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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 11,390 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 8,059 70.8%
 Employees of own corporation 402 3.5%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 482 4.2%
Local government workers 556 4.9%
State government workers 816 7.2%
Federal government workers 140 1.2%
Self-employed workers 1,263 11.1%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 317 2.8%
Unpaid family workers 74 0.6%
     
  Employed civilian females 16 and over 5,102 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 3,443 67.5%
 Employees of own corpoartion 104 2.0%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 339 6.6%
Local government workers 382 7.5%
State government workers 497 9.7%
Federal government workers 94 1.8%
Self-employed workers 311 6.1%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 14 0.3%
Unpaid family workers 36 0.7%
     
PLACE OF WORK    
 Workers 16 years and over 11,082 100.0%
Workers in state of residence 10,833 97.8%
 Workers in county of residence 8,288 74.8%
 Workers outside county of residence 2,545 23.0%
Workers outside state of residence 249 2.2%
     
VETERAN STATUS AND PERIOD OF SERVICE    
 Civilian veterans 18 and over 2,534 100.0%
Percent of civilians 18 years and over 13.0 (X)
Persian Gulf War era (August 1990 or later) 172 6.8%
 Served September 1980 or later only 128 5.1%
  Served 2 or more years 105 4.1%
May 1975 to July 1990 only 240 9.5%
 Served September 1980 to July 1990 only 133 5.2%
  Served 2 or more years 114 4.5%
Vietnam era (August 1964 to April 1975) 772 30.5%
 Served also in Korean War or World War II 51 2.0%
Korean War (June 1950 to January 1955) 503 19.9%
 Served also in World War II 49 1.9%
World War II (September 1940 to July 1947) 617 24.3%
Other service only 32 1.3%

 

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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