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INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,176 54.40% 17,747 45.60%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,884 12.55% 5,326 13.68%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,313 5.94% 1,466 3.77%
Management, except farm managers 1,695 4.35% 805 2.07%
Farmers & farm managers 142 0.36% 22 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 476 1.22% 639 1.64%
Business operations specialists 214 0.55% 288 0.74%
Financial specialists 262 0.67% 351 0.90%
Professional & related occupations: 2,571 6.61% 3,860 9.92%
Computer & mathematical 189 0.49% 79 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 590 1.52% 77 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 471 1.21% 28 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 119 0.31% 49 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 162 0.42% 56 0.14%
Community & social services 249 0.64% 283 0.73%
Legal 97 0.25% 114 0.29%
Education, training, & library 544 1.40% 1,511 3.88%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 214 0.55% 257 0.66%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 526 1.35% 1,483 3.81%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 431 1.11% 820 2.11%
Health technologists & technicians 95 0.24% 663 1.70%
Service occupations: 2,213 5.69% 3,226 8.29%
Healthcare support 56 0.14% 715 1.84%
Protective services: 426 1.09% 82 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 308 0.79% 46 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 118 0.30% 36 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 769 1.98% 1,188 3.05%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 801 2.06% 365 0.94%
Personal care & service 161 0.41% 876 2.25%
Sales & office occupations: 3,609 9.27% 6,734 17.30%
Sales & related occupations 2,095 5.38% 2,758 7.09%
Office & administrative support 1,514 3.89% 3,976 10.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 253 0.65% 12 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,250 10.92% 64 0.16%
Construction & extraction: 2,702 6.94% 59 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 259 0.67% 10 0.03%
Construction trades 2,443 6.28% 49 0.13%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,548 3.98% 5 0.01%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,967 15.33% 2,385 6.13%
Production 3,627 9.32% 1,982 5.09%
Transportation & material moving: 2,340 6.01% 403 1.04%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 86 0.22% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 17 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 948 2.44% 140 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 103 0.26% 6 0.02%
Material moving 1,186 3.05% 257 0.66%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,176 54.40% 17,747 45.60%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 486 1.25% 33 0.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 475 1.22% 33 0.08%
Mining 11 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,641 6.79% 225 0.58%
Manufacturing 5,812 14.93% 2,656 6.82%
Wholesale trade 1,005 2.58% 537 1.38%
Retail trade 2,539 6.52% 2,886 7.41%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,939 4.98% 499 1.28%
Transportation & warehousing 715 1.84% 257 0.66%
Utilities 1,224 3.14% 242 0.62%
Information 319 0.82% 229 0.59%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 652 1.68% 1,080 2.77%
Finance & insurance 421 1.08% 835 2.15%
Real estate & rental & leasing 231 0.59% 245 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 972 2.50% 826 2.12%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 542 1.39% 586 1.51%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 430 1.10% 240 0.62%
Educational, health & social services: 1,746 4.49% 5,453 14.01%
Educational services 1,019 2.62% 2,185 5.61%
Health care & social assistance 727 1.87% 3,268 8.40%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,166 3.00% 1,543 3.96%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 153 0.39% 194 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 1,013 2.60% 1,349 3.47%
Other services (except public administration) 1,088 2.80% 1,141 2.93%
Public administration 811 2.08% 639 1.64%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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