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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 7,047 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 5,110 72.5%
 Employees of own corporation 265 3.8%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 444 6.3%
Local government workers 433 6.1%
State government workers 454 6.4%
Federal government workers 82 1.2%
Self-employed workers 522 7.4%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 44 0.6%
Unpaid family workers 2 0.0%
     
  Employed civilian females 16 and over 3,147 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 2,085 66.3%
 Employees of own corpoartion 60 1.9%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 280 8.9%
Local government workers 289 9.2%
State government workers 266 8.5%
Federal government workers 63 2.0%
Self-employed workers 164 5.2%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 0 0.0%
Unpaid family workers 0 0.0%
     
PLACE OF WORK    
 Workers 16 years and over 6,925 100.0%
Workers in state of residence 6,751 97.5%
 Workers in county of residence 4,813 69.5%
 Workers outside county of residence 1,938 28.0%
Workers outside state of residence 174 2.5%
     
VETERAN STATUS AND PERIOD OF SERVICE    
 Civilian veterans 18 and over 1,622 100.0%
Percent of civilians 18 years and over 13.1 (X)
Persian Gulf War era (August 1990 or later) 132 8.1%
 Served September 1980 or later only 102 6.3%
  Served 2 or more years 82 5.1%
May 1975 to July 1990 only 140 8.6%
 Served September 1980 to July 1990 only 69 4.3%
  Served 2 or more years 51 3.1%
Vietnam era (August 1964 to April 1975) 420 25.9%
 Served also in Korean War or World War II 47 2.9%
Korean War (June 1950 to January 1955) 339 20.9%
 Served also in World War II 32 2.0%
World War II (September 1940 to July 1947) 425 26.2%
Other service only 35 2.2%

 

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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