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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 3,955 53.71% 3,408 46.29%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 577 7.84% 887 12.05%
Management, business, & financial operations: 353 4.79% 195 2.65%
Management, except farm managers 181 2.46% 91 1.24%
Farmers & farm managers 139 1.89% 17 0.23%
Business & financial operations: 33 0.45% 87 1.18%
Business operations specialists 14 0.19% 17 0.23%
Financial specialists 19 0.26% 70 0.95%
Professional & related occupations: 224 3.04% 692 9.40%
Computer & mathematical 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 8 0.11% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 8 0.11% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 10 0.14% 6 0.08%
Community & social services 70 0.95% 102 1.39%
Legal 12 0.16% 12 0.16%
Education, training, & library 51 0.69% 331 4.50%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 13 0.18% 0 0.00%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 60 0.81% 241 3.27%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 34 0.46% 148 2.01%
Health technologists & technicians 26 0.35% 93 1.26%
Service occupations: 317 4.31% 687 9.33%
Healthcare support 15 0.20% 135 1.83%
Protective services: 90 1.22% 13 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 76 1.03% 6 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 14 0.19% 7 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 83 1.13% 299 4.06%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 105 1.43% 36 0.49%
Personal care & service 24 0.33% 204 2.77%
Sales & office occupations: 409 5.55% 1,133 15.39%
Sales & related occupations 239 3.25% 365 4.96%
Office & administrative support 170 2.31% 768 10.43%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 175 2.38% 90 1.22%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 948 12.88% 4 0.05%
Construction & extraction: 605 8.22% 4 0.05%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 46 0.62% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 531 7.21% 4 0.05%
Extraction 28 0.38% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 343 4.66% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,529 20.77% 607 8.24%
Production 917 12.45% 456 6.19%
Transportation & material moving: 612 8.31% 151 2.05%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.11% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 290 3.94% 38 0.52%
Rail, water & other transportation 24 0.33% 2 0.03%
Material moving 290 3.94% 111 1.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,955 53.71% 3,408 46.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 380 5.16% 113 1.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 335 4.55% 113 1.53%
Mining 45 0.61% 0 0.00%
Construction 582 7.90% 4 0.05%
Manufacturing 1,508 20.48% 583 7.92%
Wholesale trade 69 0.94% 21 0.29%
Retail trade 320 4.35% 436 5.92%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 191 2.59% 22 0.30%
Transportation & warehousing 168 2.28% 22 0.30%
Utilities 23 0.31% 0 0.00%
Information 27 0.37% 134 1.82%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 89 1.21% 287 3.90%
Finance & insurance 82 1.11% 229 3.11%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7 0.10% 58 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 74 1.01% 56 0.76%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 22 0.30% 56 0.76%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 52 0.71% 0 0.00%
Educational, health & social services: 221 3.00% 1,214 16.49%
Educational services 109 1.48% 511 6.94%
Health care & social assistance 112 1.52% 703 9.55%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 179 2.43% 326 4.43%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 58 0.79% 15 0.20%
Accommodation & food services 121 1.64% 311 4.22%
Other services (except public administration) 205 2.78% 102 1.39%
Public administration 110 1.49% 110 1.49%

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

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