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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 6,143 54.35% 5,159 45.65%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,522 13.47% 1,495 13.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,025 9.07% 417 3.69%
Management, except farm managers 291 2.57% 198 1.75%
Farmers & farm managers 635 5.62% 83 0.73%
Business & financial operations: 99 0.88% 136 1.20%
Business operations specialists 69 0.61% 34 0.30%
Financial specialists 30 0.27% 102 0.90%
Professional & related occupations: 497 4.40% 1,078 9.54%
Computer & mathematical 20 0.18% 21 0.19%
Architecture & engineering: 48 0.42% 5 0.04%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 30 0.27% 5 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 18 0.16% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 39 0.35% 13 0.12%
Community & social services 77 0.68% 144 1.27%
Legal 34 0.30% 25 0.22%
Education, training, & library 189 1.67% 537 4.75%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 16 0.14% 66 0.58%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 74 0.65% 267 2.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 74 0.65% 169 1.50%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 98 0.87%
Service occupations: 803 7.10% 1,248 11.04%
Healthcare support 25 0.22% 202 1.79%
Protective services: 320 2.83% 94 0.83%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 280 2.48% 70 0.62%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 40 0.35% 24 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 174 1.54% 429 3.80%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 245 2.17% 154 1.36%
Personal care & service 39 0.35% 369 3.26%
Sales & office occupations: 757 6.70% 1,675 14.82%
Sales & related occupations 566 5.01% 642 5.68%
Office & administrative support 191 1.69% 1,033 9.14%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 609 5.39% 224 1.98%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,068 9.45% 36 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 575 5.09% 27 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 83 0.73% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 487 4.31% 24 0.21%
Extraction 5 0.04% 3 0.03%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 493 4.36% 9 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,384 12.25% 481 4.26%
Production 659 5.83% 315 2.79%
Transportation & material moving: 725 6.41% 166 1.47%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.04% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 344 3.04% 45 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 52 0.46% 28 0.25%
Material moving 318 2.81% 93 0.82%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,143 54.35% 5,159 45.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,334 11.80% 323 2.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,292 11.43% 317 2.80%
Mining 42 0.37% 6 0.05%
Construction 531 4.70% 50 0.44%
Manufacturing 849 7.51% 438 3.88%
Wholesale trade 417 3.69% 146 1.29%
Retail trade 561 4.96% 755 6.68%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 413 3.65% 92 0.81%
Transportation & warehousing 271 2.40% 79 0.70%
Utilities 142 1.26% 13 0.12%
Information 60 0.53% 90 0.80%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 174 1.54% 242 2.14%
Finance & insurance 65 0.58% 200 1.77%
Real estate & rental & leasing 109 0.96% 42 0.37%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 260 2.30% 224 1.98%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 80 0.71% 144 1.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 180 1.59% 80 0.71%
Educational, health & social services: 501 4.43% 1,672 14.79%
Educational services 330 2.92% 716 6.34%
Health care & social assistance 171 1.51% 956 8.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 281 2.49% 531 4.70%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 44 0.39% 67 0.59%
Accommodation & food services 237 2.10% 464 4.11%
Other services (except public administration) 319 2.82% 191 1.69%
Public administration 443 3.92% 405 3.58%

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

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