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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 13,259 50.26% 13,122 49.74%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,501 13.27% 3,685 13.97%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,547 5.86% 1,030 3.90%
Management, except farm managers 1,011 3.83% 604 2.29%
Farmers & farm managers 287 1.09% 7 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 249 0.94% 419 1.59%
Business operations specialists 128 0.49% 215 0.81%
Financial specialists 121 0.46% 204 0.77%
Professional & related occupations: 1,954 7.41% 2,655 10.06%
Computer & mathematical 189 0.72% 97 0.37%
Architecture & engineering: 215 0.81% 43 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 160 0.61% 21 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 55 0.21% 22 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 68 0.26% 55 0.21%
Community & social services 269 1.02% 342 1.30%
Legal 149 0.56% 59 0.22%
Education, training, & library 635 2.41% 1,252 4.75%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 250 0.95% 182 0.69%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 179 0.68% 625 2.37%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 131 0.50% 339 1.29%
Health technologists & technicians 48 0.18% 286 1.08%
Service occupations: 1,948 7.38% 2,911 11.03%
Healthcare support 89 0.34% 567 2.15%
Protective services: 394 1.49% 78 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 262 0.99% 15 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 132 0.50% 63 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 755 2.86% 1,254 4.75%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 596 2.26% 315 1.19%
Personal care & service 114 0.43% 697 2.64%
Sales & office occupations: 1,861 7.05% 4,832 18.32%
Sales & related occupations 1,100 4.17% 1,606 6.09%
Office & administrative support 761 2.88% 3,226 12.23%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 116 0.44% 25 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,130 8.07% 150 0.57%
Construction & extraction: 1,234 4.68% 69 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 94 0.36% 5 0.02%
Construction trades 1,140 4.32% 64 0.24%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 896 3.40% 81 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,703 14.04% 1,519 5.76%
Production 2,053 7.78% 1,108 4.20%
Transportation & material moving: 1,650 6.25% 411 1.56%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 24 0.09% 21 0.08%
Aircraft & traffic control 23 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 644 2.44% 68 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 89 0.34% 15 0.06%
Material moving 870 3.30% 307 1.16%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 13,259 50.26% 13,122 49.74%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 458 1.74% 65 0.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 418 1.58% 49 0.19%
Mining 40 0.15% 16 0.06%
Construction 1,242 4.71% 200 0.76%
Manufacturing 3,109 11.78% 1,614 6.12%
Wholesale trade 408 1.55% 152 0.58%
Retail trade 1,415 5.36% 1,503 5.70%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 755 2.86% 231 0.88%
Transportation & warehousing 555 2.10% 132 0.50%
Utilities 200 0.76% 99 0.38%
Information 429 1.63% 563 2.13%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 322 1.22% 690 2.62%
Finance & insurance 216 0.82% 463 1.76%
Real estate & rental & leasing 106 0.40% 227 0.86%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 706 2.68% 638 2.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 332 1.26% 331 1.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 374 1.42% 307 1.16%
Educational, health & social services: 1,942 7.36% 5,202 19.72%
Educational services 1,419 5.38% 2,904 11.01%
Health care & social assistance 523 1.98% 2,298 8.71%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,236 4.69% 1,398 5.30%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 188 0.71% 164 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 1,048 3.97% 1,234 4.68%
Other services (except public administration) 720 2.73% 578 2.19%
Public administration 517 1.96% 288 1.09%

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

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