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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 1,247 58.38% 889 41.62%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 375 17.56% 250 11.70%
Management, business, & financial operations: 298 13.95% 103 4.82%
Management, except farm managers 59 2.76% 49 2.29%
Farmers & farm managers 229 10.72% 29 1.36%
Business & financial operations: 10 0.47% 25 1.17%
Business operations specialists 6 0.28% 8 0.37%
Financial specialists 4 0.19% 17 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 77 3.60% 147 6.88%
Computer & mathematical 4 0.19% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 19 0.89% 2 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 14 0.66% 2 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 5 0.23% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 6 0.28% 4 0.19%
Community & social services 6 0.28% 11 0.51%
Legal 2 0.09% 2 0.09%
Education, training, & library 26 1.22% 67 3.14%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 8 0.37% 7 0.33%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6 0.28% 54 2.53%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 6 0.28% 30 1.40%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 24 1.12%
Service occupations: 39 1.83% 227 10.63%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 37 1.73%
Protective services: 11 0.51% 0 0.00%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4 0.19% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 7 0.33% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 10 0.47% 101 4.73%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 14 0.66% 32 1.50%
Personal care & service 4 0.19% 57 2.67%
Sales & office occupations: 107 5.01% 242 11.33%
Sales & related occupations 68 3.18% 64 3.00%
Office & administrative support 39 1.83% 178 8.33%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 78 3.65% 15 0.70%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 153 7.16% 3 0.14%
Construction & extraction: 84 3.93% 3 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 16 0.75% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 68 3.18% 3 0.14%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 69 3.23% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 495 23.17% 152 7.12%
Production 375 17.56% 135 6.32%
Transportation & material moving: 120 5.62% 17 0.80%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4 0.19% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 61 2.86% 10 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 3 0.14% 0 0.00%
Material moving 52 2.43% 7 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,247 58.38% 889 41.62%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 320 14.98% 53 2.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 318 14.89% 53 2.48%
Mining 2 0.09% 0 0.00%
Construction 90 4.21% 5 0.23%
Manufacturing 464 21.72% 194 9.08%
Wholesale trade 54 2.53% 10 0.47%
Retail trade 56 2.62% 91 4.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 77 3.60% 26 1.22%
Transportation & warehousing 70 3.28% 26 1.22%
Utilities 7 0.33% 0 0.00%
Information 4 0.19% 8 0.37%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 16 0.75% 43 2.01%
Finance & insurance 14 0.66% 39 1.83%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2 0.09% 4 0.19%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 19 0.89% 30 1.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 10 0.47% 19 0.89%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 9 0.42% 11 0.51%
Educational, health & social services: 43 2.01% 259 12.13%
Educational services 37 1.73% 103 4.82%
Health care & social assistance 6 0.28% 156 7.30%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 29 1.36% 70 3.28%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 12 0.56% 6 0.28%
Accommodation & food services 17 0.80% 64 3.00%
Other services (except public administration) 52 2.43% 52 2.43%
Public administration 23 1.08% 48 2.25%

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

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