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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 3,640 53.94% 3,108 46.06%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,414 20.95% 1,128 16.72%
Management, business, & financial operations: 923 13.68% 362 5.36%
Management, except farm managers 448 6.64% 177 2.62%
Farmers & farm managers 285 4.22% 11 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 190 2.82% 174 2.58%
Business operations specialists 95 1.41% 70 1.04%
Financial specialists 95 1.41% 104 1.54%
Professional & related occupations: 491 7.28% 766 11.35%
Computer & mathematical 120 1.78% 43 0.64%
Architecture & engineering: 112 1.66% 10 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 91 1.35% 8 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 21 0.31% 2 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 14 0.21% 21 0.31%
Community & social services 31 0.46% 39 0.58%
Legal 28 0.41% 15 0.22%
Education, training, & library 76 1.13% 313 4.64%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 32 0.47% 46 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 78 1.16% 279 4.13%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 65 0.96% 206 3.05%
Health technologists & technicians 13 0.19% 73 1.08%
Service occupations: 271 4.02% 609 9.02%
Healthcare support 11 0.16% 153 2.27%
Protective services: 41 0.61% 13 0.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 30 0.44% 5 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 11 0.16% 8 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 106 1.57% 204 3.02%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 103 1.53% 80 1.19%
Personal care & service 10 0.15% 159 2.36%
Sales & office occupations: 591 8.76% 1,031 15.28%
Sales & related occupations 412 6.11% 329 4.88%
Office & administrative support 179 2.65% 702 10.40%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 144 2.13% 15 0.22%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 504 7.47% 19 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 240 3.56% 2 0.03%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 27 0.40% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 213 3.16% 2 0.03%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 264 3.91% 17 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 716 10.61% 306 4.53%
Production 371 5.50% 252 3.73%
Transportation & material moving: 345 5.11% 54 0.80%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 18 0.27% 5 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 192 2.85% 19 0.28%
Rail, water & other transportation 25 0.37% 0 0.00%
Material moving 104 1.54% 30 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,640 53.94% 3,108 46.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 407 6.03% 33 0.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 407 6.03% 33 0.49%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 327 4.85% 31 0.46%
Manufacturing 1,053 15.60% 694 10.28%
Wholesale trade 169 2.50% 42 0.62%
Retail trade 296 4.39% 368 5.45%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 259 3.84% 51 0.76%
Transportation & warehousing 206 3.05% 42 0.62%
Utilities 53 0.79% 9 0.13%
Information 65 0.96% 79 1.17%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 174 2.58% 176 2.61%
Finance & insurance 127 1.88% 159 2.36%
Real estate & rental & leasing 47 0.70% 17 0.25%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 188 2.79% 132 1.96%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 102 1.51% 94 1.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.15% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 76 1.13% 38 0.56%
Educational, health & social services: 302 4.48% 1,107 16.40%
Educational services 170 2.52% 441 6.54%
Health care & social assistance 132 1.96% 666 9.87%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 160 2.37% 197 2.92%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 67 0.99% 50 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 93 1.38% 147 2.18%
Other services (except public administration) 150 2.22% 113 1.67%
Public administration 90 1.33% 85 1.26%

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

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