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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 11,223 54.05% 9,542 45.95%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,662 12.82% 2,751 13.25%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,364 6.57% 786 3.79%
Management, except farm managers 804 3.87% 442 2.13%
Farmers & farm managers 289 1.39% 41 0.20%
Business & financial operations: 271 1.31% 303 1.46%
Business operations specialists 187 0.90% 189 0.91%
Financial specialists 84 0.40% 114 0.55%
Professional & related occupations: 1,298 6.25% 1,965 9.46%
Computer & mathematical 120 0.58% 88 0.42%
Architecture & engineering: 455 2.19% 44 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 340 1.64% 31 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 115 0.55% 13 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 137 0.66% 93 0.45%
Community & social services 120 0.58% 166 0.80%
Legal 35 0.17% 66 0.32%
Education, training, & library 248 1.19% 838 4.04%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 97 0.47% 152 0.73%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 86 0.41% 518 2.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 76 0.37% 299 1.44%
Health technologists & technicians 10 0.05% 219 1.05%
Service occupations: 1,116 5.37% 2,139 10.30%
Healthcare support 8 0.04% 372 1.79%
Protective services: 250 1.20% 70 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 162 0.78% 33 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 88 0.42% 37 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 369 1.78% 784 3.78%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 466 2.24% 332 1.60%
Personal care & service 23 0.11% 581 2.80%
Sales & office occupations: 1,405 6.77% 3,040 14.64%
Sales & related occupations 863 4.16% 934 4.50%
Office & administrative support 542 2.61% 2,106 10.14%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 96 0.46% 21 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,810 8.72% 70 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 860 4.14% 41 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 80 0.39% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 778 3.75% 41 0.20%
Extraction 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 950 4.58% 29 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,134 19.91% 1,521 7.32%
Production 2,379 11.46% 1,129 5.44%
Transportation & material moving: 1,755 8.45% 392 1.89%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 16 0.08% 13 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 624 3.01% 87 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 60 0.29% 5 0.02%
Material moving 1,050 5.06% 287 1.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,223 54.05% 9,542 45.95%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 479 2.31% 107 0.52%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 461 2.22% 107 0.52%
Mining 18 0.09% 0 0.00%
Construction 916 4.41% 106 0.51%
Manufacturing 4,683 22.55% 2,025 9.75%
Wholesale trade 328 1.58% 128 0.62%
Retail trade 956 4.60% 1,283 6.18%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,034 4.98% 226 1.09%
Transportation & warehousing 640 3.08% 161 0.78%
Utilities 394 1.90% 65 0.31%
Information 152 0.73% 202 0.97%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 216 1.04% 372 1.79%
Finance & insurance 144 0.69% 277 1.33%
Real estate & rental & leasing 72 0.35% 95 0.46%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 647 3.12% 649 3.13%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 234 1.13% 307 1.48%
Management of companies & enterprises 47 0.23% 3 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 366 1.76% 339 1.63%
Educational, health & social services: 676 3.26% 2,922 14.07%
Educational services 440 2.12% 1,234 5.94%
Health care & social assistance 236 1.14% 1,688 8.13%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 470 2.26% 698 3.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 89 0.43% 72 0.35%
Accommodation & food services 381 1.83% 626 3.01%
Other services (except public administration) 373 1.80% 545 2.62%
Public administration 293 1.41% 279 1.34%

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

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