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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 5,510 54.47% 4,606 45.53%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,172 11.59% 1,264 12.50%
Management, business, & financial operations: 585 5.78% 334 3.30%
Management, except farm managers 351 3.47% 235 2.32%
Farmers & farm managers 154 1.52% 6 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 80 0.79% 93 0.92%
Business operations specialists 48 0.47% 35 0.35%
Financial specialists 32 0.32% 58 0.57%
Professional & related occupations: 587 5.80% 930 9.19%
Computer & mathematical 39 0.39% 14 0.14%
Architecture & engineering: 70 0.69% 23 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 44 0.43% 20 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 26 0.26% 3 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 42 0.42% 23 0.23%
Community & social services 56 0.55% 58 0.57%
Legal 14 0.14% 34 0.34%
Education, training, & library 245 2.42% 429 4.24%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 83 0.82% 52 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 38 0.38% 297 2.94%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 29 0.29% 167 1.65%
Health technologists & technicians 9 0.09% 130 1.29%
Service occupations: 685 6.77% 922 9.11%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 146 1.44%
Protective services: 101 1.00% 26 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 78 0.77% 24 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 23 0.23% 2 0.02%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 207 2.05% 458 4.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 315 3.11% 122 1.21%
Personal care & service 62 0.61% 170 1.68%
Sales & office occupations: 566 5.60% 1,534 15.16%
Sales & related occupations 320 3.16% 588 5.81%
Office & administrative support 246 2.43% 946 9.35%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 204 2.02% 42 0.42%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,207 11.93% 78 0.77%
Construction & extraction: 827 8.18% 21 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 93 0.92% 7 0.07%
Construction trades 734 7.26% 14 0.14%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 380 3.76% 57 0.56%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,676 16.57% 766 7.57%
Production 947 9.36% 584 5.77%
Transportation & material moving: 729 7.21% 182 1.80%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 358 3.54% 112 1.11%
Rail, water & other transportation 9 0.09% 8 0.08%
Material moving 352 3.48% 62 0.61%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,510 54.47% 4,606 45.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 389 3.85% 90 0.89%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 366 3.62% 83 0.82%
Mining 23 0.23% 7 0.07%
Construction 801 7.92% 57 0.56%
Manufacturing 1,429 14.13% 743 7.34%
Wholesale trade 200 1.98% 70 0.69%
Retail trade 345 3.41% 618 6.11%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 271 2.68% 165 1.63%
Transportation & warehousing 238 2.35% 129 1.28%
Utilities 33 0.33% 36 0.36%
Information 38 0.38% 73 0.72%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 141 1.39% 210 2.08%
Finance & insurance 75 0.74% 122 1.21%
Real estate & rental & leasing 66 0.65% 88 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 258 2.55% 191 1.89%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 99 0.98% 137 1.35%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 157 1.55% 54 0.53%
Educational, health & social services: 770 7.61% 1,422 14.06%
Educational services 646 6.39% 746 7.37%
Health care & social assistance 124 1.23% 676 6.68%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 410 4.05% 565 5.59%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 88 0.87% 49 0.48%
Accommodation & food services 322 3.18% 516 5.10%
Other services (except public administration) 259 2.56% 289 2.86%
Public administration 199 1.97% 113 1.12%

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

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