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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 4,933 54.39% 4,137 45.61%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,479 16.31% 1,496 16.49%
Management, business, & financial operations: 796 8.78% 454 5.01%
Management, except farm managers 373 4.11% 291 3.21%
Farmers & farm managers 281 3.10% 35 0.39%
Business & financial operations: 142 1.57% 128 1.41%
Business operations specialists 65 0.72% 68 0.75%
Financial specialists 77 0.85% 60 0.66%
Professional & related occupations: 683 7.53% 1,042 11.49%
Computer & mathematical 53 0.58% 26 0.29%
Architecture & engineering: 110 1.21% 23 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 63 0.69% 5 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 47 0.52% 18 0.20%
Life, physical, & social science 53 0.58% 41 0.45%
Community & social services 45 0.50% 71 0.78%
Legal 25 0.28% 13 0.14%
Education, training, & library 264 2.91% 463 5.10%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 33 0.36% 40 0.44%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 100 1.10% 365 4.02%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 55 0.61% 220 2.43%
Health technologists & technicians 45 0.50% 145 1.60%
Service occupations: 447 4.93% 792 8.73%
Healthcare support 11 0.12% 206 2.27%
Protective services: 117 1.29% 4 0.04%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 110 1.21% 4 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 7 0.08% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 128 1.41% 244 2.69%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 160 1.76% 109 1.20%
Personal care & service 31 0.34% 229 2.52%
Sales & office occupations: 552 6.09% 1,486 16.38%
Sales & related occupations 354 3.90% 399 4.40%
Office & administrative support 198 2.18% 1,087 11.98%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 146 1.61% 39 0.43%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,296 14.29% 63 0.69%
Construction & extraction: 765 8.43% 36 0.40%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 117 1.29% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 646 7.12% 36 0.40%
Extraction 2 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 531 5.85% 27 0.30%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,013 11.17% 261 2.88%
Production 647 7.13% 171 1.89%
Transportation & material moving: 366 4.04% 90 0.99%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.09% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 3 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 240 2.65% 52 0.57%
Rail, water & other transportation 10 0.11% 4 0.04%
Material moving 105 1.16% 34 0.37%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,933 54.39% 4,137 45.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 464 5.12% 92 1.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 438 4.83% 88 0.97%
Mining 26 0.29% 4 0.04%
Construction 854 9.42% 55 0.61%
Manufacturing 655 7.22% 238 2.62%
Wholesale trade 157 1.73% 87 0.96%
Retail trade 505 5.57% 433 4.77%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 483 5.33% 130 1.43%
Transportation & warehousing 217 2.39% 82 0.90%
Utilities 266 2.93% 48 0.53%
Information 79 0.87% 104 1.15%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 123 1.36% 305 3.36%
Finance & insurance 92 1.01% 258 2.84%
Real estate & rental & leasing 31 0.34% 47 0.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 210 2.32% 158 1.74%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 109 1.20% 96 1.06%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 101 1.11% 62 0.68%
Educational, health & social services: 615 6.78% 1,830 20.18%
Educational services 459 5.06% 874 9.64%
Health care & social assistance 156 1.72% 956 10.54%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 192 2.12% 319 3.52%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 20 0.22% 54 0.60%
Accommodation & food services 172 1.90% 265 2.92%
Other services (except public administration) 271 2.99% 176 1.94%
Public administration 325 3.58% 210 2.32%

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

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