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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 6,445 50.14% 6,408 49.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,351 10.51% 2,217 17.25%
Management, business, & financial operations: 651 5.06% 646 5.03%
Management, except farm managers 468 3.64% 409 3.18%
Farmers & farm managers 54 0.42% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 129 1.00% 237 1.84%
Business operations specialists 65 0.51% 66 0.51%
Financial specialists 64 0.50% 171 1.33%
Professional & related occupations: 700 5.45% 1,571 12.22%
Computer & mathematical 28 0.22% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 98 0.76% 27 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 65 0.51% 22 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 33 0.26% 5 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 50 0.39% 41 0.32%
Community & social services 99 0.77% 60 0.47%
Legal 34 0.26% 34 0.26%
Education, training, & library 184 1.43% 780 6.07%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 44 0.34% 81 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 163 1.27% 548 4.26%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 148 1.15% 306 2.38%
Health technologists & technicians 15 0.12% 242 1.88%
Service occupations: 1,025 7.97% 1,359 10.57%
Healthcare support 16 0.12% 273 2.12%
Protective services: 352 2.74% 76 0.59%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 252 1.96% 33 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 100 0.78% 43 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 311 2.42% 414 3.22%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 331 2.58% 247 1.92%
Personal care & service 15 0.12% 349 2.72%
Sales & office occupations: 1,096 8.53% 2,297 17.87%
Sales & related occupations 736 5.73% 874 6.80%
Office & administrative support 360 2.80% 1,423 11.07%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 80 0.62% 14 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,310 10.19% 63 0.49%
Construction & extraction: 665 5.17% 43 0.33%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 110 0.86% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 503 3.91% 37 0.29%
Extraction 52 0.40% 6 0.05%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 645 5.02% 20 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,583 12.32% 458 3.56%
Production 725 5.64% 238 1.85%
Transportation & material moving: 858 6.68% 220 1.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 15 0.12% 28 0.22%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 467 3.63% 105 0.82%
Rail, water & other transportation 21 0.16% 10 0.08%
Material moving 351 2.73% 77 0.60%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,445 50.14% 6,408 49.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 429 3.34% 125 0.97%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 157 1.22% 42 0.33%
Mining 272 2.12% 83 0.65%
Construction 730 5.68% 79 0.61%
Manufacturing 1,098 8.54% 362 2.82%
Wholesale trade 225 1.75% 68 0.53%
Retail trade 826 6.43% 954 7.42%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 466 3.63% 102 0.79%
Transportation & warehousing 330 2.57% 80 0.62%
Utilities 136 1.06% 22 0.17%
Information 94 0.73% 91 0.71%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 283 2.20% 361 2.81%
Finance & insurance 143 1.11% 292 2.27%
Real estate & rental & leasing 140 1.09% 69 0.54%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 399 3.10% 249 1.94%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 139 1.08% 173 1.35%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 4 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 260 2.02% 72 0.56%
Educational, health & social services: 537 4.18% 2,411 18.76%
Educational services 287 2.23% 1,065 8.29%
Health care & social assistance 250 1.95% 1,346 10.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 562 4.37% 830 6.46%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 142 1.10% 236 1.84%
Accommodation & food services 420 3.27% 594 4.62%
Other services (except public administration) 359 2.79% 369 2.87%
Public administration 437 3.40% 407 3.17%

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

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