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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 1,341 56.80% 1,020 43.20%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 506 21.43% 388 16.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 401 16.98% 181 7.67%
Management, except farm managers 63 2.67% 74 3.13%
Farmers & farm managers 323 13.68% 59 2.50%
Business & financial operations: 15 0.64% 48 2.03%
Business operations specialists 6 0.25% 4 0.17%
Financial specialists 9 0.38% 44 1.86%
Professional & related occupations: 105 4.45% 207 8.77%
Computer & mathematical 8 0.34% 4 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 14 0.59% 7 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 12 0.51% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2 0.08% 7 0.30%
Life, physical, & social science 15 0.64% 3 0.13%
Community & social services 11 0.47% 18 0.76%
Legal 2 0.08% 17 0.72%
Education, training, & library 40 1.69% 110 4.66%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 8 0.34% 5 0.21%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 7 0.30% 43 1.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 6 0.25% 19 0.80%
Health technologists & technicians 1 0.04% 24 1.02%
Service occupations: 56 2.37% 210 8.89%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 24 1.02%
Protective services: 14 0.59% 2 0.08%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 14 0.59% 2 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 14 0.59% 65 2.75%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 27 1.14% 65 2.75%
Personal care & service 1 0.04% 54 2.29%
Sales & office occupations: 162 6.86% 315 13.34%
Sales & related occupations 115 4.87% 81 3.43%
Office & administrative support 47 1.99% 234 9.91%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 101 4.28% 23 0.97%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 258 10.93% 5 0.21%
Construction & extraction: 152 6.44% 4 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 17 0.72% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 130 5.51% 4 0.17%
Extraction 5 0.21% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 106 4.49% 1 0.04%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 258 10.93% 79 3.35%
Production 82 3.47% 28 1.19%
Transportation & material moving: 176 7.45% 51 2.16%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.08% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 121 5.12% 30 1.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 11 0.47% 0 0.00%
Material moving 40 1.69% 21 0.89%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,341 56.80% 1,020 43.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 461 19.53% 138 5.84%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 449 19.02% 131 5.55%
Mining 12 0.51% 7 0.30%
Construction 178 7.54% 15 0.64%
Manufacturing 99 4.19% 39 1.65%
Wholesale trade 67 2.84% 11 0.47%
Retail trade 113 4.79% 102 4.32%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 141 5.97% 59 2.50%
Transportation & warehousing 107 4.53% 45 1.91%
Utilities 34 1.44% 14 0.59%
Information 13 0.55% 15 0.64%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 28 1.19% 62 2.63%
Finance & insurance 17 0.72% 58 2.46%
Real estate & rental & leasing 11 0.47% 4 0.17%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 35 1.48% 37 1.57%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 26 1.10% 28 1.19%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 9 0.38% 9 0.38%
Educational, health & social services: 84 3.56% 380 16.09%
Educational services 71 3.01% 192 8.13%
Health care & social assistance 13 0.55% 188 7.96%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 16 0.68% 68 2.88%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 0 0.00% 5 0.21%
Accommodation & food services 16 0.68% 63 2.67%
Other services (except public administration) 46 1.95% 36 1.52%
Public administration 60 2.54% 58 2.46%

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

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