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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 5,665 53.54% 4,916 46.46%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,238 11.70% 1,550 14.65%
Management, business, & financial operations: 586 5.54% 417 3.94%
Management, except farm managers 379 3.58% 272 2.57%
Farmers & farm managers 96 0.91% 28 0.26%
Business & financial operations: 111 1.05% 117 1.11%
Business operations specialists 47 0.44% 35 0.33%
Financial specialists 64 0.60% 82 0.77%
Professional & related occupations: 652 6.16% 1,133 10.71%
Computer & mathematical 24 0.23% 16 0.15%
Architecture & engineering: 100 0.95% 10 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 67 0.63% 6 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 33 0.31% 4 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 56 0.53% 9 0.09%
Community & social services 111 1.05% 133 1.26%
Legal 30 0.28% 7 0.07%
Education, training, & library 196 1.85% 590 5.58%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 63 0.60% 42 0.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 72 0.68% 326 3.08%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 66 0.62% 190 1.80%
Health technologists & technicians 6 0.06% 136 1.29%
Service occupations: 544 5.14% 1,065 10.07%
Healthcare support 3 0.03% 231 2.18%
Protective services: 129 1.22% 37 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 92 0.87% 21 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 37 0.35% 16 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 162 1.53% 446 4.22%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 221 2.09% 156 1.47%
Personal care & service 29 0.27% 195 1.84%
Sales & office occupations: 770 7.28% 1,572 14.86%
Sales & related occupations 481 4.55% 561 5.30%
Office & administrative support 289 2.73% 1,011 9.55%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 135 1.28% 42 0.40%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,122 10.60% 36 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 536 5.07% 17 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 58 0.55% 3 0.03%
Construction trades 422 3.99% 9 0.09%
Extraction 56 0.53% 5 0.05%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 586 5.54% 19 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,856 17.54% 651 6.15%
Production 1,039 9.82% 505 4.77%
Transportation & material moving: 817 7.72% 146 1.38%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4 0.04% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 340 3.21% 46 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 19 0.18% 0 0.00%
Material moving 454 4.29% 100 0.95%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,665 53.54% 4,916 46.46%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 469 4.43% 91 0.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 296 2.80% 58 0.55%
Mining 173 1.64% 33 0.31%
Construction 451 4.26% 35 0.33%
Manufacturing 1,885 17.81% 789 7.46%
Wholesale trade 262 2.48% 102 0.96%
Retail trade 612 5.78% 641 6.06%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 362 3.42% 79 0.75%
Transportation & warehousing 260 2.46% 64 0.60%
Utilities 102 0.96% 15 0.14%
Information 65 0.61% 33 0.31%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 121 1.14% 211 1.99%
Finance & insurance 81 0.77% 171 1.62%
Real estate & rental & leasing 40 0.38% 40 0.38%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 205 1.94% 166 1.57%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 90 0.85% 93 0.88%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 12 0.11%
Administrative & support & waste management services 115 1.09% 61 0.58%
Educational, health & social services: 510 4.82% 1,866 17.64%
Educational services 380 3.59% 955 9.03%
Health care & social assistance 130 1.23% 911 8.61%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 238 2.25% 479 4.53%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 41 0.39% 52 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 197 1.86% 427 4.04%
Other services (except public administration) 322 3.04% 237 2.24%
Public administration 163 1.54% 187 1.77%

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

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