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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 780 51.49% 735 48.51%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 234 15.45% 292 19.27%
Management, business, & financial operations: 156 10.30% 86 5.68%
Management, except farm managers 127 8.38% 84 5.54%
Farmers & farm managers 10 0.66% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 19 1.25% 2 0.13%
Business operations specialists 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Financial specialists 19 1.25% 2 0.13%
Professional & related occupations: 78 5.15% 206 13.60%
Computer & mathematical 10 0.66% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 16 1.06% 9 0.59%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 11 0.73% 9 0.59%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 5 0.33% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 9 0.59% 6 0.40%
Community & social services 7 0.46% 35 2.31%
Legal 0 0.00% 6 0.40%
Education, training, & library 16 1.06% 92 6.07%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 0 0.00% 8 0.53%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 20 1.32% 50 3.30%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 20 1.32% 25 1.65%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 25 1.65%
Service occupations: 118 7.79% 197 13.00%
Healthcare support 5 0.33% 42 2.77%
Protective services: 43 2.84% 10 0.66%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 29 1.91% 8 0.53%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 14 0.92% 2 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 34 2.24% 33 2.18%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 23 1.52% 34 2.24%
Personal care & service 13 0.86% 78 5.15%
Sales & office occupations: 32 2.11% 230 15.18%
Sales & related occupations 13 0.86% 47 3.10%
Office & administrative support 19 1.25% 183 12.08%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 16 1.06% 2 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 210 13.86% 0 0.00%
Construction & extraction: 157 10.36% 0 0.00%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 14 0.92% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 135 8.91% 0 0.00%
Extraction 8 0.53% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 53 3.50% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 170 11.22% 14 0.92%
Production 56 3.70% 11 0.73%
Transportation & material moving: 114 7.52% 3 0.20%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4 0.26% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 50 3.30% 0 0.00%
Rail, water & other transportation 14 0.92% 0 0.00%
Material moving 46 3.04% 3 0.20%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 780 51.49% 735 48.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 49 3.23% 12 0.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 41 2.71% 12 0.79%
Mining 8 0.53% 0 0.00%
Construction 191 12.61% 15 0.99%
Manufacturing 114 7.52% 18 1.19%
Wholesale trade 25 1.65% 7 0.46%
Retail trade 26 1.72% 41 2.71%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 37 2.44% 31 2.05%
Transportation & warehousing 31 2.05% 31 2.05%
Utilities 6 0.40% 0 0.00%
Information 6 0.40% 7 0.46%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6 0.40% 33 2.18%
Finance & insurance 0 0.00% 31 2.05%
Real estate & rental & leasing 6 0.40% 2 0.13%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 40 2.64% 30 1.98%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 22 1.45% 10 0.66%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 18 1.19% 20 1.32%
Educational, health & social services: 102 6.73% 343 22.64%
Educational services 57 3.76% 128 8.45%
Health care & social assistance 45 2.97% 215 14.19%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 63 4.16% 84 5.54%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 17 1.12% 24 1.58%
Accommodation & food services 46 3.04% 60 3.96%
Other services (except public administration) 38 2.51% 58 3.83%
Public administration 83 5.48% 56 3.70%

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

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