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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 17,260 52.12% 15,859 47.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,759 11.35% 4,479 13.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,698 5.13% 1,066 3.22%
Management, except farm managers 1,153 3.48% 725 2.19%
Farmers & farm managers 236 0.71% 25 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 309 0.93% 316 0.95%
Business operations specialists 206 0.62% 97 0.29%
Financial specialists 103 0.31% 219 0.66%
Professional & related occupations: 2,061 6.22% 3,413 10.31%
Computer & mathematical 191 0.58% 31 0.09%
Architecture & engineering: 381 1.15% 58 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 182 0.55% 30 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 199 0.60% 28 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 74 0.22% 29 0.09%
Community & social services 377 1.14% 298 0.90%
Legal 58 0.18% 123 0.37%
Education, training, & library 464 1.40% 1,368 4.13%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 202 0.61% 202 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 314 0.95% 1,304 3.94%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 202 0.61% 815 2.46%
Health technologists & technicians 112 0.34% 489 1.48%
Service occupations: 2,228 6.73% 3,311 10.00%
Healthcare support 157 0.47% 786 2.37%
Protective services: 375 1.13% 65 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 230 0.69% 19 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 145 0.44% 46 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 717 2.16% 1,261 3.81%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 756 2.28% 475 1.43%
Personal care & service 223 0.67% 724 2.19%
Sales & office occupations: 2,312 6.98% 5,260 15.88%
Sales & related occupations 1,373 4.15% 1,729 5.22%
Office & administrative support 939 2.84% 3,531 10.66%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 101 0.30% 24 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,681 8.10% 126 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 1,311 3.96% 57 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 117 0.35% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,158 3.50% 57 0.17%
Extraction 36 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,370 4.14% 69 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,179 18.66% 2,659 8.03%
Production 4,182 12.63% 2,193 6.62%
Transportation & material moving: 1,997 6.03% 466 1.41%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 25 0.08% 16 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 3 0.01% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 971 2.93% 121 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 28 0.08% 7 0.02%
Material moving 970 2.93% 322 0.97%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 17,260 52.12% 15,859 47.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 387 1.17% 57 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 339 1.02% 41 0.12%
Mining 48 0.14% 16 0.05%
Construction 1,477 4.46% 126 0.38%
Manufacturing 6,447 19.47% 2,916 8.80%
Wholesale trade 472 1.43% 294 0.89%
Retail trade 1,815 5.48% 2,080 6.28%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 906 2.74% 290 0.88%
Transportation & warehousing 722 2.18% 254 0.77%
Utilities 184 0.56% 36 0.11%
Information 248 0.75% 260 0.79%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 485 1.46% 902 2.72%
Finance & insurance 289 0.87% 711 2.15%
Real estate & rental & leasing 196 0.59% 191 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 599 1.81% 648 1.96%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 261 0.79% 354 1.07%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 338 1.02% 294 0.89%
Educational, health & social services: 2,097 6.33% 6,102 18.42%
Educational services 1,256 3.79% 2,639 7.97%
Health care & social assistance 841 2.54% 3,463 10.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,059 3.20% 1,210 3.65%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 135 0.41% 72 0.22%
Accommodation & food services 924 2.79% 1,138 3.44%
Other services (except public administration) 819 2.47% 637 1.92%
Public administration 449 1.36% 337 1.02%

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

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