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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 1,701 58.53% 1,205 41.47%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 257 8.84% 387 13.32%
Management, business, & financial operations: 95 3.27% 75 2.58%
Management, except farm managers 71 2.44% 65 2.24%
Farmers & farm managers 16 0.55% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 8 0.28% 10 0.34%
Business operations specialists 8 0.28% 2 0.07%
Financial specialists 0 0.00% 8 0.28%
Professional & related occupations: 162 5.57% 312 10.74%
Computer & mathematical 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 6 0.21% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6 0.21% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 33 1.14% 2 0.07%
Community & social services 29 1.00% 25 0.86%
Legal 3 0.10% 10 0.34%
Education, training, & library 52 1.79% 159 5.47%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 5 0.17% 0 0.00%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 34 1.17% 116 3.99%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 22 0.76% 89 3.06%
Health technologists & technicians 12 0.41% 27 0.93%
Service occupations: 115 3.96% 349 12.01%
Healthcare support 35 1.20% 130 4.47%
Protective services: 35 1.20% 2 0.07%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 20 0.69% 2 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 15 0.52% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2 0.07% 74 2.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 33 1.14% 33 1.14%
Personal care & service 10 0.34% 110 3.79%
Sales & office occupations: 138 4.75% 409 14.07%
Sales & related occupations 100 3.44% 189 6.50%
Office & administrative support 38 1.31% 220 7.57%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 160 5.51% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 498 17.14% 18 0.62%
Construction & extraction: 356 12.25% 9 0.31%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 39 1.34% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 212 7.30% 9 0.31%
Extraction 105 3.61% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 142 4.89% 9 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 533 18.34% 42 1.45%
Production 238 8.19% 23 0.79%
Transportation & material moving: 295 10.15% 19 0.65%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 2 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 133 4.58% 17 0.58%
Rail, water & other transportation 40 1.38% 0 0.00%
Material moving 122 4.20% 0 0.00%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,701 58.53% 1,205 41.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 487 16.76% 19 0.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 272 9.36% 8 0.28%
Mining 215 7.40% 11 0.38%
Construction 188 6.47% 9 0.31%
Manufacturing 324 11.15% 22 0.76%
Wholesale trade 82 2.82% 26 0.89%
Retail trade 111 3.82% 209 7.19%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 115 3.96% 23 0.79%
Transportation & warehousing 90 3.10% 23 0.79%
Utilities 25 0.86% 0 0.00%
Information 9 0.31% 9 0.31%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5 0.17% 62 2.13%
Finance & insurance 2 0.07% 55 1.89%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3 0.10% 7 0.24%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 33 1.14% 29 1.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7 0.24% 25 0.86%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 26 0.89% 4 0.14%
Educational, health & social services: 220 7.57% 632 21.75%
Educational services 98 3.37% 199 6.85%
Health care & social assistance 122 4.20% 433 14.90%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 43 1.48% 41 1.41%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 15 0.52% 0 0.00%
Accommodation & food services 28 0.96% 41 1.41%
Other services (except public administration) 27 0.93% 39 1.34%
Public administration 57 1.96% 85 2.92%

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

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