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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 7,294 51.28% 6,931 48.72%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,377 9.68% 1,936 13.61%
Management, business, & financial operations: 791 5.56% 534 3.75%
Management, except farm managers 519 3.65% 338 2.38%
Farmers & farm managers 128 0.90% 38 0.27%
Business & financial operations: 144 1.01% 158 1.11%
Business operations specialists 96 0.67% 76 0.53%
Financial specialists 48 0.34% 82 0.58%
Professional & related occupations: 586 4.12% 1,402 9.86%
Computer & mathematical 31 0.22% 35 0.25%
Architecture & engineering: 109 0.77% 22 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 56 0.39% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 53 0.37% 22 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 53 0.37% 31 0.22%
Community & social services 82 0.58% 142 1.00%
Legal 57 0.40% 33 0.23%
Education, training, & library 93 0.65% 460 3.23%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 33 0.23% 57 0.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 128 0.90% 622 4.37%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 83 0.58% 327 2.30%
Health technologists & technicians 45 0.32% 295 2.07%
Service occupations: 979 6.88% 1,300 9.14%
Healthcare support 21 0.15% 278 1.95%
Protective services: 321 2.26% 51 0.36%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 222 1.56% 38 0.27%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 99 0.70% 13 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 182 1.28% 466 3.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 421 2.96% 192 1.35%
Personal care & service 34 0.24% 313 2.20%
Sales & office occupations: 1,017 7.15% 2,368 16.65%
Sales & related occupations 662 4.65% 721 5.07%
Office & administrative support 355 2.50% 1,647 11.58%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 311 2.19% 38 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,769 12.44% 75 0.53%
Construction & extraction: 1,030 7.24% 41 0.29%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 118 0.83% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 912 6.41% 41 0.29%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 739 5.20% 34 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,841 12.94% 1,214 8.53%
Production 880 6.19% 1,002 7.04%
Transportation & material moving: 961 6.76% 212 1.49%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 12 0.08% 6 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 498 3.50% 39 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 42 0.30% 3 0.02%
Material moving 409 2.88% 164 1.15%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,294 51.28% 6,931 48.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 495 3.48% 92 0.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 481 3.38% 90 0.63%
Mining 14 0.10% 2 0.01%
Construction 1,224 8.60% 111 0.78%
Manufacturing 1,387 9.75% 1,401 9.85%
Wholesale trade 365 2.57% 193 1.36%
Retail trade 774 5.44% 874 6.14%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 536 3.77% 179 1.26%
Transportation & warehousing 438 3.08% 157 1.10%
Utilities 98 0.69% 22 0.15%
Information 118 0.83% 117 0.82%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 172 1.21% 377 2.65%
Finance & insurance 98 0.69% 279 1.96%
Real estate & rental & leasing 74 0.52% 98 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 430 3.02% 315 2.21%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 135 0.95% 160 1.12%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 295 2.07% 155 1.09%
Educational, health & social services: 615 4.32% 2,189 15.39%
Educational services 326 2.29% 637 4.48%
Health care & social assistance 289 2.03% 1,552 10.91%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 320 2.25% 499 3.51%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 50 0.35% 45 0.32%
Accommodation & food services 270 1.90% 454 3.19%
Other services (except public administration) 384 2.70% 244 1.72%
Public administration 474 3.33% 340 2.39%

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

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