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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 1,498 52.05% 1,380 47.95%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 440 15.29% 488 16.96%
Management, business, & financial operations: 221 7.68% 149 5.18%
Management, except farm managers 105 3.65% 93 3.23%
Farmers & farm managers 90 3.13% 6 0.21%
Business & financial operations: 26 0.90% 50 1.74%
Business operations specialists 6 0.21% 17 0.59%
Financial specialists 20 0.69% 33 1.15%
Professional & related occupations: 219 7.61% 339 11.78%
Computer & mathematical 20 0.69% 5 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 11 0.38% 3 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 11 0.38% 3 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 11 0.38% 5 0.17%
Community & social services 42 1.46% 53 1.84%
Legal 14 0.49% 5 0.17%
Education, training, & library 45 1.56% 115 4.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 22 0.76% 21 0.73%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 54 1.88% 132 4.59%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 28 0.97% 72 2.50%
Health technologists & technicians 26 0.90% 60 2.08%
Service occupations: 177 6.15% 327 11.36%
Healthcare support 7 0.24% 81 2.81%
Protective services: 60 2.08% 24 0.83%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 46 1.60% 22 0.76%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 14 0.49% 2 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 56 1.95% 146 5.07%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 38 1.32% 36 1.25%
Personal care & service 16 0.56% 40 1.39%
Sales & office occupations: 209 7.26% 401 13.93%
Sales & related occupations 138 4.79% 142 4.93%
Office & administrative support 71 2.47% 259 9.00%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 61 2.12% 6 0.21%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 439 15.25% 29 1.01%
Construction & extraction: 321 11.15% 25 0.87%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 44 1.53% 5 0.17%
Construction trades 277 9.62% 20 0.69%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 118 4.10% 4 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 172 5.98% 129 4.48%
Production 72 2.50% 79 2.74%
Transportation & material moving: 100 3.47% 50 1.74%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 62 2.15% 22 0.76%
Rail, water & other transportation 2 0.07% 0 0.00%
Material moving 36 1.25% 28 0.97%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,498 52.05% 1,380 47.95%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 179 6.22% 22 0.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 151 5.25% 22 0.76%
Mining 28 0.97% 0 0.00%
Construction 325 11.29% 34 1.18%
Manufacturing 81 2.81% 56 1.95%
Wholesale trade 40 1.39% 7 0.24%
Retail trade 127 4.41% 186 6.46%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 118 4.10% 34 1.18%
Transportation & warehousing 71 2.47% 26 0.90%
Utilities 47 1.63% 8 0.28%
Information 34 1.18% 30 1.04%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 76 2.64% 95 3.30%
Finance & insurance 23 0.80% 59 2.05%
Real estate & rental & leasing 53 1.84% 36 1.25%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 80 2.78% 76 2.64%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 58 2.02% 43 1.49%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 22 0.76% 33 1.15%
Educational, health & social services: 172 5.98% 471 16.37%
Educational services 70 2.43% 143 4.97%
Health care & social assistance 102 3.54% 328 11.40%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 111 3.86% 151 5.25%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 19 0.66% 4 0.14%
Accommodation & food services 92 3.20% 147 5.11%
Other services (except public administration) 62 2.15% 66 2.29%
Public administration 93 3.23% 152 5.28%

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

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