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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 8,787 53.83% 7,538 46.17%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,990 12.19% 2,275 13.94%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,101 6.74% 594 3.64%
Management, except farm managers 588 3.60% 366 2.24%
Farmers & farm managers 363 2.22% 16 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 150 0.92% 212 1.30%
Business operations specialists 90 0.55% 107 0.66%
Financial specialists 60 0.37% 105 0.64%
Professional & related occupations: 889 5.45% 1,681 10.30%
Computer & mathematical 98 0.60% 31 0.19%
Architecture & engineering: 236 1.45% 54 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 192 1.18% 30 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 44 0.27% 24 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 53 0.32% 37 0.23%
Community & social services 128 0.78% 130 0.80%
Legal 46 0.28% 27 0.17%
Education, training, & library 147 0.90% 616 3.77%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 61 0.37% 110 0.67%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 120 0.74% 676 4.14%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 105 0.64% 378 2.32%
Health technologists & technicians 15 0.09% 298 1.83%
Service occupations: 1,025 6.28% 1,571 9.62%
Healthcare support 61 0.37% 313 1.92%
Protective services: 352 2.16% 66 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 298 1.83% 20 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 54 0.33% 46 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 236 1.45% 668 4.09%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 336 2.06% 199 1.22%
Personal care & service 40 0.25% 325 1.99%
Sales & office occupations: 1,161 7.11% 2,587 15.85%
Sales & related occupations 612 3.75% 792 4.85%
Office & administrative support 549 3.36% 1,795 11.00%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 88 0.54% 16 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,666 10.21% 72 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 949 5.81% 38 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 91 0.56% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 821 5.03% 38 0.23%
Extraction 37 0.23% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 717 4.39% 34 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,857 17.50% 1,017 6.23%
Production 1,673 10.25% 784 4.80%
Transportation & material moving: 1,184 7.25% 233 1.43%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.14% 9 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 524 3.21% 71 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 45 0.28% 10 0.06%
Material moving 586 3.59% 143 0.88%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,787 53.83% 7,538 46.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 507 3.11% 56 0.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 463 2.84% 49 0.30%
Mining 44 0.27% 7 0.04%
Construction 923 5.65% 136 0.83%
Manufacturing 2,414 14.79% 1,152 7.06%
Wholesale trade 306 1.87% 169 1.04%
Retail trade 952 5.83% 966 5.92%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 862 5.28% 267 1.64%
Transportation & warehousing 621 3.80% 219 1.34%
Utilities 241 1.48% 48 0.29%
Information 133 0.81% 130 0.80%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 204 1.25% 463 2.84%
Finance & insurance 148 0.91% 360 2.21%
Real estate & rental & leasing 56 0.34% 103 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 401 2.46% 439 2.69%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 182 1.11% 300 1.84%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 219 1.34% 139 0.85%
Educational, health & social services: 574 3.52% 2,485 15.22%
Educational services 287 1.76% 900 5.51%
Health care & social assistance 287 1.76% 1,585 9.71%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 411 2.52% 658 4.03%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 119 0.73% 99 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 292 1.79% 559 3.42%
Other services (except public administration) 480 2.94% 277 1.70%
Public administration 620 3.80% 340 2.08%

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

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