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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 6,032 53.22% 5,303 46.78%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,780 15.70% 1,853 16.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,044 9.21% 504 4.45%
Management, except farm managers 402 3.55% 185 1.63%
Farmers & farm managers 538 4.75% 130 1.15%
Business & financial operations: 104 0.92% 189 1.67%
Business operations specialists 69 0.61% 80 0.71%
Financial specialists 35 0.31% 109 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 736 6.49% 1,349 11.90%
Computer & mathematical 78 0.69% 96 0.85%
Architecture & engineering: 157 1.39% 8 0.07%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 99 0.87% 3 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 58 0.51% 5 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 52 0.46% 31 0.27%
Community & social services 75 0.66% 95 0.84%
Legal 14 0.12% 26 0.23%
Education, training, & library 143 1.26% 437 3.86%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 78 0.69% 77 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 139 1.23% 579 5.11%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 90 0.79% 341 3.01%
Health technologists & technicians 49 0.43% 238 2.10%
Service occupations: 528 4.66% 1,146 10.11%
Healthcare support 20 0.18% 324 2.86%
Protective services: 78 0.69% 13 0.11%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 62 0.55% 5 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 16 0.14% 8 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 186 1.64% 367 3.24%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 216 1.91% 152 1.34%
Personal care & service 28 0.25% 290 2.56%
Sales & office occupations: 720 6.35% 1,701 15.01%
Sales & related occupations 406 3.58% 472 4.16%
Office & administrative support 314 2.77% 1,229 10.84%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 257 2.27% 61 0.54%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,163 10.26% 35 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 685 6.04% 19 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 89 0.79% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 587 5.18% 19 0.17%
Extraction 9 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 478 4.22% 16 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,584 13.97% 507 4.47%
Production 961 8.48% 426 3.76%
Transportation & material moving: 623 5.50% 81 0.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4 0.04% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 3 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 337 2.97% 11 0.10%
Rail, water & other transportation 5 0.04% 11 0.10%
Material moving 274 2.42% 59 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,032 53.22% 5,303 46.78%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 833 7.35% 197 1.74%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 823 7.26% 192 1.69%
Mining 10 0.09% 5 0.04%
Construction 789 6.96% 92 0.81%
Manufacturing 1,540 13.59% 662 5.84%
Wholesale trade 231 2.04% 94 0.83%
Retail trade 504 4.45% 607 5.36%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 391 3.45% 68 0.60%
Transportation & warehousing 318 2.81% 55 0.49%
Utilities 73 0.64% 13 0.11%
Information 68 0.60% 76 0.67%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 123 1.09% 261 2.30%
Finance & insurance 85 0.75% 232 2.05%
Real estate & rental & leasing 38 0.34% 29 0.26%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 231 2.04% 207 1.83%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 142 1.25% 125 1.10%
Management of companies & enterprises 3 0.03% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 86 0.76% 82 0.72%
Educational, health & social services: 563 4.97% 2,258 19.92%
Educational services 268 2.36% 494 4.36%
Health care & social assistance 295 2.60% 1,764 15.56%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 288 2.54% 413 3.64%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 60 0.53% 86 0.76%
Accommodation & food services 228 2.01% 327 2.88%
Other services (except public administration) 278 2.45% 220 1.94%
Public administration 193 1.70% 148 1.31%

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

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