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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 5,787 53.48% 5,033 46.52%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,626 15.03% 1,704 15.75%
Management, business, & financial operations: 923 8.53% 407 3.76%
Management, except farm managers 486 4.49% 263 2.43%
Farmers & farm managers 268 2.48% 24 0.22%
Business & financial operations: 169 1.56% 120 1.11%
Business operations specialists 124 1.15% 77 0.71%
Financial specialists 45 0.42% 43 0.40%
Professional & related occupations: 703 6.50% 1,297 11.99%
Computer & mathematical 67 0.62% 38 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 121 1.12% 19 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 55 0.51% 6 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 66 0.61% 13 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 30 0.28% 39 0.36%
Community & social services 76 0.70% 121 1.12%
Legal 3 0.03% 37 0.34%
Education, training, & library 208 1.92% 519 4.80%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 36 0.33% 49 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 162 1.50% 475 4.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 115 1.06% 250 2.31%
Health technologists & technicians 47 0.43% 225 2.08%
Service occupations: 627 5.79% 1,118 10.33%
Healthcare support 72 0.67% 275 2.54%
Protective services: 161 1.49% 18 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 120 1.11% 4 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 41 0.38% 14 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 174 1.61% 382 3.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 150 1.39% 181 1.67%
Personal care & service 70 0.65% 262 2.42%
Sales & office occupations: 677 6.26% 1,499 13.85%
Sales & related occupations 429 3.96% 480 4.44%
Office & administrative support 248 2.29% 1,019 9.42%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 124 1.15% 6 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 917 8.48% 60 0.55%
Construction & extraction: 497 4.59% 34 0.31%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 69 0.64% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 426 3.94% 34 0.31%
Extraction 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 420 3.88% 26 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,816 16.78% 646 5.97%
Production 1,202 11.11% 508 4.70%
Transportation & material moving: 614 5.67% 138 1.28%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 10 0.09% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 303 2.80% 39 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 64 0.59% 0 0.00%
Material moving 237 2.19% 99 0.91%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,787 53.48% 5,033 46.52%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 395 3.65% 53 0.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 386 3.57% 53 0.49%
Mining 9 0.08% 0 0.00%
Construction 477 4.41% 34 0.31%
Manufacturing 1,663 15.37% 699 6.46%
Wholesale trade 163 1.51% 74 0.68%
Retail trade 618 5.71% 512 4.73%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 484 4.47% 108 1.00%
Transportation & warehousing 362 3.35% 89 0.82%
Utilities 122 1.13% 19 0.18%
Information 71 0.66% 88 0.81%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 117 1.08% 237 2.19%
Finance & insurance 86 0.79% 188 1.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 31 0.29% 49 0.45%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 202 1.87% 217 2.01%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 81 0.75% 135 1.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 121 1.12% 82 0.76%
Educational, health & social services: 760 7.02% 2,114 19.54%
Educational services 317 2.93% 761 7.03%
Health care & social assistance 443 4.09% 1,353 12.50%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 251 2.32% 408 3.77%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 29 0.27% 31 0.29%
Accommodation & food services 222 2.05% 377 3.48%
Other services (except public administration) 305 2.82% 315 2.91%
Public administration 281 2.60% 174 1.61%

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

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