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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 31,632 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 24,296 76.8%
 Employees of own corporation 928 2.9%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 884 2.8%
Local government workers 1,520 4.8%
State government workers 1,819 5.8%
Federal government workers 339 1.1%
Self-employed workers 2,663 8.4%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 468 1.5%
Unpaid family workers 111 0.4%
     
  Employed civilian females 16 and over 14,251 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 10,740 75.4%
 Employees of own corpoartion 256 1.8%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 513 3.6%
Local government workers 940 6.6%
State government workers 1,058 7.4%
Federal government workers 187 1.3%
Self-employed workers 773 5.4%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 97 0.7%
Unpaid family workers 40 0.3%
     
PLACE OF WORK    
 Workers 16 years and over 31,041 100.0%
Workers in state of residence 30,745 99.0%
 Workers in county of residence 24,270 78.2%
 Workers outside county of residence 6,475 20.9%
Workers outside state of residence 296 1.0%
     
VETERAN STATUS AND PERIOD OF SERVICE    
 Civilian veterans 18 and over 5,623 100.0%
Percent of civilians 18 years and over 11.1 (X)
Persian Gulf War era (August 1990 or later) 385 6.8%
 Served September 1980 or later only 344 6.1%
  Served 2 or more years 258 4.6%
May 1975 to July 1990 only 646 11.5%
 Served September 1980 to July 1990 only 437 7.8%
  Served 2 or more years 329 5.9%
Vietnam era (August 1964 to April 1975) 1,879 33.4%
 Served also in Korean War or World War II 63 1.1%
Korean War (June 1950 to January 1955) 991 17.6%
 Served also in World War II 102 1.8%
World War II (September 1940 to July 1947) 1,096 19.5%
Other service only 83 1.5%

 

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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