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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 4,396 55.65% 3,503 44.35%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 751 9.51% 779 9.86%
Management, business, & financial operations: 441 5.58% 174 2.20%
Management, except farm managers 267 3.38% 102 1.29%
Farmers & farm managers 127 1.61% 18 0.23%
Business & financial operations: 47 0.60% 54 0.68%
Business operations specialists 10 0.13% 37 0.47%
Financial specialists 37 0.47% 17 0.22%
Professional & related occupations: 310 3.92% 605 7.66%
Computer & mathematical 4 0.05% 5 0.06%
Architecture & engineering: 79 1.00% 16 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 38 0.48% 4 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 41 0.52% 12 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 20 0.25% 19 0.24%
Community & social services 49 0.62% 32 0.41%
Legal 10 0.13% 0 0.00%
Education, training, & library 58 0.73% 243 3.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 26 0.33% 35 0.44%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 64 0.81% 255 3.23%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 36 0.46% 157 1.99%
Health technologists & technicians 28 0.35% 98 1.24%
Service occupations: 341 4.32% 724 9.17%
Healthcare support 62 0.78% 266 3.37%
Protective services: 67 0.85% 6 0.08%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 34 0.43% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 33 0.42% 6 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 18 0.23% 186 2.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 164 2.08% 94 1.19%
Personal care & service 30 0.38% 172 2.18%
Sales & office occupations: 460 5.82% 1,048 13.27%
Sales & related occupations 286 3.62% 360 4.56%
Office & administrative support 174 2.20% 688 8.71%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 130 1.65% 25 0.32%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 834 10.56% 18 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 463 5.86% 14 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 73 0.92% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 371 4.70% 14 0.18%
Extraction 19 0.24% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 371 4.70% 4 0.05%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,880 23.80% 909 11.51%
Production 1,159 14.67% 801 10.14%
Transportation & material moving: 721 9.13% 108 1.37%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.03% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 10 0.13% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 427 5.41% 37 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Material moving 282 3.57% 71 0.90%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 4,396 55.65% 3,503 44.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 312 3.95% 66 0.84%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 283 3.58% 58 0.73%
Mining 29 0.37% 8 0.10%
Construction 526 6.66% 27 0.34%
Manufacturing 1,723 21.81% 994 12.58%
Wholesale trade 121 1.53% 39 0.49%
Retail trade 418 5.29% 394 4.99%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 309 3.91% 30 0.38%
Transportation & warehousing 260 3.29% 16 0.20%
Utilities 49 0.62% 14 0.18%
Information 32 0.41% 42 0.53%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 85 1.08% 141 1.79%
Finance & insurance 37 0.47% 120 1.52%
Real estate & rental & leasing 48 0.61% 21 0.27%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 145 1.84% 122 1.54%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 27 0.34% 76 0.96%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 118 1.49% 46 0.58%
Educational, health & social services: 330 4.18% 1,147 14.52%
Educational services 157 1.99% 372 4.71%
Health care & social assistance 173 2.19% 775 9.81%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 130 1.65% 210 2.66%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 52 0.66% 24 0.30%
Accommodation & food services 78 0.99% 186 2.35%
Other services (except public administration) 176 2.23% 146 1.85%
Public administration 89 1.13% 145 1.84%

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

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