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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 5,472 53.37% 4,781 46.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,086 10.59% 1,423 13.88%
Management, business, & financial operations: 578 5.64% 348 3.39%
Management, except farm managers 325 3.17% 175 1.71%
Farmers & farm managers 206 2.01% 28 0.27%
Business & financial operations: 47 0.46% 145 1.41%
Business operations specialists 35 0.34% 72 0.70%
Financial specialists 12 0.12% 73 0.71%
Professional & related occupations: 508 4.95% 1,075 10.48%
Computer & mathematical 43 0.42% 16 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 122 1.19% 29 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 49 0.48% 7 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 73 0.71% 22 0.21%
Life, physical, & social science 37 0.36% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 42 0.41% 93 0.91%
Legal 11 0.11% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 123 1.20% 445 4.34%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 36 0.35% 35 0.34%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 94 0.92% 457 4.46%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 64 0.62% 316 3.08%
Health technologists & technicians 30 0.29% 141 1.38%
Service occupations: 551 5.37% 1,035 10.09%
Healthcare support 30 0.29% 246 2.40%
Protective services: 116 1.13% 35 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 89 0.87% 14 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 27 0.26% 21 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 171 1.67% 339 3.31%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 212 2.07% 158 1.54%
Personal care & service 22 0.21% 257 2.51%
Sales & office occupations: 670 6.53% 1,476 14.40%
Sales & related occupations 386 3.76% 502 4.90%
Office & administrative support 284 2.77% 974 9.50%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 82 0.80% 32 0.31%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,117 10.89% 58 0.57%
Construction & extraction: 708 6.91% 21 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 93 0.91% 10 0.10%
Construction trades 597 5.82% 11 0.11%
Extraction 18 0.18% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 409 3.99% 37 0.36%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,966 19.17% 757 7.38%
Production 1,263 12.32% 570 5.56%
Transportation & material moving: 703 6.86% 187 1.82%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 26 0.25% 15 0.15%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 300 2.93% 98 0.96%
Rail, water & other transportation 33 0.32% 0 0.00%
Material moving 337 3.29% 74 0.72%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,472 53.37% 4,781 46.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 326 3.18% 66 0.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 303 2.96% 64 0.62%
Mining 23 0.22% 2 0.02%
Construction 799 7.79% 77 0.75%
Manufacturing 1,808 17.63% 807 7.87%
Wholesale trade 166 1.62% 126 1.23%
Retail trade 450 4.39% 616 6.01%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 459 4.48% 104 1.01%
Transportation & warehousing 340 3.32% 73 0.71%
Utilities 119 1.16% 31 0.30%
Information 62 0.60% 45 0.44%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 103 1.00% 241 2.35%
Finance & insurance 70 0.68% 218 2.13%
Real estate & rental & leasing 33 0.32% 23 0.22%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 180 1.76% 154 1.50%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 75 0.73% 87 0.85%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 105 1.02% 67 0.65%
Educational, health & social services: 457 4.46% 1,794 17.50%
Educational services 250 2.44% 651 6.35%
Health care & social assistance 207 2.02% 1,143 11.15%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 201 1.96% 358 3.49%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 12 0.12% 42 0.41%
Accommodation & food services 189 1.84% 316 3.08%
Other services (except public administration) 255 2.49% 245 2.39%
Public administration 206 2.01% 148 1.44%

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

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