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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 7,781 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 5,423 69.7%
 Employees of own corporation 247 3.2%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 308 4.0%
Local government workers 437 5.6%
State government workers 603 7.7%
Federal government workers 132 1.7%
Self-employed workers 878 11.3%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 101 1.3%
Unpaid family workers 0 0.0%
     
  Employed civilian females 16 and over 3,415 100.0%
Private for-profit wage and salary workers 2,219 65.0%
 Employees of own corpoartion 77 2.3%
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers 205 6.0%
Local government workers 319 9.3%
State government workers 386 11.3%
Federal government workers 45 1.3%
Self-employed workers 241 7.1%
 In agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 16 0.5%
Unpaid family workers 0 0.0%
     
PLACE OF WORK    
 Workers 16 years and over 7,665 100.0%
Workers in state of residence 7,569 98.7%
 Workers in county of residence 5,024 65.5%
 Workers outside county of residence 2,545 33.2%
Workers outside state of residence 96 1.3%
     
VETERAN STATUS AND PERIOD OF SERVICE    
 Civilian veterans 18 and over 1,952 100.0%
Percent of civilians 18 years and over 14.0 (X)
Persian Gulf War era (August 1990 or later) 97 5.0%
 Served September 1980 or later only 67 3.4%
  Served 2 or more years 51 2.6%
May 1975 to July 1990 only 185 9.5%
 Served September 1980 to July 1990 only 105 5.4%
  Served 2 or more years 72 3.7%
Vietnam era (August 1964 to April 1975) 537 27.5%
 Served also in Korean War or World War II 44 2.3%
Korean War (June 1950 to January 1955) 482 24.7%
 Served also in World War II 102 5.2%
World War II (September 1940 to July 1947) 552 28.3%
Other service only 20 1.0%

 

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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