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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 3,958 53.97% 3,376 46.03%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 748 10.20% 980 13.36%
Management, business, & financial operations: 420 5.73% 267 3.64%
Management, except farm managers 321 4.38% 149 2.03%
Farmers & farm managers 23 0.31% 14 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 76 1.04% 104 1.42%
Business operations specialists 31 0.42% 53 0.72%
Financial specialists 45 0.61% 51 0.70%
Professional & related occupations: 328 4.47% 713 9.72%
Computer & mathematical 14 0.19% 20 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 49 0.67% 5 0.07%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 12 0.16% 5 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 37 0.50% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 11 0.15% 5 0.07%
Community & social services 42 0.57% 26 0.35%
Legal 15 0.20% 5 0.07%
Education, training, & library 94 1.28% 388 5.29%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 44 0.60% 37 0.50%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 59 0.80% 227 3.10%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 34 0.46% 113 1.54%
Health technologists & technicians 25 0.34% 114 1.55%
Service occupations: 432 5.89% 590 8.04%
Healthcare support 10 0.14% 111 1.51%
Protective services: 127 1.73% 16 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 70 0.95% 7 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 57 0.78% 9 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 49 0.67% 183 2.50%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 217 2.96% 94 1.28%
Personal care & service 29 0.40% 186 2.54%
Sales & office occupations: 575 7.84% 1,148 15.65%
Sales & related occupations 423 5.77% 369 5.03%
Office & administrative support 152 2.07% 779 10.62%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 226 3.08% 9 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 820 11.18% 1 0.01%
Construction & extraction: 492 6.71% 1 0.01%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 59 0.80% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 417 5.69% 1 0.01%
Extraction 16 0.22% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 328 4.47% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,157 15.78% 648 8.84%
Production 621 8.47% 532 7.25%
Transportation & material moving: 536 7.31% 116 1.58%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 15 0.20% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 331 4.51% 67 0.91%
Rail, water & other transportation 31 0.42% 0 0.00%
Material moving 159 2.17% 49 0.67%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,958 53.97% 3,376 46.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 429 5.85% 46 0.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 344 4.69% 46 0.63%
Mining 85 1.16% 0 0.00%
Construction 553 7.54% 20 0.27%
Manufacturing 866 11.81% 686 9.35%
Wholesale trade 162 2.21% 82 1.12%
Retail trade 471 6.42% 451 6.15%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 360 4.91% 45 0.61%
Transportation & warehousing 252 3.44% 38 0.52%
Utilities 108 1.47% 7 0.10%
Information 50 0.68% 74 1.01%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 104 1.42% 241 3.29%
Finance & insurance 97 1.32% 224 3.05%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7 0.10% 17 0.23%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 189 2.58% 84 1.15%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 81 1.10% 50 0.68%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 108 1.47% 34 0.46%
Educational, health & social services: 285 3.89% 1,082 14.75%
Educational services 160 2.18% 475 6.48%
Health care & social assistance 125 1.70% 607 8.28%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 113 1.54% 288 3.93%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 39 0.53% 97 1.32%
Accommodation & food services 74 1.01% 191 2.60%
Other services (except public administration) 180 2.45% 132 1.80%
Public administration 196 2.67% 145 1.98%

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

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