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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 4,761 56.00% 3,741 44.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,743 20.50% 1,311 15.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 961 11.30% 542 6.37%
Management, except farm managers 691 8.13% 287 3.38%
Farmers & farm managers 13 0.15% 10 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 257 3.02% 245 2.88%
Business operations specialists 106 1.25% 137 1.61%
Financial specialists 151 1.78% 108 1.27%
Professional & related occupations: 782 9.20% 769 9.04%
Computer & mathematical 122 1.43% 69 0.81%
Architecture & engineering: 152 1.79% 7 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 106 1.25% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 46 0.54% 7 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 56 0.66% 20 0.24%
Community & social services 18 0.21% 65 0.76%
Legal 91 1.07% 49 0.58%
Education, training, & library 130 1.53% 213 2.51%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 15 0.18% 104 1.22%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 198 2.33% 242 2.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 180 2.12% 163 1.92%
Health technologists & technicians 18 0.21% 79 0.93%
Service occupations: 477 5.61% 667 7.85%
Healthcare support 7 0.08% 124 1.46%
Protective services: 125 1.47% 74 0.87%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 107 1.26% 56 0.66%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 18 0.21% 18 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 131 1.54% 140 1.65%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 195 2.29% 116 1.36%
Personal care & service 19 0.22% 213 2.51%
Sales & office occupations: 803 9.44% 1,541 18.13%
Sales & related occupations 585 6.88% 540 6.35%
Office & administrative support 218 2.56% 1,001 11.77%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 34 0.40% 8 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,028 12.09% 54 0.64%
Construction & extraction: 684 8.05% 20 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 128 1.51% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 551 6.48% 20 0.24%
Extraction 5 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 344 4.05% 34 0.40%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 676 7.95% 160 1.88%
Production 271 3.19% 102 1.20%
Transportation & material moving: 405 4.76% 58 0.68%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 17 0.20% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 13 0.15% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 230 2.71% 49 0.58%
Rail, water & other transportation 24 0.28% 0 0.00%
Material moving 121 1.42% 9 0.11%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,761 56.00% 3,741 44.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 127 1.49% 77 0.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 64 0.75% 61 0.72%
Mining 63 0.74% 16 0.19%
Construction 828 9.74% 118 1.39%
Manufacturing 472 5.55% 150 1.76%
Wholesale trade 212 2.49% 97 1.14%
Retail trade 517 6.08% 468 5.50%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 300 3.53% 85 1.00%
Transportation & warehousing 171 2.01% 53 0.62%
Utilities 129 1.52% 32 0.38%
Information 68 0.80% 96 1.13%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 442 5.20% 515 6.06%
Finance & insurance 329 3.87% 454 5.34%
Real estate & rental & leasing 113 1.33% 61 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 544 6.40% 371 4.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 269 3.16% 233 2.74%
Management of companies & enterprises 13 0.15% 17 0.20%
Administrative & support & waste management services 262 3.08% 121 1.42%
Educational, health & social services: 440 5.18% 915 10.76%
Educational services 187 2.20% 333 3.92%
Health care & social assistance 253 2.98% 582 6.85%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 296 3.48% 231 2.72%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 86 1.01% 48 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 210 2.47% 183 2.15%
Other services (except public administration) 214 2.52% 323 3.80%
Public administration 301 3.54% 295 3.47%

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

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