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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 4,358 56.17% 3,400 43.83%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 714 9.20% 1,144 14.75%
Management, business, & financial operations: 341 4.40% 195 2.51%
Management, except farm managers 246 3.17% 126 1.62%
Farmers & farm managers 12 0.15% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 83 1.07% 69 0.89%
Business operations specialists 50 0.64% 8 0.10%
Financial specialists 33 0.43% 61 0.79%
Professional & related occupations: 373 4.81% 949 12.23%
Computer & mathematical 19 0.24% 3 0.04%
Architecture & engineering: 56 0.72% 8 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 14 0.18% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 42 0.54% 8 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 10 0.13% 14 0.18%
Community & social services 61 0.79% 85 1.10%
Legal 20 0.26% 3 0.04%
Education, training, & library 123 1.59% 353 4.55%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 29 0.37% 51 0.66%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 55 0.71% 432 5.57%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 24 0.31% 290 3.74%
Health technologists & technicians 31 0.40% 142 1.83%
Service occupations: 366 4.72% 796 10.26%
Healthcare support 33 0.43% 181 2.33%
Protective services: 175 2.26% 59 0.76%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 65 0.84% 11 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 110 1.42% 48 0.62%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 14 0.18% 307 3.96%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 121 1.56% 136 1.75%
Personal care & service 23 0.30% 113 1.46%
Sales & office occupations: 587 7.57% 1,256 16.19%
Sales & related occupations 398 5.13% 477 6.15%
Office & administrative support 189 2.44% 779 10.04%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 76 0.98% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,643 21.18% 2 0.03%
Construction & extraction: 1,154 14.87% 0 0.00%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 115 1.48% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 516 6.65% 0 0.00%
Extraction 523 6.74% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 489 6.30% 2 0.03%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 972 12.53% 202 2.60%
Production 293 3.78% 99 1.28%
Transportation & material moving: 679 8.75% 103 1.33%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.10% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 446 5.75% 80 1.03%
Rail, water & other transportation 31 0.40% 3 0.04%
Material moving 190 2.45% 20 0.26%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,358 56.17% 3,400 43.83%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,314 16.94% 38 0.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 88 1.13% 0 0.00%
Mining 1,226 15.80% 38 0.49%
Construction 464 5.98% 11 0.14%
Manufacturing 306 3.94% 88 1.13%
Wholesale trade 142 1.83% 31 0.40%
Retail trade 664 8.56% 595 7.67%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 306 3.94% 131 1.69%
Transportation & warehousing 257 3.31% 129 1.66%
Utilities 49 0.63% 2 0.03%
Information 60 0.77% 102 1.31%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 64 0.82% 131 1.69%
Finance & insurance 36 0.46% 103 1.33%
Real estate & rental & leasing 28 0.36% 28 0.36%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 245 3.16% 151 1.95%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 119 1.53% 99 1.28%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 126 1.62% 52 0.67%
Educational, health & social services: 349 4.50% 1,523 19.63%
Educational services 193 2.49% 569 7.33%
Health care & social assistance 156 2.01% 954 12.30%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 46 0.59% 273 3.52%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 15 0.19% 0 0.00%
Accommodation & food services 31 0.40% 273 3.52%
Other services (except public administration) 210 2.71% 146 1.88%
Public administration 188 2.42% 180 2.32%

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

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