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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 14,006 52.28% 12,783 47.72%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,533 13.19% 4,228 15.78%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,738 6.49% 1,450 5.41%
Management, except farm managers 1,153 4.30% 882 3.29%
Farmers & farm managers 287 1.07% 88 0.33%
Business & financial operations: 298 1.11% 480 1.79%
Business operations specialists 124 0.46% 183 0.68%
Financial specialists 174 0.65% 297 1.11%
Professional & related occupations: 1,795 6.70% 2,778 10.37%
Computer & mathematical 113 0.42% 62 0.23%
Architecture & engineering: 348 1.30% 29 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 184 0.69% 26 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 164 0.61% 3 0.01%
Life, physical, & social science 75 0.28% 66 0.25%
Community & social services 127 0.47% 357 1.33%
Legal 96 0.36% 114 0.43%
Education, training, & library 455 1.70% 1,061 3.96%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 299 1.12% 402 1.50%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 282 1.05% 687 2.56%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 235 0.88% 496 1.85%
Health technologists & technicians 47 0.18% 191 0.71%
Service occupations: 3,421 12.77% 3,052 11.39%
Healthcare support 28 0.10% 390 1.46%
Protective services: 652 2.43% 86 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 378 1.41% 15 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 274 1.02% 71 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,233 4.60% 1,028 3.84%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,104 4.12% 860 3.21%
Personal care & service 404 1.51% 688 2.57%
Sales & office occupations: 1,974 7.37% 4,878 18.21%
Sales & related occupations 1,178 4.40% 2,074 7.74%
Office & administrative support 796 2.97% 2,804 10.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 471 1.76% 145 0.54%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,605 9.72% 53 0.20%
Construction & extraction: 1,676 6.26% 27 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 192 0.72% 3 0.01%
Construction trades 1,465 5.47% 24 0.09%
Extraction 19 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 929 3.47% 26 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,002 7.47% 427 1.59%
Production 558 2.08% 270 1.01%
Transportation & material moving: 1,444 5.39% 157 0.59%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 10 0.04% 10 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 63 0.24% 3 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 744 2.78% 62 0.23%
Rail, water & other transportation 177 0.66% 8 0.03%
Material moving 450 1.68% 74 0.28%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,006 52.28% 12,783 47.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 952 3.55% 275 1.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 925 3.45% 275 1.03%
Mining 27 0.10% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,891 7.06% 192 0.72%
Manufacturing 450 1.68% 202 0.75%
Wholesale trade 330 1.23% 126 0.47%
Retail trade 1,372 5.12% 1,969 7.35%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,044 3.90% 453 1.69%
Transportation & warehousing 867 3.24% 426 1.59%
Utilities 177 0.66% 27 0.10%
Information 262 0.98% 164 0.61%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 734 2.74% 933 3.48%
Finance & insurance 154 0.57% 374 1.40%
Real estate & rental & leasing 580 2.17% 559 2.09%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,487 5.55% 1,018 3.80%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 628 2.34% 520 1.94%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 859 3.21% 498 1.86%
Educational, health & social services: 1,030 3.84% 3,342 12.48%
Educational services 554 2.07% 1,392 5.20%
Health care & social assistance 476 1.78% 1,950 7.28%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,940 10.97% 2,914 10.88%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 556 2.08% 299 1.12%
Accommodation & food services 2,384 8.90% 2,615 9.76%
Other services (except public administration) 607 2.27% 504 1.88%
Public administration 907 3.39% 691 2.58%

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

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