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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 5,910 54.37% 4,959 45.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,032 9.49% 1,625 14.95%
Management, business, & financial operations: 472 4.34% 343 3.16%
Management, except farm managers 315 2.90% 166 1.53%
Farmers & farm managers 82 0.75% 8 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 75 0.69% 169 1.55%
Business operations specialists 51 0.47% 24 0.22%
Financial specialists 24 0.22% 145 1.33%
Professional & related occupations: 560 5.15% 1,282 11.80%
Computer & mathematical 22 0.20% 2 0.02%
Architecture & engineering: 126 1.16% 21 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 66 0.61% 4 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 60 0.55% 17 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 38 0.35% 5 0.05%
Community & social services 106 0.98% 141 1.30%
Legal 16 0.15% 48 0.44%
Education, training, & library 135 1.24% 576 5.30%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 37 0.34% 32 0.29%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 80 0.74% 457 4.20%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 46 0.42% 243 2.24%
Health technologists & technicians 34 0.31% 214 1.97%
Service occupations: 488 4.49% 847 7.79%
Healthcare support 15 0.14% 251 2.31%
Protective services: 182 1.67% 11 0.10%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 123 1.13% 10 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 59 0.54% 1 0.01%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 94 0.86% 306 2.82%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 180 1.66% 121 1.11%
Personal care & service 17 0.16% 158 1.45%
Sales & office occupations: 597 5.49% 1,619 14.90%
Sales & related occupations 271 2.49% 583 5.36%
Office & administrative support 326 3.00% 1,036 9.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 99 0.91% 20 0.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,484 13.65% 20 0.18%
Construction & extraction: 1,136 10.45% 8 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 68 0.63% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 753 6.93% 0 0.00%
Extraction 315 2.90% 8 0.07%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 348 3.20% 12 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,210 20.33% 828 7.62%
Production 982 9.03% 712 6.55%
Transportation & material moving: 1,228 11.30% 116 1.07%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 17 0.16% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 647 5.95% 62 0.57%
Rail, water & other transportation 108 0.99% 18 0.17%
Material moving 456 4.20% 36 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,910 54.37% 4,959 45.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 925 8.51% 103 0.95%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 217 2.00% 34 0.31%
Mining 708 6.51% 69 0.63%
Construction 867 7.98% 31 0.29%
Manufacturing 1,124 10.34% 815 7.50%
Wholesale trade 263 2.42% 46 0.42%
Retail trade 505 4.65% 684 6.29%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 699 6.43% 117 1.08%
Transportation & warehousing 477 4.39% 93 0.86%
Utilities 222 2.04% 24 0.22%
Information 48 0.44% 77 0.71%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 98 0.90% 239 2.20%
Finance & insurance 64 0.59% 198 1.82%
Real estate & rental & leasing 34 0.31% 41 0.38%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 265 2.44% 293 2.70%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 145 1.33% 244 2.24%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 120 1.10% 49 0.45%
Educational, health & social services: 410 3.77% 1,769 16.28%
Educational services 280 2.58% 824 7.58%
Health care & social assistance 130 1.20% 945 8.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 166 1.53% 261 2.40%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 28 0.26% 9 0.08%
Accommodation & food services 138 1.27% 252 2.32%
Other services (except public administration) 260 2.39% 249 2.29%
Public administration 280 2.58% 275 2.53%

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

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