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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 8,140 54.13% 6,898 45.87%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,326 15.47% 2,134 14.19%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,267 8.43% 647 4.30%
Management, except farm managers 626 4.16% 338 2.25%
Farmers & farm managers 462 3.07% 59 0.39%
Business & financial operations: 179 1.19% 250 1.66%
Business operations specialists 74 0.49% 117 0.78%
Financial specialists 105 0.70% 133 0.88%
Professional & related occupations: 1,059 7.04% 1,487 9.89%
Computer & mathematical 115 0.76% 49 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 193 1.28% 15 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 131 0.87% 5 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 62 0.41% 10 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 71 0.47% 70 0.47%
Community & social services 141 0.94% 107 0.71%
Legal 52 0.35% 20 0.13%
Education, training, & library 284 1.89% 660 4.39%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 86 0.57% 75 0.50%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 117 0.78% 491 3.27%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 87 0.58% 283 1.88%
Health technologists & technicians 30 0.20% 208 1.38%
Service occupations: 695 4.62% 1,725 11.47%
Healthcare support 29 0.19% 565 3.76%
Protective services: 147 0.98% 15 0.10%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 124 0.82% 2 0.01%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 23 0.15% 13 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 205 1.36% 475 3.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 255 1.70% 237 1.58%
Personal care & service 59 0.39% 433 2.88%
Sales & office occupations: 878 5.84% 2,224 14.79%
Sales & related occupations 519 3.45% 619 4.12%
Office & administrative support 359 2.39% 1,605 10.67%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 98 0.65% 21 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,512 10.05% 96 0.64%
Construction & extraction: 887 5.90% 49 0.33%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 89 0.59% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 783 5.21% 49 0.33%
Extraction 15 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 625 4.16% 47 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,631 17.50% 698 4.64%
Production 1,798 11.96% 579 3.85%
Transportation & material moving: 833 5.54% 119 0.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 35 0.23% 3 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 23 0.15% 4 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 385 2.56% 56 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 26 0.17% 0 0.00%
Material moving 364 2.42% 56 0.37%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,140 54.13% 6,898 45.87%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 697 4.63% 118 0.78%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 602 4.00% 95 0.63%
Mining 95 0.63% 23 0.15%
Construction 889 5.91% 117 0.78%
Manufacturing 2,796 18.59% 979 6.51%
Wholesale trade 273 1.82% 55 0.37%
Retail trade 627 4.17% 684 4.55%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 490 3.26% 118 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 432 2.87% 109 0.72%
Utilities 58 0.39% 9 0.06%
Information 79 0.53% 166 1.10%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 207 1.38% 609 4.05%
Finance & insurance 137 0.91% 529 3.52%
Real estate & rental & leasing 70 0.47% 80 0.53%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 267 1.78% 274 1.82%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 204 1.36% 126 0.84%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 63 0.42% 148 0.98%
Educational, health & social services: 787 5.23% 2,682 17.83%
Educational services 553 3.68% 1,032 6.86%
Health care & social assistance 234 1.56% 1,650 10.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 344 2.29% 602 4.00%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 43 0.29% 86 0.57%
Accommodation & food services 301 2.00% 516 3.43%
Other services (except public administration) 469 3.12% 395 2.63%
Public administration 215 1.43% 99 0.66%

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

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