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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 14,852 52.64% 13,361 47.36%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,957 17.57% 5,130 18.18%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,363 4.83% 1,115 3.95%
Management, except farm managers 908 3.22% 646 2.29%
Farmers & farm managers 164 0.58% 12 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 291 1.03% 457 1.62%
Business operations specialists 201 0.71% 265 0.94%
Financial specialists 90 0.32% 192 0.68%
Professional & related occupations: 3,594 12.74% 4,015 14.23%
Computer & mathematical 284 1.01% 150 0.53%
Architecture & engineering: 234 0.83% 22 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 152 0.54% 10 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 82 0.29% 12 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 212 0.75% 173 0.61%
Community & social services 316 1.12% 425 1.51%
Legal 126 0.45% 99 0.35%
Education, training, & library 1,625 5.76% 2,017 7.15%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 340 1.21% 186 0.66%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 457 1.62% 943 3.34%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 341 1.21% 605 2.14%
Health technologists & technicians 116 0.41% 338 1.20%
Service occupations: 2,728 9.67% 2,629 9.32%
Healthcare support 109 0.39% 393 1.39%
Protective services: 792 2.81% 131 0.46%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 616 2.18% 50 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 176 0.62% 81 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 943 3.34% 1,068 3.79%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 705 2.50% 390 1.38%
Personal care & service 179 0.63% 647 2.29%
Sales & office occupations: 2,728 9.67% 4,847 17.18%
Sales & related occupations 1,628 5.77% 1,587 5.63%
Office & administrative support 1,100 3.90% 3,260 11.55%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 154 0.55% 34 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,972 6.99% 85 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 1,090 3.86% 32 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 86 0.30% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 961 3.41% 32 0.11%
Extraction 43 0.15% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 882 3.13% 53 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,313 8.20% 636 2.25%
Production 1,150 4.08% 408 1.45%
Transportation & material moving: 1,163 4.12% 228 0.81%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.03% 3 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 28 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 560 1.98% 115 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 130 0.46% 6 0.02%
Material moving 437 1.55% 104 0.37%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,852 52.64% 13,361 47.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 437 1.55% 95 0.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 339 1.20% 84 0.30%
Mining 98 0.35% 11 0.04%
Construction 1,091 3.87% 93 0.33%
Manufacturing 1,425 5.05% 484 1.72%
Wholesale trade 244 0.86% 81 0.29%
Retail trade 1,851 6.56% 1,570 5.56%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 833 2.95% 303 1.07%
Transportation & warehousing 667 2.36% 241 0.85%
Utilities 166 0.59% 62 0.22%
Information 533 1.89% 352 1.25%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 492 1.74% 693 2.46%
Finance & insurance 249 0.88% 419 1.49%
Real estate & rental & leasing 243 0.86% 274 0.97%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 856 3.03% 670 2.37%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 458 1.62% 356 1.26%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 4 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 398 1.41% 310 1.10%
Educational, health & social services: 3,876 13.74% 6,683 23.69%
Educational services 2,935 10.40% 4,122 14.61%
Health care & social assistance 941 3.34% 2,561 9.08%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,395 4.94% 1,208 4.28%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 225 0.80% 139 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 1,170 4.15% 1,069 3.79%
Other services (except public administration) 647 2.29% 552 1.96%
Public administration 1,172 4.15% 577 2.05%

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

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