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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 4,473 53.65% 3,864 46.35%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 923 11.07% 1,273 15.27%
Management, business, & financial operations: 439 5.27% 339 4.07%
Management, except farm managers 235 2.82% 191 2.29%
Farmers & farm managers 111 1.33% 53 0.64%
Business & financial operations: 93 1.12% 95 1.14%
Business operations specialists 34 0.41% 28 0.34%
Financial specialists 59 0.71% 67 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 484 5.81% 934 11.20%
Computer & mathematical 23 0.28% 2 0.02%
Architecture & engineering: 111 1.33% 4 0.05%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 63 0.76% 4 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 48 0.58% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 10 0.12% 6 0.07%
Community & social services 62 0.74% 81 0.97%
Legal 30 0.36% 27 0.32%
Education, training, & library 134 1.61% 377 4.52%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 11 0.13% 33 0.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 103 1.24% 404 4.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 52 0.62% 238 2.85%
Health technologists & technicians 51 0.61% 166 1.99%
Service occupations: 467 5.60% 869 10.42%
Healthcare support 4 0.05% 236 2.83%
Protective services: 156 1.87% 6 0.07%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 129 1.55% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 27 0.32% 6 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 97 1.16% 297 3.56%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 187 2.24% 143 1.72%
Personal care & service 23 0.28% 187 2.24%
Sales & office occupations: 452 5.42% 1,225 14.69%
Sales & related occupations 256 3.07% 388 4.65%
Office & administrative support 196 2.35% 837 10.04%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 103 1.24% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,395 16.73% 14 0.17%
Construction & extraction: 1,024 12.28% 14 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 108 1.30% 6 0.07%
Construction trades 683 8.19% 8 0.10%
Extraction 233 2.79% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 371 4.45% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,133 13.59% 483 5.79%
Production 432 5.18% 394 4.73%
Transportation & material moving: 701 8.41% 89 1.07%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 9 0.11%
Motor vehicle operators 450 5.40% 31 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 39 0.47% 0 0.00%
Material moving 212 2.54% 49 0.59%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,473 53.65% 3,864 46.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 707 8.48% 82 0.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 245 2.94% 61 0.73%
Mining 462 5.54% 21 0.25%
Construction 744 8.92% 48 0.58%
Manufacturing 553 6.63% 456 5.47%
Wholesale trade 135 1.62% 55 0.66%
Retail trade 352 4.22% 557 6.68%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 442 5.30% 84 1.01%
Transportation & warehousing 344 4.13% 65 0.78%
Utilities 98 1.18% 19 0.23%
Information 103 1.24% 37 0.44%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 121 1.45% 219 2.63%
Finance & insurance 72 0.86% 206 2.47%
Real estate & rental & leasing 49 0.59% 13 0.16%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 271 3.25% 113 1.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 128 1.54% 74 0.89%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 143 1.72% 39 0.47%
Educational, health & social services: 447 5.36% 1,627 19.52%
Educational services 279 3.35% 606 7.27%
Health care & social assistance 168 2.02% 1,021 12.25%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 124 1.49% 237 2.84%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 18 0.22% 30 0.36%
Accommodation & food services 106 1.27% 207 2.48%
Other services (except public administration) 205 2.46% 154 1.85%
Public administration 269 3.23% 195 2.34%

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

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