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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 6,276 55.24% 5,085 44.76%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,321 11.63% 1,198 10.54%
Management, business, & financial operations: 971 8.55% 317 2.79%
Management, except farm managers 349 3.07% 158 1.39%
Farmers & farm managers 548 4.82% 42 0.37%
Business & financial operations: 74 0.65% 117 1.03%
Business operations specialists 25 0.22% 39 0.34%
Financial specialists 49 0.43% 78 0.69%
Professional & related occupations: 350 3.08% 881 7.75%
Computer & mathematical 0 0.00% 15 0.13%
Architecture & engineering: 41 0.36% 10 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 20 0.18% 10 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 21 0.18% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 32 0.28% 11 0.10%
Community & social services 51 0.45% 63 0.55%
Legal 18 0.16% 5 0.04%
Education, training, & library 97 0.85% 429 3.78%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 31 0.27% 44 0.39%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 80 0.70% 304 2.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 74 0.65% 137 1.21%
Health technologists & technicians 6 0.05% 167 1.47%
Service occupations: 502 4.42% 1,100 9.68%
Healthcare support 39 0.34% 209 1.84%
Protective services: 80 0.70% 43 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 80 0.70% 37 0.33%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 0 0.00% 6 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 158 1.39% 398 3.50%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 202 1.78% 204 1.80%
Personal care & service 23 0.20% 246 2.17%
Sales & office occupations: 687 6.05% 1,560 13.73%
Sales & related occupations 459 4.04% 527 4.64%
Office & administrative support 228 2.01% 1,033 9.09%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 409 3.60% 35 0.31%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,060 9.33% 35 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 524 4.61% 23 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 59 0.52% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 456 4.01% 23 0.20%
Extraction 9 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 536 4.72% 12 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,297 20.22% 1,157 10.18%
Production 1,528 13.45% 892 7.85%
Transportation & material moving: 769 6.77% 265 2.33%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.05% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 318 2.80% 53 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 40 0.35% 6 0.05%
Material moving 398 3.50% 206 1.81%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,276 55.24% 5,085 44.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 977 8.60% 152 1.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 973 8.56% 150 1.32%
Mining 4 0.04% 2 0.02%
Construction 578 5.09% 71 0.62%
Manufacturing 2,203 19.39% 1,223 10.76%
Wholesale trade 192 1.69% 92 0.81%
Retail trade 533 4.69% 630 5.55%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 503 4.43% 98 0.86%
Transportation & warehousing 337 2.97% 89 0.78%
Utilities 166 1.46% 9 0.08%
Information 62 0.55% 50 0.44%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 142 1.25% 252 2.22%
Finance & insurance 85 0.75% 230 2.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 57 0.50% 22 0.19%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 138 1.21% 163 1.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 80 0.70% 127 1.12%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 58 0.51% 36 0.32%
Educational, health & social services: 265 2.33% 1,432 12.60%
Educational services 131 1.15% 576 5.07%
Health care & social assistance 134 1.18% 856 7.53%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 285 2.51% 448 3.94%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 33 0.29% 17 0.15%
Accommodation & food services 252 2.22% 431 3.79%
Other services (except public administration) 233 2.05% 287 2.53%
Public administration 165 1.45% 187 1.65%

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

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