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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 5,930 55.55% 4,745 44.45%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 948 8.88% 1,051 9.85%
Management, business, & financial operations: 674 6.31% 304 2.85%
Management, except farm managers 266 2.49% 150 1.41%
Farmers & farm managers 331 3.10% 5 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 77 0.72% 149 1.40%
Business operations specialists 47 0.44% 24 0.22%
Financial specialists 30 0.28% 125 1.17%
Professional & related occupations: 274 2.57% 747 7.00%
Computer & mathematical 19 0.18% 9 0.08%
Architecture & engineering: 28 0.26% 13 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 19 0.18% 4 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 9 0.08% 9 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 29 0.27% 7 0.07%
Community & social services 72 0.67% 26 0.24%
Legal 9 0.08% 15 0.14%
Education, training, & library 48 0.45% 394 3.69%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 12 0.11% 17 0.16%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 57 0.53% 266 2.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 35 0.33% 125 1.17%
Health technologists & technicians 22 0.21% 141 1.32%
Service occupations: 415 3.89% 957 8.96%
Healthcare support 14 0.13% 196 1.84%
Protective services: 88 0.82% 25 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 65 0.61% 20 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 23 0.22% 5 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 101 0.95% 365 3.42%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 207 1.94% 154 1.44%
Personal care & service 5 0.05% 217 2.03%
Sales & office occupations: 724 6.78% 1,569 14.70%
Sales & related occupations 498 4.67% 575 5.39%
Office & administrative support 226 2.12% 994 9.31%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 295 2.76% 23 0.22%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,239 11.61% 98 0.92%
Construction & extraction: 613 5.74% 20 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 60 0.56% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 553 5.18% 20 0.19%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 626 5.86% 78 0.73%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,309 21.63% 1,047 9.81%
Production 1,313 12.30% 945 8.85%
Transportation & material moving: 996 9.33% 102 0.96%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 21 0.20% 4 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 20 0.19% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 580 5.43% 23 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 21 0.20% 2 0.02%
Material moving 354 3.32% 73 0.68%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,930 55.55% 4,745 44.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 776 7.27% 30 0.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 747 7.00% 30 0.28%
Mining 29 0.27% 0 0.00%
Construction 684 6.41% 45 0.42%
Manufacturing 1,826 17.11% 1,182 11.07%
Wholesale trade 308 2.89% 102 0.96%
Retail trade 608 5.70% 684 6.41%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 599 5.61% 156 1.46%
Transportation & warehousing 518 4.85% 101 0.95%
Utilities 81 0.76% 55 0.52%
Information 77 0.72% 78 0.73%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 94 0.88% 253 2.37%
Finance & insurance 29 0.27% 215 2.01%
Real estate & rental & leasing 65 0.61% 38 0.36%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 152 1.42% 119 1.11%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 38 0.36% 74 0.69%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 114 1.07% 45 0.42%
Educational, health & social services: 221 2.07% 1,294 12.12%
Educational services 109 1.02% 530 4.96%
Health care & social assistance 112 1.05% 764 7.16%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 146 1.37% 370 3.47%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 23 0.22% 27 0.25%
Accommodation & food services 123 1.15% 343 3.21%
Other services (except public administration) 260 2.44% 240 2.25%
Public administration 179 1.68% 192 1.80%

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

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