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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 1,307 51.25% 1,243 48.75%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 373 14.63% 420 16.47%
Management, business, & financial operations: 255 10.00% 126 4.94%
Management, except farm managers 80 3.14% 84 3.29%
Farmers & farm managers 163 6.39% 8 0.31%
Business & financial operations: 12 0.47% 34 1.33%
Business operations specialists 8 0.31% 15 0.59%
Financial specialists 4 0.16% 19 0.75%
Professional & related occupations: 118 4.63% 294 11.53%
Computer & mathematical 2 0.08% 5 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 10 0.39% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4 0.16% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 6 0.24% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 14 0.55% 9 0.35%
Community & social services 27 1.06% 54 2.12%
Legal 0 0.00% 4 0.16%
Education, training, & library 37 1.45% 143 5.61%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 9 0.35% 7 0.27%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 19 0.75% 72 2.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 13 0.51% 56 2.20%
Health technologists & technicians 6 0.24% 16 0.63%
Service occupations: 225 8.82% 300 11.76%
Healthcare support 8 0.31% 62 2.43%
Protective services: 70 2.75% 23 0.90%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 24 0.94% 9 0.35%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 46 1.80% 14 0.55%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 26 1.02% 106 4.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 83 3.25% 37 1.45%
Personal care & service 38 1.49% 72 2.82%
Sales & office occupations: 161 6.31% 424 16.63%
Sales & related occupations 107 4.20% 93 3.65%
Office & administrative support 54 2.12% 331 12.98%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 61 2.39% 4 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 204 8.00% 9 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 126 4.94% 9 0.35%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 25 0.98% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 101 3.96% 9 0.35%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 78 3.06% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 283 11.10% 86 3.37%
Production 129 5.06% 51 2.00%
Transportation & material moving: 154 6.04% 35 1.37%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.08% 3 0.12%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 82 3.22% 17 0.67%
Rail, water & other transportation 3 0.12% 5 0.20%
Material moving 67 2.63% 10 0.39%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,307 51.25% 1,243 48.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 233 9.14% 22 0.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 233 9.14% 22 0.86%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 118 4.63% 8 0.31%
Manufacturing 191 7.49% 91 3.57%
Wholesale trade 51 2.00% 12 0.47%
Retail trade 98 3.84% 99 3.88%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 86 3.37% 27 1.06%
Transportation & warehousing 75 2.94% 20 0.78%
Utilities 11 0.43% 7 0.27%
Information 9 0.35% 19 0.75%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 41 1.61% 49 1.92%
Finance & insurance 27 1.06% 45 1.76%
Real estate & rental & leasing 14 0.55% 4 0.16%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 34 1.33% 34 1.33%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5 0.20% 21 0.82%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 29 1.14% 13 0.51%
Educational, health & social services: 152 5.96% 527 20.67%
Educational services 92 3.61% 190 7.45%
Health care & social assistance 60 2.35% 337 13.22%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 135 5.29% 156 6.12%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 115 4.51% 96 3.76%
Accommodation & food services 20 0.78% 60 2.35%
Other services (except public administration) 40 1.57% 26 1.02%
Public administration 119 4.67% 173 6.78%

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

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