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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 5,008 54.07% 4,254 45.93%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 951 10.27% 1,338 14.45%
Management, business, & financial operations: 506 5.46% 436 4.71%
Management, except farm managers 256 2.76% 222 2.40%
Farmers & farm managers 147 1.59% 44 0.48%
Business & financial operations: 103 1.11% 170 1.84%
Business operations specialists 51 0.55% 50 0.54%
Financial specialists 52 0.56% 120 1.30%
Professional & related occupations: 445 4.80% 902 9.74%
Computer & mathematical 21 0.23% 20 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 129 1.39% 22 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 48 0.52% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 81 0.87% 22 0.24%
Life, physical, & social science 40 0.43% 11 0.12%
Community & social services 34 0.37% 36 0.39%
Legal 8 0.09% 7 0.08%
Education, training, & library 92 0.99% 377 4.07%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 54 0.58% 41 0.44%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 67 0.72% 388 4.19%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 35 0.38% 203 2.19%
Health technologists & technicians 32 0.35% 185 2.00%
Service occupations: 378 4.08% 832 8.98%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 225 2.43%
Protective services: 89 0.96% 32 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 76 0.82% 24 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 13 0.14% 8 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 98 1.06% 277 2.99%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 145 1.57% 137 1.48%
Personal care & service 46 0.50% 161 1.74%
Sales & office occupations: 640 6.91% 1,472 15.89%
Sales & related occupations 364 3.93% 467 5.04%
Office & administrative support 276 2.98% 1,005 10.85%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 197 2.13% 49 0.53%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,269 13.70% 51 0.55%
Construction & extraction: 802 8.66% 11 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 74 0.80% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 671 7.24% 11 0.12%
Extraction 57 0.62% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 467 5.04% 40 0.43%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,573 16.98% 512 5.53%
Production 857 9.25% 357 3.85%
Transportation & material moving: 716 7.73% 155 1.67%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 18 0.19% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 410 4.43% 65 0.70%
Rail, water & other transportation 9 0.10% 8 0.09%
Material moving 279 3.01% 82 0.89%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,008 54.07% 4,254 45.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 575 6.21% 82 0.89%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 404 4.36% 75 0.81%
Mining 171 1.85% 7 0.08%
Construction 774 8.36% 62 0.67%
Manufacturing 1,180 12.74% 516 5.57%
Wholesale trade 189 2.04% 54 0.58%
Retail trade 494 5.33% 615 6.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 389 4.20% 118 1.27%
Transportation & warehousing 259 2.80% 79 0.85%
Utilities 130 1.40% 39 0.42%
Information 162 1.75% 160 1.73%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 111 1.20% 374 4.04%
Finance & insurance 83 0.90% 329 3.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 28 0.30% 45 0.49%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 249 2.69% 157 1.70%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 96 1.04% 75 0.81%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 153 1.65% 82 0.89%
Educational, health & social services: 288 3.11% 1,540 16.63%
Educational services 189 2.04% 567 6.12%
Health care & social assistance 99 1.07% 973 10.51%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 151 1.63% 223 2.41%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 39 0.42% 41 0.44%
Accommodation & food services 112 1.21% 182 1.97%
Other services (except public administration) 247 2.67% 176 1.90%
Public administration 199 2.15% 177 1.91%

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

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