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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 12,103 56.25% 9,414 43.75%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,436 11.32% 2,722 12.65%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,277 5.93% 680 3.16%
Management, except farm managers 716 3.33% 445 2.07%
Farmers & farm managers 268 1.25% 13 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 293 1.36% 222 1.03%
Business operations specialists 168 0.78% 50 0.23%
Financial specialists 125 0.58% 172 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 1,159 5.39% 2,042 9.49%
Computer & mathematical 52 0.24% 11 0.05%
Architecture & engineering: 230 1.07% 22 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 109 0.51% 2 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 121 0.56% 20 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 93 0.43% 47 0.22%
Community & social services 147 0.68% 95 0.44%
Legal 47 0.22% 25 0.12%
Education, training, & library 160 0.74% 979 4.55%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 145 0.67% 100 0.46%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 285 1.32% 763 3.55%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 209 0.97% 405 1.88%
Health technologists & technicians 76 0.35% 358 1.66%
Service occupations: 1,100 5.11% 2,206 10.25%
Healthcare support 19 0.09% 505 2.35%
Protective services: 335 1.56% 56 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 250 1.16% 33 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 85 0.40% 23 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 235 1.09% 746 3.47%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 376 1.75% 292 1.36%
Personal care & service 135 0.63% 607 2.82%
Sales & office occupations: 1,653 7.68% 3,630 16.87%
Sales & related occupations 1,110 5.16% 1,516 7.05%
Office & administrative support 543 2.52% 2,114 9.82%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 210 0.98% 23 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,231 15.02% 70 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 2,008 9.33% 18 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 408 1.90% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,073 4.99% 18 0.08%
Extraction 527 2.45% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,223 5.68% 52 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,473 16.14% 763 3.55%
Production 1,599 7.43% 623 2.90%
Transportation & material moving: 1,874 8.71% 140 0.65%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 55 0.26% 3 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 26 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 882 4.10% 55 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 130 0.60% 18 0.08%
Material moving 781 3.63% 64 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,103 56.25% 9,414 43.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,456 11.41% 166 0.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 582 2.70% 87 0.40%
Mining 1,874 8.71% 79 0.37%
Construction 1,474 6.85% 101 0.47%
Manufacturing 1,495 6.95% 726 3.37%
Wholesale trade 666 3.10% 228 1.06%
Retail trade 1,514 7.04% 1,600 7.44%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 954 4.43% 153 0.71%
Transportation & warehousing 765 3.56% 123 0.57%
Utilities 189 0.88% 30 0.14%
Information 205 0.95% 191 0.89%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 402 1.87% 527 2.45%
Finance & insurance 198 0.92% 453 2.11%
Real estate & rental & leasing 204 0.95% 74 0.34%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 610 2.83% 436 2.03%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 341 1.58% 338 1.57%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 269 1.25% 98 0.46%
Educational, health & social services: 667 3.10% 3,477 16.16%
Educational services 357 1.66% 1,381 6.42%
Health care & social assistance 310 1.44% 2,096 9.74%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 520 2.42% 1,006 4.68%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 232 1.08% 224 1.04%
Accommodation & food services 288 1.34% 782 3.63%
Other services (except public administration) 611 2.84% 483 2.24%
Public administration 529 2.46% 320 1.49%

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

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