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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 3,001 55.05% 2,450 44.95%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 677 12.42% 961 17.63%
Management, business, & financial operations: 399 7.32% 342 6.27%
Management, except farm managers 279 5.12% 215 3.94%
Farmers & farm managers 23 0.42% 12 0.22%
Business & financial operations: 97 1.78% 115 2.11%
Business operations specialists 62 1.14% 56 1.03%
Financial specialists 35 0.64% 59 1.08%
Professional & related occupations: 278 5.10% 619 11.36%
Computer & mathematical 22 0.40% 20 0.37%
Architecture & engineering: 47 0.86% 23 0.42%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 38 0.70% 16 0.29%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 9 0.17% 7 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 33 0.61% 27 0.50%
Community & social services 0 0.00% 61 1.12%
Legal 42 0.77% 21 0.39%
Education, training, & library 68 1.25% 236 4.33%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 31 0.57% 126 2.31%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 35 0.64% 105 1.93%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 29 0.53% 54 0.99%
Health technologists & technicians 6 0.11% 51 0.94%
Service occupations: 464 8.51% 455 8.35%
Healthcare support 8 0.15% 81 1.49%
Protective services: 84 1.54% 0 0.00%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 72 1.32% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 12 0.22% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 138 2.53% 155 2.84%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 199 3.65% 171 3.14%
Personal care & service 35 0.64% 48 0.88%
Sales & office occupations: 456 8.37% 844 15.48%
Sales & related occupations 318 5.83% 317 5.82%
Office & administrative support 138 2.53% 527 9.67%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 35 0.64% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,114 20.44% 100 1.83%
Construction & extraction: 989 18.14% 86 1.58%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 94 1.72% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 876 16.07% 86 1.58%
Extraction 19 0.35% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 125 2.29% 14 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 255 4.68% 90 1.65%
Production 87 1.60% 60 1.10%
Transportation & material moving: 168 3.08% 30 0.55%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 16 0.29% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 13 0.24% 8 0.15%
Motor vehicle operators 84 1.54% 22 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 16 0.29% 0 0.00%
Material moving 39 0.72% 0 0.00%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,001 55.05% 2,450 44.95%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 53 0.97% 12 0.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 46 0.84% 12 0.22%
Mining 7 0.13% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,054 19.34% 130 2.38%
Manufacturing 87 1.60% 87 1.60%
Wholesale trade 46 0.84% 12 0.22%
Retail trade 301 5.52% 328 6.02%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 252 4.62% 75 1.38%
Transportation & warehousing 182 3.34% 68 1.25%
Utilities 70 1.28% 7 0.13%
Information 47 0.86% 56 1.03%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 149 2.73% 218 4.00%
Finance & insurance 30 0.55% 118 2.16%
Real estate & rental & leasing 119 2.18% 100 1.83%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 400 7.34% 361 6.62%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 156 2.86% 233 4.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 244 4.48% 128 2.35%
Educational, health & social services: 181 3.32% 578 10.60%
Educational services 124 2.27% 254 4.66%
Health care & social assistance 57 1.05% 324 5.94%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 238 4.37% 333 6.11%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 27 0.50% 88 1.61%
Accommodation & food services 211 3.87% 245 4.49%
Other services (except public administration) 92 1.69% 154 2.83%
Public administration 101 1.85% 106 1.94%

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

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