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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 7,196 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 4,519 62.8%
 Employees of own corporation 352 4.9%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 550 7.6%
Local government workers 424 5.9%
State government workers 673 9.4%
Federal government workers 116 1.6%
Self-employed workers 899 12.5%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 134 1.9%
Unpaid family workers 15 0.2%
     
  Employed civilian females 16 and over 3,329 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 1,986 59.7%
 Employees of own corpoartion 115 3.5%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 359 10.8%
Local government workers 314 9.4%
State government workers 362 10.9%
Federal government workers 47 1.4%
Self-employed workers 257 7.7%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 0 0.0%
Unpaid family workers 4 0.1%
     
PLACE OF WORK    
 Workers 16 years and over 7,049 100.0%
Workers in state of residence 6,933 98.4%
 Workers in county of residence 5,004 71.0%
 Workers outside county of residence 1,929 27.4%
Workers outside state of residence 116 1.6%
     
VETERAN STATUS AND PERIOD OF SERVICE    
 Civilian veterans 18 and over 1,543 100.0%
Percent of civilians 18 years and over 11.2 (X)
Persian Gulf War era (August 1990 or later) 96 6.2%
 Served September 1980 or later only 78 5.1%
  Served 2 or more years 45 2.9%
May 1975 to July 1990 only 141 9.1%
 Served September 1980 to July 1990 only 68 4.4%
  Served 2 or more years 56 3.6%
Vietnam era (August 1964 to April 1975) 501 32.5%
 Served also in Korean War or World War II 11 0.7%
Korean War (June 1950 to January 1955) 229 14.8%
 Served also in World War II 20 1.3%
World War II (September 1940 to July 1947) 361 23.4%
Other service only 37 2.4%

 

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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