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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 2,898 53.04% 2,566 46.96%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 421 7.70% 697 12.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 141 2.58% 165 3.02%
Management, except farm managers 115 2.10% 112 2.05%
Farmers & farm managers 13 0.24% 13 0.24%
Business & financial operations: 13 0.24% 40 0.73%
Business operations specialists 0 0.00% 17 0.31%
Financial specialists 13 0.24% 23 0.42%
Professional & related occupations: 280 5.12% 532 9.74%
Computer & mathematical 9 0.16% 5 0.09%
Architecture & engineering: 34 0.62% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 18 0.33% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 16 0.29% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 22 0.40% 0 0.00%
Community & social services 58 1.06% 13 0.24%
Legal 16 0.29% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 81 1.48% 304 5.56%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 28 0.51% 23 0.42%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 32 0.59% 187 3.42%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 24 0.44% 95 1.74%
Health technologists & technicians 8 0.15% 92 1.68%
Service occupations: 246 4.50% 659 12.06%
Healthcare support 16 0.29% 126 2.31%
Protective services: 76 1.39% 9 0.16%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 57 1.04% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 19 0.35% 9 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 23 0.42% 315 5.77%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 103 1.89% 70 1.28%
Personal care & service 28 0.51% 139 2.54%
Sales & office occupations: 302 5.53% 557 10.19%
Sales & related occupations 143 2.62% 181 3.31%
Office & administrative support 159 2.91% 376 6.88%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 80 1.46% 7 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 669 12.24% 6 0.11%
Construction & extraction: 374 6.84% 0 0.00%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 59 1.08% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 305 5.58% 0 0.00%
Extraction 10 0.18% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 295 5.40% 6 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,180 21.60% 640 11.71%
Production 703 12.87% 606 11.09%
Transportation & material moving: 477 8.73% 34 0.62%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 7 0.13% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 284 5.20% 14 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 7 0.13%
Material moving 186 3.40% 13 0.24%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,898 53.04% 2,566 46.96%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 190 3.48% 37 0.68%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 140 2.56% 37 0.68%
Mining 50 0.92% 0 0.00%
Construction 403 7.38% 0 0.00%
Manufacturing 1,020 18.67% 595 10.89%
Wholesale trade 68 1.24% 10 0.18%
Retail trade 247 4.52% 343 6.28%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 229 4.19% 35 0.64%
Transportation & warehousing 216 3.95% 29 0.53%
Utilities 13 0.24% 6 0.11%
Information 66 1.21% 21 0.38%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 73 1.34% 68 1.24%
Finance & insurance 66 1.21% 68 1.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7 0.13% 0 0.00%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 73 1.34% 42 0.77%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 25 0.46% 34 0.62%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 48 0.88% 8 0.15%
Educational, health & social services: 311 5.69% 974 17.83%
Educational services 191 3.50% 481 8.80%
Health care & social assistance 120 2.20% 493 9.02%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 62 1.13% 286 5.23%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 14 0.26% 20 0.37%
Accommodation & food services 48 0.88% 266 4.87%
Other services (except public administration) 93 1.70% 81 1.48%
Public administration 63 1.15% 74 1.35%

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

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