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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 12,027 51.00% 11,554 49.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,240 13.74% 3,425 14.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,616 6.85% 1,166 4.94%
Management, except farm managers 892 3.78% 552 2.34%
Farmers & farm managers 367 1.56% 48 0.20%
Business & financial operations: 357 1.51% 566 2.40%
Business operations specialists 209 0.89% 308 1.31%
Financial specialists 148 0.63% 258 1.09%
Professional & related occupations: 1,624 6.89% 2,259 9.58%
Computer & mathematical 156 0.66% 41 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 307 1.30% 30 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 209 0.89% 14 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 98 0.42% 16 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 105 0.45% 49 0.21%
Community & social services 141 0.60% 287 1.22%
Legal 103 0.44% 38 0.16%
Education, training, & library 381 1.62% 796 3.38%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 150 0.64% 160 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 281 1.19% 858 3.64%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 244 1.03% 575 2.44%
Health technologists & technicians 37 0.16% 283 1.20%
Service occupations: 1,251 5.31% 2,608 11.06%
Healthcare support 21 0.09% 628 2.66%
Protective services: 204 0.87% 82 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 143 0.61% 24 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 61 0.26% 58 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 546 2.32% 863 3.66%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 392 1.66% 311 1.32%
Personal care & service 88 0.37% 724 3.07%
Sales & office occupations: 2,100 8.91% 4,284 18.17%
Sales & related occupations 1,558 6.61% 1,689 7.16%
Office & administrative support 542 2.30% 2,595 11.00%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 98 0.42% 14 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,974 8.37% 39 0.17%
Construction & extraction: 975 4.13% 17 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 97 0.41% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 878 3.72% 17 0.07%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 999 4.24% 22 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,364 14.27% 1,184 5.02%
Production 1,780 7.55% 865 3.67%
Transportation & material moving: 1,584 6.72% 319 1.35%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 39 0.17% 6 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 712 3.02% 49 0.21%
Rail, water & other transportation 56 0.24% 1 0.00%
Material moving 777 3.30% 263 1.12%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,027 51.00% 11,554 49.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 516 2.19% 78 0.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 514 2.18% 78 0.33%
Mining 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,091 4.63% 110 0.47%
Manufacturing 2,984 12.65% 1,328 5.63%
Wholesale trade 731 3.10% 166 0.70%
Retail trade 1,621 6.87% 1,728 7.33%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 875 3.71% 185 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 681 2.89% 182 0.77%
Utilities 194 0.82% 3 0.01%
Information 264 1.12% 299 1.27%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 336 1.42% 953 4.04%
Finance & insurance 220 0.93% 817 3.46%
Real estate & rental & leasing 116 0.49% 136 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 665 2.82% 626 2.65%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 387 1.64% 286 1.21%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 278 1.18% 340 1.44%
Educational, health & social services: 1,259 5.34% 4,210 17.85%
Educational services 583 2.47% 1,131 4.80%
Health care & social assistance 676 2.87% 3,079 13.06%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 795 3.37% 950 4.03%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 125 0.53% 111 0.47%
Accommodation & food services 670 2.84% 839 3.56%
Other services (except public administration) 560 2.37% 659 2.79%
Public administration 330 1.40% 262 1.11%

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

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