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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 8,078 53.80% 6,936 46.20%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,373 9.14% 2,156 14.36%
Management, business, & financial operations: 658 4.38% 484 3.22%
Management, except farm managers 440 2.93% 275 1.83%
Farmers & farm managers 146 0.97% 61 0.41%
Business & financial operations: 72 0.48% 148 0.99%
Business operations specialists 25 0.17% 46 0.31%
Financial specialists 47 0.31% 102 0.68%
Professional & related occupations: 715 4.76% 1,672 11.14%
Computer & mathematical 19 0.13% 5 0.03%
Architecture & engineering: 98 0.65% 11 0.07%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 22 0.15% 5 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 76 0.51% 6 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 56 0.37% 27 0.18%
Community & social services 161 1.07% 78 0.52%
Legal 41 0.27% 47 0.31%
Education, training, & library 130 0.87% 741 4.94%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 57 0.38% 60 0.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 153 1.02% 703 4.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 109 0.73% 372 2.48%
Health technologists & technicians 44 0.29% 331 2.20%
Service occupations: 1,155 7.69% 1,789 11.92%
Healthcare support 110 0.73% 408 2.72%
Protective services: 498 3.32% 146 0.97%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 440 2.93% 94 0.63%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 58 0.39% 52 0.35%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 155 1.03% 625 4.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 346 2.30% 308 2.05%
Personal care & service 46 0.31% 302 2.01%
Sales & office occupations: 1,044 6.95% 2,209 14.71%
Sales & related occupations 636 4.24% 836 5.57%
Office & administrative support 408 2.72% 1,373 9.14%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 178 1.19% 35 0.23%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,061 13.73% 82 0.55%
Construction & extraction: 1,366 9.10% 62 0.41%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 159 1.06% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,077 7.17% 54 0.36%
Extraction 130 0.87% 8 0.05%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 695 4.63% 20 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,267 15.10% 665 4.43%
Production 1,134 7.55% 467 3.11%
Transportation & material moving: 1,133 7.55% 198 1.32%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 25 0.17% 8 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 517 3.44% 107 0.71%
Rail, water & other transportation 84 0.56% 0 0.00%
Material moving 501 3.34% 83 0.55%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,078 53.80% 6,936 46.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 951 6.33% 150 1.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 378 2.52% 120 0.80%
Mining 573 3.82% 30 0.20%
Construction 1,264 8.42% 70 0.47%
Manufacturing 1,564 10.42% 622 4.14%
Wholesale trade 272 1.81% 94 0.63%
Retail trade 858 5.71% 899 5.99%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 602 4.01% 146 0.97%
Transportation & warehousing 472 3.14% 117 0.78%
Utilities 130 0.87% 29 0.19%
Information 86 0.57% 140 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 173 1.15% 395 2.63%
Finance & insurance 134 0.89% 337 2.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 39 0.26% 58 0.39%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 351 2.34% 351 2.34%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 147 0.98% 197 1.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 198 1.32% 154 1.03%
Educational, health & social services: 689 4.59% 2,662 17.73%
Educational services 283 1.88% 1,085 7.23%
Health care & social assistance 406 2.70% 1,577 10.50%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 267 1.78% 667 4.44%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 65 0.43% 72 0.48%
Accommodation & food services 202 1.35% 595 3.96%
Other services (except public administration) 415 2.76% 383 2.55%
Public administration 586 3.90% 357 2.38%

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

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