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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 24,496 53.36% 21,413 46.64%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,588 16.53% 7,432 16.19%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,357 7.31% 2,055 4.48%
Management, except farm managers 2,114 4.60% 1,104 2.40%
Farmers & farm managers 527 1.15% 57 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 716 1.56% 894 1.95%
Business operations specialists 417 0.91% 412 0.90%
Financial specialists 299 0.65% 482 1.05%
Professional & related occupations: 4,231 9.22% 5,377 11.71%
Computer & mathematical 641 1.40% 237 0.52%
Architecture & engineering: 834 1.82% 143 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 559 1.22% 60 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 275 0.60% 83 0.18%
Life, physical, & social science 261 0.57% 152 0.33%
Community & social services 155 0.34% 413 0.90%
Legal 88 0.19% 123 0.27%
Education, training, & library 1,394 3.04% 2,602 5.67%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 494 1.08% 405 0.88%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 364 0.79% 1,302 2.84%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 232 0.51% 834 1.82%
Health technologists & technicians 132 0.29% 468 1.02%
Service occupations: 3,082 6.71% 3,837 8.36%
Healthcare support 34 0.07% 644 1.40%
Protective services: 683 1.49% 195 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 479 1.04% 65 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 204 0.44% 130 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,175 2.56% 1,522 3.32%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 907 1.98% 438 0.95%
Personal care & service 283 0.62% 1,038 2.26%
Sales & office occupations: 4,170 9.08% 8,055 17.55%
Sales & related occupations 2,579 5.62% 2,445 5.33%
Office & administrative support 1,591 3.47% 5,610 12.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 220 0.48% 24 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,243 9.24% 141 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 2,508 5.46% 70 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 398 0.87% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,088 4.55% 70 0.15%
Extraction 22 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,735 3.78% 71 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,193 11.31% 1,924 4.19%
Production 2,889 6.29% 1,497 3.26%
Transportation & material moving: 2,304 5.02% 427 0.93%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 49 0.11% 34 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 51 0.11% 2 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,251 2.72% 170 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 85 0.19% 36 0.08%
Material moving 868 1.89% 185 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 24,496 53.36% 21,413 46.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,023 2.23% 300 0.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 990 2.16% 300 0.65%
Mining 33 0.07% 0 0.00%
Construction 3,004 6.54% 335 0.73%
Manufacturing 5,007 10.91% 2,408 5.25%
Wholesale trade 931 2.03% 318 0.69%
Retail trade 2,679 5.84% 2,665 5.80%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,463 3.19% 462 1.01%
Transportation & warehousing 1,197 2.61% 416 0.91%
Utilities 266 0.58% 46 0.10%
Information 588 1.28% 588 1.28%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 924 2.01% 1,517 3.30%
Finance & insurance 625 1.36% 1,171 2.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 299 0.65% 346 0.75%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,623 3.54% 1,413 3.08%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 949 2.07% 812 1.77%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 24 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 674 1.47% 577 1.26%
Educational, health & social services: 3,655 7.96% 8,281 18.04%
Educational services 3,081 6.71% 4,851 10.57%
Health care & social assistance 574 1.25% 3,430 7.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,769 3.85% 1,803 3.93%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 367 0.80% 251 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 1,402 3.05% 1,552 3.38%
Other services (except public administration) 984 2.14% 859 1.87%
Public administration 846 1.84% 464 1.01%

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

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