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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 4,157 52.02% 3,834 47.98%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 776 9.71% 1,080 13.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 353 4.42% 250 3.13%
Management, except farm managers 176 2.20% 135 1.69%
Farmers & farm managers 122 1.53% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 55 0.69% 115 1.44%
Business operations specialists 46 0.58% 59 0.74%
Financial specialists 9 0.11% 56 0.70%
Professional & related occupations: 423 5.29% 830 10.39%
Computer & mathematical 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 66 0.83% 10 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 32 0.40% 10 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 34 0.43% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 47 0.59% 13 0.16%
Community & social services 89 1.11% 67 0.84%
Legal 27 0.34% 37 0.46%
Education, training, & library 78 0.98% 451 5.64%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 19 0.24% 23 0.29%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 97 1.21% 229 2.87%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 54 0.68% 95 1.19%
Health technologists & technicians 43 0.54% 134 1.68%
Service occupations: 781 9.77% 1,208 15.12%
Healthcare support 3 0.04% 167 2.09%
Protective services: 309 3.87% 95 1.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 243 3.04% 65 0.81%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 66 0.83% 30 0.38%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 133 1.66% 408 5.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 220 2.75% 237 2.97%
Personal care & service 116 1.45% 301 3.77%
Sales & office occupations: 442 5.53% 1,268 15.87%
Sales & related occupations 269 3.37% 495 6.19%
Office & administrative support 173 2.16% 773 9.67%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 125 1.56% 28 0.35%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,011 12.65% 28 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 665 8.32% 6 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 108 1.35% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 502 6.28% 6 0.08%
Extraction 55 0.69% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 346 4.33% 22 0.28%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,022 12.79% 222 2.78%
Production 550 6.88% 121 1.51%
Transportation & material moving: 472 5.91% 101 1.26%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 34 0.43% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 239 2.99% 78 0.98%
Rail, water & other transportation 28 0.35% 0 0.00%
Material moving 171 2.14% 23 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,157 52.02% 3,834 47.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 435 5.44% 25 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 281 3.52% 22 0.28%
Mining 154 1.93% 3 0.04%
Construction 609 7.62% 30 0.38%
Manufacturing 621 7.77% 87 1.09%
Wholesale trade 134 1.68% 44 0.55%
Retail trade 309 3.87% 415 5.19%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 318 3.98% 73 0.91%
Transportation & warehousing 269 3.37% 51 0.64%
Utilities 49 0.61% 22 0.28%
Information 37 0.46% 25 0.31%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 103 1.29% 130 1.63%
Finance & insurance 54 0.68% 108 1.35%
Real estate & rental & leasing 49 0.61% 22 0.28%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 147 1.84% 130 1.63%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 48 0.60% 69 0.86%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 99 1.24% 61 0.76%
Educational, health & social services: 284 3.55% 1,294 16.19%
Educational services 155 1.94% 690 8.63%
Health care & social assistance 129 1.61% 604 7.56%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 473 5.92% 938 11.74%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 350 4.38% 655 8.20%
Accommodation & food services 123 1.54% 283 3.54%
Other services (except public administration) 144 1.80% 275 3.44%
Public administration 543 6.80% 368 4.61%

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

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