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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 5,588 52.24% 5,108 47.76%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,427 13.34% 1,721 16.09%
Management, business, & financial operations: 522 4.88% 477 4.46%
Management, except farm managers 334 3.12% 288 2.69%
Farmers & farm managers 67 0.63% 19 0.18%
Business & financial operations: 121 1.13% 170 1.59%
Business operations specialists 57 0.53% 44 0.41%
Financial specialists 64 0.60% 126 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 905 8.46% 1,244 11.63%
Computer & mathematical 61 0.57% 29 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 77 0.72% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 21 0.20% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 56 0.52% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 28 0.26% 1 0.01%
Community & social services 159 1.49% 113 1.06%
Legal 29 0.27% 11 0.10%
Education, training, & library 365 3.41% 729 6.82%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 94 0.88% 60 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 92 0.86% 301 2.81%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 67 0.63% 155 1.45%
Health technologists & technicians 25 0.23% 146 1.36%
Service occupations: 534 4.99% 888 8.30%
Healthcare support 11 0.10% 203 1.90%
Protective services: 93 0.87% 20 0.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 60 0.56% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 33 0.31% 20 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 195 1.82% 319 2.98%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 180 1.68% 147 1.37%
Personal care & service 55 0.51% 199 1.86%
Sales & office occupations: 855 7.99% 1,797 16.80%
Sales & related occupations 472 4.41% 548 5.12%
Office & administrative support 383 3.58% 1,249 11.68%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 269 2.51% 41 0.38%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 911 8.52% 23 0.22%
Construction & extraction: 459 4.29% 14 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 58 0.54% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 401 3.75% 14 0.13%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 452 4.23% 9 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,592 14.88% 638 5.96%
Production 900 8.41% 541 5.06%
Transportation & material moving: 692 6.47% 97 0.91%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 12 0.11% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 10 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 300 2.80% 32 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 19 0.18% 20 0.19%
Material moving 351 3.28% 45 0.42%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 5,588 52.24% 5,108 47.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 396 3.70% 85 0.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 371 3.47% 85 0.79%
Mining 25 0.23% 0 0.00%
Construction 476 4.45% 52 0.49%
Manufacturing 1,480 13.84% 711 6.65%
Wholesale trade 185 1.73% 26 0.24%
Retail trade 657 6.14% 633 5.92%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 294 2.75% 108 1.01%
Transportation & warehousing 225 2.10% 86 0.80%
Utilities 69 0.65% 22 0.21%
Information 91 0.85% 48 0.45%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 153 1.43% 397 3.71%
Finance & insurance 112 1.05% 311 2.91%
Real estate & rental & leasing 41 0.38% 86 0.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 176 1.65% 110 1.03%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 57 0.53% 71 0.66%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 1 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 119 1.11% 38 0.36%
Educational, health & social services: 958 8.96% 2,161 20.20%
Educational services 760 7.11% 1,161 10.85%
Health care & social assistance 198 1.85% 1,000 9.35%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 273 2.55% 387 3.62%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 24 0.22% 45 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 249 2.33% 342 3.20%
Other services (except public administration) 337 3.15% 202 1.89%
Public administration 112 1.05% 188 1.76%

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

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