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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 3,139 53.73% 2,703 46.27%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 454 7.77% 690 11.81%
Management, business, & financial operations: 258 4.42% 193 3.30%
Management, except farm managers 143 2.45% 129 2.21%
Farmers & farm managers 60 1.03% 7 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 55 0.94% 57 0.98%
Business operations specialists 47 0.80% 28 0.48%
Financial specialists 8 0.14% 29 0.50%
Professional & related occupations: 196 3.36% 497 8.51%
Computer & mathematical 9 0.15% 5 0.09%
Architecture & engineering: 55 0.94% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 15 0.26% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 40 0.68% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 21 0.36% 13 0.22%
Community & social services 40 0.68% 28 0.48%
Legal 6 0.10% 19 0.33%
Education, training, & library 9 0.15% 200 3.42%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 14 0.24% 7 0.12%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 42 0.72% 225 3.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 33 0.56% 140 2.40%
Health technologists & technicians 9 0.15% 85 1.45%
Service occupations: 283 4.84% 619 10.60%
Healthcare support 16 0.27% 221 3.78%
Protective services: 109 1.87% 12 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 84 1.44% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 25 0.43% 12 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 26 0.45% 179 3.06%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 108 1.85% 97 1.66%
Personal care & service 24 0.41% 110 1.88%
Sales & office occupations: 402 6.88% 889 15.22%
Sales & related occupations 229 3.92% 292 5.00%
Office & administrative support 173 2.96% 597 10.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 133 2.28% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 763 13.06% 10 0.17%
Construction & extraction: 389 6.66% 3 0.05%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 65 1.11% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 316 5.41% 0 0.00%
Extraction 8 0.14% 3 0.05%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 374 6.40% 7 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,104 18.90% 495 8.47%
Production 677 11.59% 429 7.34%
Transportation & material moving: 427 7.31% 66 1.13%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 7 0.12%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 203 3.47% 23 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 15 0.26% 0 0.00%
Material moving 205 3.51% 36 0.62%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 3,139 53.73% 2,703 46.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 231 3.95% 47 0.80%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 212 3.63% 44 0.75%
Mining 19 0.33% 3 0.05%
Construction 447 7.65% 47 0.80%
Manufacturing 951 16.28% 530 9.07%
Wholesale trade 129 2.21% 49 0.84%
Retail trade 361 6.18% 373 6.38%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 250 4.28% 53 0.91%
Transportation & warehousing 145 2.48% 42 0.72%
Utilities 105 1.80% 11 0.19%
Information 41 0.70% 7 0.12%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 55 0.94% 172 2.94%
Finance & insurance 37 0.63% 125 2.14%
Real estate & rental & leasing 18 0.31% 47 0.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 97 1.66% 83 1.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 17 0.29% 33 0.56%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 80 1.37% 50 0.86%
Educational, health & social services: 176 3.01% 1,040 17.80%
Educational services 71 1.22% 325 5.56%
Health care & social assistance 105 1.80% 715 12.24%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 40 0.68% 158 2.70%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 0 0.00% 4 0.07%
Accommodation & food services 40 0.68% 154 2.64%
Other services (except public administration) 161 2.76% 99 1.69%
Public administration 200 3.42% 45 0.77%

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

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