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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 4,283 53.82% 3,675 46.18%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 947 11.90% 1,060 13.32%
Management, business, & financial operations: 558 7.01% 255 3.20%
Management, except farm managers 260 3.27% 138 1.73%
Farmers & farm managers 216 2.71% 23 0.29%
Business & financial operations: 82 1.03% 94 1.18%
Business operations specialists 52 0.65% 31 0.39%
Financial specialists 30 0.38% 63 0.79%
Professional & related occupations: 389 4.89% 805 10.12%
Computer & mathematical 16 0.20% 16 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 40 0.50% 12 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 14 0.18% 6 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 26 0.33% 6 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 15 0.19% 17 0.21%
Community & social services 55 0.69% 57 0.72%
Legal 15 0.19% 20 0.25%
Education, training, & library 130 1.63% 433 5.44%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 40 0.50% 32 0.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 78 0.98% 218 2.74%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 63 0.79% 138 1.73%
Health technologists & technicians 15 0.19% 80 1.01%
Service occupations: 681 8.56% 1,131 14.21%
Healthcare support 28 0.35% 456 5.73%
Protective services: 351 4.41% 160 2.01%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 308 3.87% 122 1.53%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 43 0.54% 38 0.48%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 55 0.69% 231 2.90%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 183 2.30% 134 1.68%
Personal care & service 64 0.80% 150 1.88%
Sales & office occupations: 461 5.79% 1,290 16.21%
Sales & related occupations 302 3.79% 392 4.93%
Office & administrative support 159 2.00% 898 11.28%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 187 2.35% 15 0.19%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 859 10.79% 19 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 517 6.50% 17 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 79 0.99% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 409 5.14% 17 0.21%
Extraction 29 0.36% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 342 4.30% 2 0.03%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,148 14.43% 160 2.01%
Production 588 7.39% 90 1.13%
Transportation & material moving: 560 7.04% 70 0.88%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 11 0.14% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 16 0.20% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 274 3.44% 52 0.65%
Rail, water & other transportation 23 0.29% 2 0.03%
Material moving 236 2.97% 16 0.20%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,283 53.82% 3,675 46.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 558 7.01% 45 0.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 460 5.78% 45 0.57%
Mining 98 1.23% 0 0.00%
Construction 491 6.17% 44 0.55%
Manufacturing 767 9.64% 193 2.43%
Wholesale trade 190 2.39% 45 0.57%
Retail trade 425 5.34% 478 6.01%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 239 3.00% 104 1.31%
Transportation & warehousing 181 2.27% 78 0.98%
Utilities 58 0.73% 26 0.33%
Information 106 1.33% 72 0.90%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 97 1.22% 225 2.83%
Finance & insurance 60 0.75% 161 2.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 37 0.46% 64 0.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 174 2.19% 174 2.19%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 86 1.08% 102 1.28%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 88 1.11% 72 0.90%
Educational, health & social services: 344 4.32% 1,541 19.36%
Educational services 228 2.87% 619 7.78%
Health care & social assistance 116 1.46% 922 11.59%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 121 1.52% 158 1.99%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 33 0.41% 11 0.14%
Accommodation & food services 88 1.11% 147 1.85%
Other services (except public administration) 253 3.18% 218 2.74%
Public administration 518 6.51% 378 4.75%

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

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