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QT-P25. Class of Worker by Sex, Place of Work, and Veteran Status: 2000

Subject Number Percent
     
CLASS OF WORKER    
 Employed civilian population 16 and over 5,145 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 3,623 70.4%
 Employees of own corporation 248 4.8%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 240 4.7%
Local government workers 264 5.1%
State government workers 367 7.1%
Federal government workers 44 0.9%
Self-employed workers 586 11.4%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 157 3.1%
Unpaid family workers 21 0.4%
     
  Employed civilian females 16 and over 2,278 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 1,555 68.3%
 Employees of own corpoartion 61 2.7%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 164 7.2%
Local government workers 168 7.4%
State government workers 209 9.2%
Federal government workers 19 0.8%
Self-employed workers 150 6.6%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 14 0.6%
Unpaid family workers 13 0.6%
     
PLACE OF WORK    
 Workers 16 years and over 5,042 100.0%
Workers in state of residence 4,688 93.0%
 Workers in county of residence 3,907 77.5%
 Workers outside county of residence 781 15.5%
Workers outside state of residence 354 7.0%
     
VETERAN STATUS AND PERIOD OF SERVICE    
 Civilian veterans 18 and over 1,151 100.0%
Percent of civilians 18 years and over 13.4 (X)
Persian Gulf War era (August 1990 or later) 90 7.8%
 Served September 1980 or later only 61 5.3%
  Served 2 or more years 37 3.2%
May 1975 to July 1990 only 91 7.9%
 Served September 1980 to July 1990 only 49 4.3%
  Served 2 or more years 25 2.2%
Vietnam era (August 1964 to April 1975) 337 29.3%
 Served also in Korean War or World War II 42 3.6%
Korean War (June 1950 to January 1955) 282 24.5%
 Served also in World War II 10 0.9%
World War II (September 1940 to July 1947) 242 21.0%
Other service only 35 3.0%

 

Date: October 2, 2002

[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P26, P39, P40, and P51.
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