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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 1,598 55.70% 1,271 44.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 508 17.71% 394 13.73%
Management, business, & financial operations: 356 12.41% 169 5.89%
Management, except farm managers 75 2.61% 86 3.00%
Farmers & farm managers 252 8.78% 39 1.36%
Business & financial operations: 29 1.01% 44 1.53%
Business operations specialists 0 0.00% 15 0.52%
Financial specialists 29 1.01% 29 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 152 5.30% 225 7.84%
Computer & mathematical 4 0.14% 8 0.28%
Architecture & engineering: 55 1.92% 3 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 32 1.12% 3 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 23 0.80% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 6 0.21% 3 0.10%
Community & social services 12 0.42% 7 0.24%
Legal 8 0.28% 2 0.07%
Education, training, & library 46 1.60% 107 3.73%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3 0.10% 18 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 18 0.63% 77 2.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 18 0.63% 51 1.78%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 26 0.91%
Service occupations: 105 3.66% 341 11.89%
Healthcare support 3 0.10% 95 3.31%
Protective services: 7 0.24% 4 0.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 7 0.24% 4 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 50 1.74% 106 3.69%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 29 1.01% 48 1.67%
Personal care & service 16 0.56% 88 3.07%
Sales & office occupations: 155 5.40% 369 12.86%
Sales & related occupations 101 3.52% 179 6.24%
Office & administrative support 54 1.88% 190 6.62%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 88 3.07% 15 0.52%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 258 8.99% 4 0.14%
Construction & extraction: 123 4.29% 1 0.03%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 20 0.70% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 103 3.59% 1 0.03%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 135 4.71% 3 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 484 16.87% 148 5.16%
Production 326 11.36% 128 4.46%
Transportation & material moving: 158 5.51% 20 0.70%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.28% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 46 1.60% 12 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 54 1.88% 0 0.00%
Material moving 50 1.74% 8 0.28%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,598 55.70% 1,271 44.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 383 13.35% 68 2.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 380 13.25% 68 2.37%
Mining 3 0.10% 0 0.00%
Construction 112 3.90% 4 0.14%
Manufacturing 448 15.62% 144 5.02%
Wholesale trade 55 1.92% 22 0.77%
Retail trade 132 4.60% 207 7.22%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 142 4.95% 19 0.66%
Transportation & warehousing 126 4.39% 19 0.66%
Utilities 16 0.56% 0 0.00%
Information 33 1.15% 11 0.38%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 31 1.08% 66 2.30%
Finance & insurance 23 0.80% 58 2.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 8 0.28% 8 0.28%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 37 1.29% 37 1.29%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 32 1.12% 23 0.80%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 2 0.07%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5 0.17% 12 0.42%
Educational, health & social services: 106 3.69% 506 17.64%
Educational services 86 3.00% 127 4.43%
Health care & social assistance 20 0.70% 379 13.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 63 2.20% 107 3.73%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 22 0.77% 9 0.31%
Accommodation & food services 41 1.43% 98 3.42%
Other services (except public administration) 37 1.29% 46 1.60%
Public administration 19 0.66% 34 1.19%

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

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