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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 3,230 49.95% 3,237 50.05%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 589 9.11% 981 15.17%
Management, business, & financial operations: 299 4.62% 288 4.45%
Management, except farm managers 176 2.72% 201 3.11%
Farmers & farm managers 92 1.42% 25 0.39%
Business & financial operations: 31 0.48% 62 0.96%
Business operations specialists 22 0.34% 41 0.63%
Financial specialists 9 0.14% 21 0.32%
Professional & related occupations: 290 4.48% 693 10.72%
Computer & mathematical 32 0.49% 20 0.31%
Architecture & engineering: 58 0.90% 22 0.34%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 12 0.19% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 46 0.71% 22 0.34%
Life, physical, & social science 22 0.34% 6 0.09%
Community & social services 19 0.29% 58 0.90%
Legal 9 0.14% 4 0.06%
Education, training, & library 107 1.65% 323 4.99%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 0 0.00% 15 0.23%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 43 0.66% 245 3.79%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 35 0.54% 122 1.89%
Health technologists & technicians 8 0.12% 123 1.90%
Service occupations: 401 6.20% 750 11.60%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 170 2.63%
Protective services: 158 2.44% 214 3.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 150 2.32% 178 2.75%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 8 0.12% 36 0.56%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 81 1.25% 138 2.13%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 137 2.12% 96 1.48%
Personal care & service 25 0.39% 132 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 388 6.00% 1,014 15.68%
Sales & related occupations 242 3.74% 346 5.35%
Office & administrative support 146 2.26% 668 10.33%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 140 2.16% 20 0.31%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 771 11.92% 20 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 348 5.38% 2 0.03%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 66 1.02% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 274 4.24% 2 0.03%
Extraction 8 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 423 6.54% 18 0.28%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 941 14.55% 452 6.99%
Production 413 6.39% 322 4.98%
Transportation & material moving: 528 8.16% 130 2.01%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 21 0.32% 2 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 334 5.16% 57 0.88%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Material moving 173 2.68% 71 1.10%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,230 49.95% 3,237 50.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 426 6.59% 76 1.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 385 5.95% 76 1.18%
Mining 41 0.63% 0 0.00%
Construction 370 5.72% 14 0.22%
Manufacturing 656 10.14% 457 7.07%
Wholesale trade 101 1.56% 41 0.63%
Retail trade 384 5.94% 359 5.55%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 273 4.22% 42 0.65%
Transportation & warehousing 236 3.65% 42 0.65%
Utilities 37 0.57% 0 0.00%
Information 43 0.66% 7 0.11%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 80 1.24% 132 2.04%
Finance & insurance 47 0.73% 106 1.64%
Real estate & rental & leasing 33 0.51% 26 0.40%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 103 1.59% 67 1.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 14 0.22% 19 0.29%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 89 1.38% 48 0.74%
Educational, health & social services: 274 4.24% 1,044 16.14%
Educational services 193 2.98% 495 7.65%
Health care & social assistance 81 1.25% 549 8.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 98 1.52% 245 3.79%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 15 0.23% 39 0.60%
Accommodation & food services 83 1.28% 206 3.19%
Other services (except public administration) 185 2.86% 207 3.20%
Public administration 237 3.66% 546 8.44%

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

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