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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 3,577 51.48% 3,371 48.52%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 885 12.74% 1,245 17.92%
Management, business, & financial operations: 467 6.72% 482 6.94%
Management, except farm managers 345 4.97% 245 3.53%
Farmers & farm managers 18 0.26% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 104 1.50% 237 3.41%
Business operations specialists 31 0.45% 106 1.53%
Financial specialists 73 1.05% 131 1.89%
Professional & related occupations: 418 6.02% 763 10.98%
Computer & mathematical 79 1.14% 65 0.94%
Architecture & engineering: 157 2.26% 18 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 98 1.41% 6 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 59 0.85% 12 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 26 0.37% 33 0.47%
Community & social services 19 0.27% 42 0.60%
Legal 5 0.07% 72 1.04%
Education, training, & library 55 0.79% 204 2.94%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 32 0.46% 49 0.71%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 45 0.65% 280 4.03%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 23 0.33% 170 2.45%
Health technologists & technicians 22 0.32% 110 1.58%
Service occupations: 464 6.68% 494 7.11%
Healthcare support 16 0.23% 87 1.25%
Protective services: 174 2.50% 18 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 137 1.97% 9 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 37 0.53% 9 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 69 0.99% 124 1.78%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 174 2.50% 121 1.74%
Personal care & service 31 0.45% 144 2.07%
Sales & office occupations: 530 7.63% 1,357 19.53%
Sales & related occupations 267 3.84% 407 5.86%
Office & administrative support 263 3.79% 950 13.67%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 31 0.45% 22 0.32%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 922 13.27% 34 0.49%
Construction & extraction: 609 8.77% 21 0.30%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 103 1.48% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 500 7.20% 21 0.30%
Extraction 6 0.09% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 313 4.50% 13 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 745 10.72% 219 3.15%
Production 404 5.81% 140 2.01%
Transportation & material moving: 341 4.91% 79 1.14%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 16 0.23% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 10 0.14%
Motor vehicle operators 215 3.09% 35 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 15 0.22% 0 0.00%
Material moving 95 1.37% 34 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,577 51.48% 3,371 48.52%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 73 1.05% 35 0.50%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 69 0.99% 35 0.50%
Mining 4 0.06% 0 0.00%
Construction 684 9.84% 76 1.09%
Manufacturing 744 10.71% 321 4.62%
Wholesale trade 189 2.72% 51 0.73%
Retail trade 309 4.45% 412 5.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 301 4.33% 141 2.03%
Transportation & warehousing 251 3.61% 104 1.50%
Utilities 50 0.72% 37 0.53%
Information 43 0.62% 60 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 190 2.73% 467 6.72%
Finance & insurance 138 1.99% 385 5.54%
Real estate & rental & leasing 52 0.75% 82 1.18%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 210 3.02% 281 4.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 147 2.12% 167 2.40%
Management of companies & enterprises 9 0.13% 13 0.19%
Administrative & support & waste management services 54 0.78% 101 1.45%
Educational, health & social services: 168 2.42% 966 13.90%
Educational services 107 1.54% 391 5.63%
Health care & social assistance 61 0.88% 575 8.28%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 214 3.08% 244 3.51%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 101 1.45% 76 1.09%
Accommodation & food services 113 1.63% 168 2.42%
Other services (except public administration) 164 2.36% 148 2.13%
Public administration 288 4.15% 169 2.43%

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

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