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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 3,332 55.04% 2,722 44.96%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 463 7.65% 893 14.75%
Management, business, & financial operations: 218 3.60% 173 2.86%
Management, except farm managers 155 2.56% 109 1.80%
Farmers & farm managers 15 0.25% 1 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 48 0.79% 63 1.04%
Business operations specialists 16 0.26% 26 0.43%
Financial specialists 32 0.53% 37 0.61%
Professional & related occupations: 245 4.05% 720 11.89%
Computer & mathematical 6 0.10% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 33 0.55% 10 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 14 0.23% 2 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 19 0.31% 8 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 4 0.07% 3 0.05%
Community & social services 48 0.79% 65 1.07%
Legal 14 0.23% 23 0.38%
Education, training, & library 58 0.96% 360 5.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 17 0.28% 6 0.10%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 65 1.07% 253 4.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 34 0.56% 96 1.59%
Health technologists & technicians 31 0.51% 157 2.59%
Service occupations: 467 7.71% 672 11.10%
Healthcare support 12 0.20% 231 3.82%
Protective services: 201 3.32% 12 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 84 1.39% 8 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 117 1.93% 4 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 51 0.84% 205 3.39%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 181 2.99% 96 1.59%
Personal care & service 22 0.36% 128 2.11%
Sales & office occupations: 395 6.52% 1,035 17.10%
Sales & related occupations 183 3.02% 396 6.54%
Office & administrative support 212 3.50% 639 10.56%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 22 0.36% 2 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 945 15.61% 4 0.07%
Construction & extraction: 654 10.80% 2 0.03%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 50 0.83% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 290 4.79% 1 0.02%
Extraction 314 5.19% 1 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 291 4.81% 2 0.03%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,040 17.18% 116 1.92%
Production 297 4.91% 69 1.14%
Transportation & material moving: 743 12.27% 47 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.03% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 415 6.85% 34 0.56%
Rail, water & other transportation 81 1.34% 0 0.00%
Material moving 245 4.05% 13 0.21%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,332 55.04% 2,722 44.96%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 844 13.94% 21 0.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 58 0.96% 5 0.08%
Mining 786 12.98% 16 0.26%
Construction 258 4.26% 13 0.21%
Manufacturing 205 3.39% 41 0.68%
Wholesale trade 108 1.78% 6 0.10%
Retail trade 393 6.49% 486 8.03%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 401 6.62% 95 1.57%
Transportation & warehousing 315 5.20% 84 1.39%
Utilities 86 1.42% 11 0.18%
Information 59 0.97% 61 1.01%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 67 1.11% 109 1.80%
Finance & insurance 30 0.50% 107 1.77%
Real estate & rental & leasing 37 0.61% 2 0.03%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 185 3.06% 115 1.90%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 36 0.59% 81 1.34%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 149 2.46% 34 0.56%
Educational, health & social services: 358 5.91% 1,290 21.31%
Educational services 194 3.20% 487 8.04%
Health care & social assistance 164 2.71% 803 13.26%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 76 1.26% 171 2.82%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 8 0.13% 0 0.00%
Accommodation & food services 68 1.12% 171 2.82%
Other services (except public administration) 173 2.86% 132 2.18%
Public administration 205 3.39% 182 3.01%

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

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