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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 1,192 55.06% 973 44.94%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 320 14.78% 293 13.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 230 10.62% 53 2.45%
Management, except farm managers 60 2.77% 33 1.52%
Farmers & farm managers 147 6.79% 11 0.51%
Business & financial operations: 23 1.06% 9 0.42%
Business operations specialists 8 0.37% 0 0.00%
Financial specialists 15 0.69% 9 0.42%
Professional & related occupations: 90 4.16% 240 11.09%
Computer & mathematical 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 6 0.28% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6 0.28% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 7 0.32% 7 0.32%
Community & social services 26 1.20% 20 0.92%
Legal 0 0.00% 7 0.32%
Education, training, & library 34 1.57% 154 7.11%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 11 0.51% 12 0.55%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6 0.28% 40 1.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4 0.18% 26 1.20%
Health technologists & technicians 2 0.09% 14 0.65%
Service occupations: 113 5.22% 283 13.07%
Healthcare support 2 0.09% 99 4.57%
Protective services: 48 2.22% 24 1.11%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 38 1.76% 20 0.92%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 10 0.46% 4 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7 0.32% 41 1.89%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 53 2.45% 63 2.91%
Personal care & service 3 0.14% 56 2.59%
Sales & office occupations: 106 4.90% 331 15.29%
Sales & related occupations 77 3.56% 126 5.82%
Office & administrative support 29 1.34% 205 9.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 170 7.85% 4 0.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 226 10.44% 1 0.05%
Construction & extraction: 125 5.77% 1 0.05%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 18 0.83% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 102 4.71% 1 0.05%
Extraction 5 0.23% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 101 4.67% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 257 11.87% 61 2.82%
Production 80 3.70% 40 1.85%
Transportation & material moving: 177 8.18% 21 0.97%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 85 3.93% 9 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 9 0.42% 0 0.00%
Material moving 81 3.74% 12 0.55%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,192 55.06% 973 44.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 451 20.83% 38 1.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 403 18.61% 36 1.66%
Mining 48 2.22% 2 0.09%
Construction 129 5.96% 3 0.14%
Manufacturing 60 2.77% 36 1.66%
Wholesale trade 63 2.91% 3 0.14%
Retail trade 84 3.88% 132 6.10%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 63 2.91% 21 0.97%
Transportation & warehousing 58 2.68% 15 0.69%
Utilities 5 0.23% 6 0.28%
Information 7 0.32% 14 0.65%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 42 1.94% 52 2.40%
Finance & insurance 38 1.76% 47 2.17%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4 0.18% 5 0.23%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 33 1.52% 44 2.03%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 24 1.11% 30 1.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 9 0.42% 14 0.65%
Educational, health & social services: 106 4.90% 400 18.48%
Educational services 79 3.65% 200 9.24%
Health care & social assistance 27 1.25% 200 9.24%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 22 1.02% 72 3.33%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 14 0.65% 12 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 8 0.37% 60 2.77%
Other services (except public administration) 52 2.40% 64 2.96%
Public administration 80 3.70% 94 4.34%

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

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