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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 8,867 52.70% 7,960 47.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,998 17.82% 2,217 13.18%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,847 10.98% 606 3.60%
Management, except farm managers 732 4.35% 313 1.86%
Farmers & farm managers 886 5.27% 45 0.27%
Business & financial operations: 229 1.36% 248 1.47%
Business operations specialists 126 0.75% 127 0.75%
Financial specialists 103 0.61% 121 0.72%
Professional & related occupations: 1,151 6.84% 1,611 9.57%
Computer & mathematical 119 0.71% 31 0.18%
Architecture & engineering: 152 0.90% 9 0.05%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 77 0.46% 3 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 75 0.45% 6 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 53 0.31% 44 0.26%
Community & social services 154 0.92% 127 0.75%
Legal 38 0.23% 9 0.05%
Education, training, & library 425 2.53% 764 4.54%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 55 0.33% 188 1.12%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 155 0.92% 439 2.61%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 139 0.83% 308 1.83%
Health technologists & technicians 16 0.10% 131 0.78%
Service occupations: 726 4.31% 2,059 12.24%
Healthcare support 21 0.12% 457 2.72%
Protective services: 44 0.26% 10 0.06%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 38 0.23% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6 0.04% 10 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 224 1.33% 679 4.04%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 369 2.19% 366 2.18%
Personal care & service 68 0.40% 547 3.25%
Sales & office occupations: 1,071 6.36% 2,614 15.53%
Sales & related occupations 758 4.50% 808 4.80%
Office & administrative support 313 1.86% 1,806 10.73%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 499 2.97% 102 0.61%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,406 8.36% 41 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 757 4.50% 21 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 104 0.62% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 649 3.86% 21 0.12%
Extraction 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 649 3.86% 20 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,167 12.88% 927 5.51%
Production 1,110 6.60% 720 4.28%
Transportation & material moving: 1,057 6.28% 207 1.23%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 7 0.04% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 14 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 659 3.92% 52 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 14 0.08% 10 0.06%
Material moving 363 2.16% 145 0.86%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,867 52.70% 7,960 47.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,439 8.55% 191 1.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,428 8.49% 191 1.14%
Mining 11 0.07% 0 0.00%
Construction 881 5.24% 58 0.34%
Manufacturing 2,082 12.37% 1,116 6.63%
Wholesale trade 477 2.83% 226 1.34%
Retail trade 868 5.16% 961 5.71%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 535 3.18% 93 0.55%
Transportation & warehousing 457 2.72% 71 0.42%
Utilities 78 0.46% 22 0.13%
Information 94 0.56% 152 0.90%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 197 1.17% 440 2.61%
Finance & insurance 164 0.97% 401 2.38%
Real estate & rental & leasing 33 0.20% 39 0.23%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 295 1.75% 361 2.15%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 156 0.93% 251 1.49%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 139 0.83% 110 0.65%
Educational, health & social services: 1,100 6.54% 3,297 19.59%
Educational services 899 5.34% 1,548 9.20%
Health care & social assistance 201 1.19% 1,749 10.39%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 325 1.93% 584 3.47%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 46 0.27% 36 0.21%
Accommodation & food services 279 1.66% 548 3.26%
Other services (except public administration) 459 2.73% 363 2.16%
Public administration 115 0.68% 118 0.70%

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

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