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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 5,539 53.77% 4,763 46.23%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,317 12.78% 1,476 14.33%
Management, business, & financial operations: 710 6.89% 467 4.53%
Management, except farm managers 396 3.84% 272 2.64%
Farmers & farm managers 188 1.82% 36 0.35%
Business & financial operations: 126 1.22% 159 1.54%
Business operations specialists 62 0.60% 76 0.74%
Financial specialists 64 0.62% 83 0.81%
Professional & related occupations: 607 5.89% 1,009 9.79%
Computer & mathematical 30 0.29% 14 0.14%
Architecture & engineering: 145 1.41% 13 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 85 0.83% 1 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 60 0.58% 12 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 63 0.61% 35 0.34%
Community & social services 83 0.81% 75 0.73%
Legal 35 0.34% 37 0.36%
Education, training, & library 118 1.15% 450 4.37%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 41 0.40% 62 0.60%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 92 0.89% 323 3.14%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 75 0.73% 224 2.17%
Health technologists & technicians 17 0.17% 99 0.96%
Service occupations: 687 6.67% 1,267 12.30%
Healthcare support 15 0.15% 284 2.76%
Protective services: 175 1.70% 42 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 132 1.28% 18 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 43 0.42% 24 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 238 2.31% 425 4.13%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 213 2.07% 155 1.50%
Personal care & service 46 0.45% 361 3.50%
Sales & office occupations: 810 7.86% 1,708 16.58%
Sales & related occupations 613 5.95% 549 5.33%
Office & administrative support 197 1.91% 1,159 11.25%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 295 2.86% 54 0.52%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 999 9.70% 41 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 548 5.32% 25 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 68 0.66% 7 0.07%
Construction trades 472 4.58% 18 0.17%
Extraction 8 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 451 4.38% 16 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,431 13.89% 217 2.11%
Production 652 6.33% 114 1.11%
Transportation & material moving: 779 7.56% 103 1.00%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 11 0.11% 12 0.12%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 395 3.83% 31 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 82 0.80% 14 0.14%
Material moving 287 2.79% 46 0.45%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,539 53.77% 4,763 46.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 548 5.32% 128 1.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 548 5.32% 119 1.16%
Mining 0 0.00% 9 0.09%
Construction 613 5.95% 46 0.45%
Manufacturing 935 9.08% 188 1.82%
Wholesale trade 231 2.24% 85 0.83%
Retail trade 850 8.25% 763 7.41%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 491 4.77% 85 0.83%
Transportation & warehousing 314 3.05% 48 0.47%
Utilities 177 1.72% 37 0.36%
Information 109 1.06% 106 1.03%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 156 1.51% 272 2.64%
Finance & insurance 54 0.52% 192 1.86%
Real estate & rental & leasing 102 0.99% 80 0.78%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 262 2.54% 269 2.61%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 127 1.23% 125 1.21%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 135 1.31% 144 1.40%
Educational, health & social services: 339 3.29% 1,788 17.36%
Educational services 175 1.70% 639 6.20%
Health care & social assistance 164 1.59% 1,149 11.15%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 458 4.45% 586 5.69%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 88 0.85% 65 0.63%
Accommodation & food services 370 3.59% 521 5.06%
Other services (except public administration) 290 2.81% 257 2.49%
Public administration 257 2.49% 190 1.84%

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

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