0.10%
Motor vehicle operators 45 1.45% 4 0.13%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 6 0.19%
Material moving 80 2.57% 2 0.06%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,610 51.82% 1,497 48.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 36 1.16% 12 0.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 15 0.48% 1 0.03%
Mining 21 0.68% 11 0.35%
Construction 88 2.83% 4 0.13%
Manufacturing 21 0.68% 7 0.23%
Wholesale trade 3 0.10% 0 0.00%
Retail trade 180 5.79% 119 3.83%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 256 8.24% 65 2.09%
Transportation & warehousing 186 5.99% 59 1.90%
Utilities 70 2.25% 6 0.19%
Information 51 1.64% 19 0.61%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 50 1.61% 20 0.64%
Finance & insurance 2 0.06% 11 0.35%
Real estate & rental & leasing 48 1.54% 9 0.29%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 30 0.97% 27 0.87%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 17 0.55% 0 0.00%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 1 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 13 0.42% 26 0.84%
Educational, health & social services: 405 13.04% 779 25.07%
Educational services 259 8.34% 389 12.52%
Health care & social assistance 146 4.70% 390 12.55%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 132 4.25% 114 3.67%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 42 1.35% 60 1.93%
Accommodation & food services 90 2.90% 54 1.74%
Other services (except public administration) 77 2.48% 102 3.28%
Public administration 281 9.04% 229 7.37%

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

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