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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 3,258 54.75% 2,693 45.25%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 641 10.77% 741 12.45%
Management, business, & financial operations: 360 6.05% 227 3.81%
Management, except farm managers 161 2.71% 99 1.66%
Farmers & farm managers 126 2.12% 52 0.87%
Business & financial operations: 73 1.23% 76 1.28%
Business operations specialists 32 0.54% 41 0.69%
Financial specialists 41 0.69% 35 0.59%
Professional & related occupations: 281 4.72% 514 8.64%
Computer & mathematical 5 0.08% 1 0.02%
Architecture & engineering: 69 1.16% 12 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 32 0.54% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 37 0.62% 12 0.20%
Life, physical, & social science 27 0.45% 8 0.13%
Community & social services 19 0.32% 53 0.89%
Legal 9 0.15% 15 0.25%
Education, training, & library 109 1.83% 268 4.50%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 30 0.50% 27 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 13 0.22% 130 2.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 9 0.15% 86 1.45%
Health technologists & technicians 4 0.07% 44 0.74%
Service occupations: 339 5.70% 717 12.05%
Healthcare support 12 0.20% 107 1.80%
Protective services: 105 1.76% 20 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 82 1.38% 2 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 23 0.39% 18 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 96 1.61% 297 4.99%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 103 1.73% 178 2.99%
Personal care & service 23 0.39% 115 1.93%
Sales & office occupations: 300 5.04% 972 16.33%
Sales & related occupations 200 3.36% 300 5.04%
Office & administrative support 100 1.68% 672 11.29%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 125 2.10% 31 0.52%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 998 16.77% 69 1.16%
Construction & extraction: 632 10.62% 49 0.82%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 77 1.29% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 380 6.39% 32 0.54%
Extraction 175 2.94% 17 0.29%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 366 6.15% 20 0.34%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 855 14.37% 163 2.74%
Production 286 4.81% 101 1.70%
Transportation & material moving: 569 9.56% 62 1.04%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 10 0.17% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 230 3.86% 48 0.81%
Rail, water & other transportation 187 3.14% 2 0.03%
Material moving 142 2.39% 12 0.20%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,258 54.75% 2,693 45.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,007 16.92% 188 3.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 240 4.03% 116 1.95%
Mining 767 12.89% 72 1.21%
Construction 452 7.60% 85 1.43%
Manufacturing 87 1.46% 50 0.84%
Wholesale trade 59 0.99% 28 0.47%
Retail trade 208 3.50% 335 5.63%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 577 9.70% 97 1.63%
Transportation & warehousing 431 7.24% 73 1.23%
Utilities 146 2.45% 24 0.40%
Information 58 0.97% 55 0.92%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 70 1.18% 149 2.50%
Finance & insurance 42 0.71% 100 1.68%
Real estate & rental & leasing 28 0.47% 49 0.82%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 104 1.75% 120 2.02%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 54 0.91% 62 1.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 50 0.84% 58 0.97%
Educational, health & social services: 200 3.36% 898 15.09%
Educational services 160 2.69% 400 6.72%
Health care & social assistance 40 0.67% 498 8.37%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 146 2.45% 381 6.40%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 32 0.54% 47 0.79%
Accommodation & food services 114 1.92% 334 5.61%
Other services (except public administration) 110 1.85% 127 2.13%
Public administration 180 3.02% 180 3.02%

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

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