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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 7,177 52.70% 6,442 47.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,683 12.36% 2,038 14.96%
Management, business, & financial operations: 948 6.96% 502 3.69%
Management, except farm managers 545 4.00% 284 2.09%
Farmers & farm managers 316 2.32% 26 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 87 0.64% 192 1.41%
Business operations specialists 35 0.26% 83 0.61%
Financial specialists 52 0.38% 109 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 735 5.40% 1,536 11.28%
Computer & mathematical 66 0.48% 69 0.51%
Architecture & engineering: 104 0.76% 14 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 68 0.50% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 36 0.26% 14 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 44 0.32% 103 0.76%
Community & social services 77 0.57% 94 0.69%
Legal 15 0.11% 14 0.10%
Education, training, & library 230 1.69% 555 4.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 45 0.33% 76 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 154 1.13% 611 4.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 90 0.66% 430 3.16%
Health technologists & technicians 64 0.47% 181 1.33%
Service occupations: 851 6.25% 1,522 11.18%
Healthcare support 78 0.57% 424 3.11%
Protective services: 138 1.01% 29 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 89 0.65% 19 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 49 0.36% 10 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 163 1.20% 450 3.30%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 399 2.93% 221 1.62%
Personal care & service 73 0.54% 398 2.92%
Sales & office occupations: 1,186 8.71% 2,331 17.12%
Sales & related occupations 643 4.72% 607 4.46%
Office & administrative support 543 3.99% 1,724 12.66%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 181 1.33% 33 0.24%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,561 11.46% 23 0.17%
Construction & extraction: 891 6.54% 4 0.03%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 136 1.00% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 755 5.54% 4 0.03%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 670 4.92% 19 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,715 12.59% 495 3.63%
Production 790 5.80% 347 2.55%
Transportation & material moving: 925 6.79% 148 1.09%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 30 0.22% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 9 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 319 2.34% 53 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 148 1.09% 5 0.04%
Material moving 419 3.08% 88 0.65%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,177 52.70% 6,442 47.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 539 3.96% 103 0.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 533 3.91% 103 0.76%
Mining 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,034 7.59% 83 0.61%
Manufacturing 998 7.33% 397 2.92%
Wholesale trade 337 2.47% 72 0.53%
Retail trade 861 6.32% 1,042 7.65%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 719 5.28% 108 0.79%
Transportation & warehousing 590 4.33% 88 0.65%
Utilities 129 0.95% 20 0.15%
Information 176 1.29% 166 1.22%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 173 1.27% 443 3.25%
Finance & insurance 123 0.90% 367 2.69%
Real estate & rental & leasing 50 0.37% 76 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 399 2.93% 355 2.61%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 135 0.99% 215 1.58%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 264 1.94% 140 1.03%
Educational, health & social services: 838 6.15% 2,672 19.62%
Educational services 576 4.23% 1,023 7.51%
Health care & social assistance 262 1.92% 1,649 12.11%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 330 2.42% 429 3.15%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 80 0.59% 91 0.67%
Accommodation & food services 250 1.84% 338 2.48%
Other services (except public administration) 416 3.05% 294 2.16%
Public administration 357 2.62% 278 2.04%

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

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