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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 4,498 52.02% 4,149 47.98%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,135 13.13% 1,146 13.25%
Management, business, & financial operations: 534 6.18% 374 4.33%
Management, except farm managers 407 4.71% 218 2.52%
Farmers & farm managers 0 0.00% 5 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 127 1.47% 151 1.75%
Business operations specialists 74 0.86% 95 1.10%
Financial specialists 53 0.61% 56 0.65%
Professional & related occupations: 601 6.95% 772 8.93%
Computer & mathematical 56 0.65% 14 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 196 2.27% 41 0.47%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 127 1.47% 28 0.32%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 69 0.80% 13 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 85 0.98% 20 0.23%
Community & social services 65 0.75% 80 0.93%
Legal 24 0.28% 34 0.39%
Education, training, & library 98 1.13% 308 3.56%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 41 0.47% 42 0.49%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 36 0.42% 233 2.69%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 27 0.31% 91 1.05%
Health technologists & technicians 9 0.10% 142 1.64%
Service occupations: 452 5.23% 878 10.15%
Healthcare support 34 0.39% 188 2.17%
Protective services: 132 1.53% 18 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 58 0.67% 8 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 74 0.86% 10 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 142 1.64% 332 3.84%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 117 1.35% 137 1.58%
Personal care & service 27 0.31% 203 2.35%
Sales & office occupations: 794 9.18% 1,514 17.51%
Sales & related occupations 430 4.97% 492 5.69%
Office & administrative support 364 4.21% 1,022 11.82%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 73 0.84% 17 0.20%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 849 9.82% 0 0.00%
Construction & extraction: 508 5.87% 0 0.00%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 26 0.30% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 477 5.52% 0 0.00%
Extraction 5 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 341 3.94% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,195 13.82% 594 6.87%
Production 766 8.86% 471 5.45%
Transportation & material moving: 429 4.96% 123 1.42%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 182 2.10% 34 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 5 0.06% 0 0.00%
Material moving 242 2.80% 89 1.03%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,498 52.02% 4,149 47.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 32 0.37% 11 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 27 0.31% 11 0.13%
Mining 5 0.06% 0 0.00%
Construction 620 7.17% 25 0.29%
Manufacturing 1,403 16.23% 646 7.47%
Wholesale trade 162 1.87% 90 1.04%
Retail trade 635 7.34% 645 7.46%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 315 3.64% 83 0.96%
Transportation & warehousing 260 3.01% 83 0.96%
Utilities 55 0.64% 0 0.00%
Information 71 0.82% 135 1.56%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 108 1.25% 190 2.20%
Finance & insurance 48 0.56% 136 1.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 60 0.69% 54 0.62%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 160 1.85% 259 3.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 69 0.80% 166 1.92%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 91 1.05% 93 1.08%
Educational, health & social services: 378 4.37% 1,248 14.43%
Educational services 193 2.23% 433 5.01%
Health care & social assistance 185 2.14% 815 9.43%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 222 2.57% 504 5.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 38 0.44% 69 0.80%
Accommodation & food services 184 2.13% 435 5.03%
Other services (except public administration) 211 2.44% 165 1.91%
Public administration 181 2.09% 148 1.71%

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

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