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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 2,722 54.60% 2,263 45.40%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 389 7.80% 651 13.06%
Management, business, & financial operations: 242 4.85% 124 2.49%
Management, except farm managers 89 1.79% 54 1.08%
Farmers & farm managers 111 2.23% 20 0.40%
Business & financial operations: 42 0.84% 50 1.00%
Business operations specialists 14 0.28% 12 0.24%
Financial specialists 28 0.56% 38 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 147 2.95% 527 10.57%
Computer & mathematical 2 0.04% 6 0.12%
Architecture & engineering: 35 0.70% 12 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 21 0.42% 3 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 14 0.28% 9 0.18%
Life, physical, & social science 21 0.42% 11 0.22%
Community & social services 20 0.40% 34 0.68%
Legal 10 0.20% 8 0.16%
Education, training, & library 32 0.64% 243 4.87%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 10 0.20% 23 0.46%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 17 0.34% 190 3.81%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 9 0.18% 82 1.64%
Health technologists & technicians 8 0.16% 108 2.17%
Service occupations: 203 4.07% 430 8.63%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 96 1.93%
Protective services: 102 2.05% 27 0.54%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 80 1.60% 2 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 22 0.44% 25 0.50%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 8 0.16% 134 2.69%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 82 1.64% 85 1.71%
Personal care & service 11 0.22% 88 1.77%
Sales & office occupations: 354 7.10% 789 15.83%
Sales & related occupations 214 4.29% 343 6.88%
Office & administrative support 140 2.81% 446 8.95%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 161 3.23% 29 0.58%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 656 13.16% 13 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 407 8.16% 7 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 87 1.75% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 296 5.94% 7 0.14%
Extraction 24 0.48% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 249 4.99% 6 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 959 19.24% 351 7.04%
Production 374 7.50% 279 5.60%
Transportation & material moving: 585 11.74% 72 1.44%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 338 6.78% 15 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 26 0.52% 0 0.00%
Material moving 221 4.43% 57 1.14%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,722 54.60% 2,263 45.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 448 8.99% 75 1.50%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 370 7.42% 73 1.46%
Mining 78 1.56% 2 0.04%
Construction 438 8.79% 13 0.26%
Manufacturing 581 11.65% 384 7.70%
Wholesale trade 131 2.63% 55 1.10%
Retail trade 262 5.26% 379 7.60%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 267 5.36% 40 0.80%
Transportation & warehousing 223 4.47% 32 0.64%
Utilities 44 0.88% 8 0.16%
Information 24 0.48% 33 0.66%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 82 1.64% 61 1.22%
Finance & insurance 78 1.56% 55 1.10%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4 0.08% 6 0.12%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 57 1.14% 97 1.95%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 22 0.44% 46 0.92%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 35 0.70% 51 1.02%
Educational, health & social services: 114 2.29% 742 14.88%
Educational services 57 1.14% 336 6.74%
Health care & social assistance 57 1.14% 406 8.14%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 25 0.50% 146 2.93%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5 0.10% 0 0.00%
Accommodation & food services 20 0.40% 146 2.93%
Other services (except public administration) 151 3.03% 137 2.75%
Public administration 142 2.85% 101 2.03%

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

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