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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 4,056 54.55% 3,380 45.45%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 996 13.39% 932 12.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 525 7.06% 295 3.97%
Management, except farm managers 311 4.18% 180 2.42%
Farmers & farm managers 125 1.68% 44 0.59%
Business & financial operations: 89 1.20% 71 0.95%
Business operations specialists 48 0.65% 30 0.40%
Financial specialists 41 0.55% 41 0.55%
Professional & related occupations: 471 6.33% 637 8.57%
Computer & mathematical 38 0.51% 20 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 124 1.67% 28 0.38%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 81 1.09% 6 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 43 0.58% 22 0.30%
Life, physical, & social science 37 0.50% 7 0.09%
Community & social services 54 0.73% 50 0.67%
Legal 18 0.24% 23 0.31%
Education, training, & library 97 1.30% 272 3.66%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 36 0.48% 44 0.59%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 67 0.90% 193 2.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 61 0.82% 141 1.90%
Health technologists & technicians 6 0.08% 52 0.70%
Service occupations: 359 4.83% 779 10.48%
Healthcare support 25 0.34% 225 3.03%
Protective services: 73 0.98% 12 0.16%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 55 0.74% 5 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 18 0.24% 7 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 117 1.57% 250 3.36%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 135 1.82% 141 1.90%
Personal care & service 9 0.12% 151 2.03%
Sales & office occupations: 410 5.51% 963 12.95%
Sales & related occupations 239 3.21% 268 3.60%
Office & administrative support 171 2.30% 695 9.35%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 209 2.81% 33 0.44%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 701 9.43% 33 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 368 4.95% 16 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 38 0.51% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 330 4.44% 14 0.19%
Extraction 0 0.00% 2 0.03%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 333 4.48% 17 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,381 18.57% 640 8.61%
Production 881 11.85% 516 6.94%
Transportation & material moving: 500 6.72% 124 1.67%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 9 0.12% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 251 3.38% 16 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 10 0.13% 9 0.12%
Material moving 226 3.04% 99 1.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,056 54.55% 3,380 45.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 395 5.31% 106 1.43%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 391 5.26% 106 1.43%
Mining 4 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 321 4.32% 23 0.31%
Manufacturing 1,590 21.38% 792 10.65%
Wholesale trade 80 1.08% 31 0.42%
Retail trade 343 4.61% 372 5.00%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 248 3.34% 55 0.74%
Transportation & warehousing 192 2.58% 43 0.58%
Utilities 56 0.75% 12 0.16%
Information 68 0.91% 54 0.73%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 65 0.87% 165 2.22%
Finance & insurance 39 0.52% 121 1.63%
Real estate & rental & leasing 26 0.35% 44 0.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 131 1.76% 143 1.92%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 69 0.93% 66 0.89%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 62 0.83% 77 1.04%
Educational, health & social services: 348 4.68% 1,114 14.98%
Educational services 210 2.82% 355 4.77%
Health care & social assistance 138 1.86% 759 10.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 197 2.65% 263 3.54%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 24 0.32% 40 0.54%
Accommodation & food services 173 2.33% 223 3.00%
Other services (except public administration) 135 1.82% 121 1.63%
Public administration 135 1.82% 141 1.90%

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

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