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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 9,347 53.89% 7,998 46.11%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,946 11.22% 2,082 12.00%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,081 6.23% 582 3.36%
Management, except farm managers 591 3.41% 389 2.24%
Farmers & farm managers 344 1.98% 46 0.27%
Business & financial operations: 146 0.84% 147 0.85%
Business operations specialists 87 0.50% 57 0.33%
Financial specialists 59 0.34% 90 0.52%
Professional & related occupations: 865 4.99% 1,500 8.65%
Computer & mathematical 48 0.28% 10 0.06%
Architecture & engineering: 228 1.31% 32 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 159 0.92% 24 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 69 0.40% 8 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 34 0.20% 27 0.16%
Community & social services 119 0.69% 116 0.67%
Legal 42 0.24% 59 0.34%
Education, training, & library 144 0.83% 606 3.49%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 85 0.49% 70 0.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 165 0.95% 580 3.34%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 111 0.64% 334 1.93%
Health technologists & technicians 54 0.31% 246 1.42%
Service occupations: 1,043 6.01% 1,766 10.18%
Healthcare support 21 0.12% 420 2.42%
Protective services: 406 2.34% 79 0.46%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 333 1.92% 60 0.35%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 73 0.42% 19 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 294 1.70% 612 3.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 254 1.46% 238 1.37%
Personal care & service 68 0.39% 417 2.40%
Sales & office occupations: 1,112 6.41% 2,475 14.27%
Sales & related occupations 728 4.20% 858 4.95%
Office & administrative support 384 2.21% 1,617 9.32%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 142 0.82% 125 0.72%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,749 10.08% 72 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 908 5.23% 19 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 113 0.65% 4 0.02%
Construction trades 788 4.54% 15 0.09%
Extraction 7 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 841 4.85% 53 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,355 19.34% 1,478 8.52%
Production 1,870 10.78% 1,151 6.64%
Transportation & material moving: 1,485 8.56% 327 1.89%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 10 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 579 3.34% 108 0.62%
Rail, water & other transportation 225 1.30% 5 0.03%
Material moving 667 3.85% 214 1.23%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,347 53.89% 7,998 46.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 520 3.00% 161 0.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 489 2.82% 161 0.93%
Mining 31 0.18% 0 0.00%
Construction 931 5.37% 89 0.51%
Manufacturing 3,177 18.32% 1,612 9.29%
Wholesale trade 242 1.40% 129 0.74%
Retail trade 954 5.50% 958 5.52%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 809 4.66% 125 0.72%
Transportation & warehousing 701 4.04% 97 0.56%
Utilities 108 0.62% 28 0.16%
Information 87 0.50% 133 0.77%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 200 1.15% 404 2.33%
Finance & insurance 129 0.74% 328 1.89%
Real estate & rental & leasing 71 0.41% 76 0.44%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 364 2.10% 353 2.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 154 0.89% 180 1.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 210 1.21% 173 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 582 3.36% 2,643 15.24%
Educational services 322 1.86% 878 5.06%
Health care & social assistance 260 1.50% 1,765 10.18%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 606 3.49% 739 4.26%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 193 1.11% 129 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 413 2.38% 610 3.52%
Other services (except public administration) 383 2.21% 329 1.90%
Public administration 492 2.84% 323 1.86%

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

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