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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 6,288 55.21% 5,102 44.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,222 10.73% 1,327 11.65%
Management, business, & financial operations: 693 6.08% 404 3.55%
Management, except farm managers 353 3.10% 257 2.26%
Farmers & farm managers 233 2.05% 26 0.23%
Business & financial operations: 107 0.94% 121 1.06%
Business operations specialists 87 0.76% 56 0.49%
Financial specialists 20 0.18% 65 0.57%
Professional & related occupations: 529 4.64% 923 8.10%
Computer & mathematical 70 0.61% 36 0.32%
Architecture & engineering: 155 1.36% 32 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 59 0.52% 1 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 96 0.84% 31 0.27%
Life, physical, & social science 14 0.12% 18 0.16%
Community & social services 68 0.60% 96 0.84%
Legal 3 0.03% 21 0.18%
Education, training, & library 99 0.87% 391 3.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 51 0.45% 58 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 69 0.61% 271 2.38%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 43 0.38% 179 1.57%
Health technologists & technicians 26 0.23% 92 0.81%
Service occupations: 500 4.39% 1,098 9.64%
Healthcare support 12 0.11% 406 3.56%
Protective services: 99 0.87% 23 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 73 0.64% 10 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 26 0.23% 13 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 81 0.71% 378 3.32%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 292 2.56% 143 1.26%
Personal care & service 16 0.14% 148 1.30%
Sales & office occupations: 760 6.67% 1,574 13.82%
Sales & related occupations 537 4.71% 445 3.91%
Office & administrative support 223 1.96% 1,129 9.91%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 261 2.29% 2 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,704 14.96% 43 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 1,059 9.30% 35 0.31%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 133 1.17% 11 0.10%
Construction trades 918 8.06% 24 0.21%
Extraction 8 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 645 5.66% 8 0.07%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,841 16.16% 1,058 9.29%
Production 1,125 9.88% 906 7.95%
Transportation & material moving: 716 6.29% 152 1.33%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.04% 7 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 11 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 453 3.98% 64 0.56%
Rail, water & other transportation 12 0.11% 2 0.02%
Material moving 235 2.06% 79 0.69%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,288 55.21% 5,102 44.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 550 4.83% 42 0.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 528 4.64% 42 0.37%
Mining 22 0.19% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,169 10.26% 72 0.63%
Manufacturing 1,740 15.28% 1,296 11.38%
Wholesale trade 191 1.68% 63 0.55%
Retail trade 634 5.57% 537 4.71%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 303 2.66% 90 0.79%
Transportation & warehousing 238 2.09% 61 0.54%
Utilities 65 0.57% 29 0.25%
Information 170 1.49% 97 0.85%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 100 0.88% 310 2.72%
Finance & insurance 55 0.48% 235 2.06%
Real estate & rental & leasing 45 0.40% 75 0.66%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 358 3.14% 185 1.62%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 84 0.74% 126 1.11%
Management of companies & enterprises 13 0.11% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 261 2.29% 59 0.52%
Educational, health & social services: 384 3.37% 1,456 12.78%
Educational services 181 1.59% 504 4.42%
Health care & social assistance 203 1.78% 952 8.36%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 241 2.12% 458 4.02%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 55 0.48% 50 0.44%
Accommodation & food services 186 1.63% 408 3.58%
Other services (except public administration) 283 2.48% 214 1.88%
Public administration 165 1.45% 282 2.48%

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

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