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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 11,760 54.31% 9,892 45.69%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,127 9.82% 2,834 13.09%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,080 4.99% 834 3.85%
Management, except farm managers 713 3.29% 488 2.25%
Farmers & farm managers 137 0.63% 18 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 230 1.06% 328 1.51%
Business operations specialists 131 0.61% 139 0.64%
Financial specialists 99 0.46% 189 0.87%
Professional & related occupations: 1,047 4.84% 2,000 9.24%
Computer & mathematical 34 0.16% 32 0.15%
Architecture & engineering: 213 0.98% 37 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 124 0.57% 20 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 89 0.41% 17 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 74 0.34% 6 0.03%
Community & social services 86 0.40% 171 0.79%
Legal 118 0.54% 35 0.16%
Education, training, & library 234 1.08% 946 4.37%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 37 0.17% 113 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 251 1.16% 660 3.05%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 158 0.73% 398 1.84%
Health technologists & technicians 93 0.43% 262 1.21%
Service occupations: 1,133 5.23% 1,863 8.60%
Healthcare support 23 0.11% 386 1.78%
Protective services: 329 1.52% 64 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 258 1.19% 38 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 71 0.33% 26 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 286 1.32% 781 3.61%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 453 2.09% 252 1.16%
Personal care & service 42 0.19% 380 1.76%
Sales & office occupations: 2,191 10.12% 3,882 17.93%
Sales & related occupations 1,354 6.25% 1,307 6.04%
Office & administrative support 837 3.87% 2,575 11.89%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 108 0.50% 37 0.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,554 11.80% 38 0.18%
Construction & extraction: 1,491 6.89% 18 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 201 0.93% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,262 5.83% 18 0.08%
Extraction 28 0.13% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,063 4.91% 20 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,647 16.84% 1,238 5.72%
Production 1,544 7.13% 939 4.34%
Transportation & material moving: 2,103 9.71% 299 1.38%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 57 0.26% 39 0.18%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,133 5.23% 112 0.52%
Rail, water & other transportation 90 0.42% 0 0.00%
Material moving 816 3.77% 148 0.68%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,760 54.31% 9,892 45.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 449 2.07% 84 0.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 263 1.21% 77 0.36%
Mining 186 0.86% 7 0.03%
Construction 1,738 8.03% 91 0.42%
Manufacturing 2,270 10.48% 1,232 5.69%
Wholesale trade 881 4.07% 157 0.73%
Retail trade 1,817 8.39% 1,454 6.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,262 5.83% 300 1.39%
Transportation & warehousing 1,151 5.32% 257 1.19%
Utilities 111 0.51% 43 0.20%
Information 213 0.98% 459 2.12%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 386 1.78% 699 3.23%
Finance & insurance 305 1.41% 565 2.61%
Real estate & rental & leasing 81 0.37% 134 0.62%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 545 2.52% 595 2.75%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 236 1.09% 378 1.75%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 309 1.43% 217 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 768 3.55% 3,056 14.11%
Educational services 378 1.75% 1,334 6.16%
Health care & social assistance 390 1.80% 1,722 7.95%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 507 2.34% 1,014 4.68%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 75 0.35% 56 0.26%
Accommodation & food services 432 2.00% 958 4.42%
Other services (except public administration) 448 2.07% 349 1.61%
Public administration 476 2.20% 402 1.86%

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

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