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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 1,716 54.01% 1,461 45.99%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 461 14.51% 412 12.97%
Management, business, & financial operations: 342 10.76% 114 3.59%
Management, except farm managers 89 2.80% 53 1.67%
Farmers & farm managers 220 6.92% 43 1.35%
Business & financial operations: 33 1.04% 18 0.57%
Business operations specialists 25 0.79% 4 0.13%
Financial specialists 8 0.25% 14 0.44%
Professional & related occupations: 119 3.75% 298 9.38%
Computer & mathematical 3 0.09% 3 0.09%
Architecture & engineering: 21 0.66% 4 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 9 0.28% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 12 0.38% 4 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 9 0.28% 6 0.19%
Community & social services 19 0.60% 41 1.29%
Legal 7 0.22% 1 0.03%
Education, training, & library 35 1.10% 145 4.56%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 7 0.22% 13 0.41%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 18 0.57% 85 2.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 15 0.47% 45 1.42%
Health technologists & technicians 3 0.09% 40 1.26%
Service occupations: 97 3.05% 363 11.43%
Healthcare support 2 0.06% 98 3.08%
Protective services: 26 0.82% 6 0.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 17 0.54% 6 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 9 0.28% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 29 0.91% 119 3.75%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 40 1.26% 51 1.61%
Personal care & service 0 0.00% 89 2.80%
Sales & office occupations: 185 5.82% 427 13.44%
Sales & related occupations 116 3.65% 113 3.56%
Office & administrative support 69 2.17% 314 9.88%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 91 2.86% 15 0.47%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 312 9.82% 5 0.16%
Construction & extraction: 172 5.41% 3 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 34 1.07% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 138 4.34% 3 0.09%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 140 4.41% 2 0.06%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 570 17.94% 239 7.52%
Production 285 8.97% 205 6.45%
Transportation & material moving: 285 8.97% 34 1.07%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.19% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 160 5.04% 12 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 11 0.35% 0 0.00%
Material moving 108 3.40% 22 0.69%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,716 54.01% 1,461 45.99%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 355 11.17% 79 2.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 332 10.45% 79 2.49%
Mining 23 0.72% 0 0.00%
Construction 202 6.36% 9 0.28%
Manufacturing 437 13.76% 230 7.24%
Wholesale trade 93 2.93% 4 0.13%
Retail trade 151 4.75% 146 4.60%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 139 4.38% 49 1.54%
Transportation & warehousing 118 3.71% 44 1.38%
Utilities 21 0.66% 5 0.16%
Information 8 0.25% 15 0.47%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 26 0.82% 92 2.90%
Finance & insurance 26 0.82% 80 2.52%
Real estate & rental & leasing 0 0.00% 12 0.38%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 48 1.51% 59 1.86%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 26 0.82% 49 1.54%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 22 0.69% 10 0.31%
Educational, health & social services: 79 2.49% 501 15.77%
Educational services 60 1.89% 190 5.98%
Health care & social assistance 19 0.60% 311 9.79%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 40 1.26% 102 3.21%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5 0.16% 9 0.28%
Accommodation & food services 35 1.10% 93 2.93%
Other services (except public administration) 86 2.71% 89 2.80%
Public administration 52 1.64% 86 2.71%

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

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