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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 11,420 53.09% 10,090 46.91%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,057 14.21% 3,242 15.07%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,707 7.94% 1,263 5.87%
Management, except farm managers 1,310 6.09% 797 3.71%
Farmers & farm managers 138 0.64% 62 0.29%
Business & financial operations: 259 1.20% 404 1.88%
Business operations specialists 133 0.62% 130 0.60%
Financial specialists 126 0.59% 274 1.27%
Professional & related occupations: 1,350 6.28% 1,979 9.20%
Computer & mathematical 131 0.61% 74 0.34%
Architecture & engineering: 219 1.02% 8 0.04%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 134 0.62% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 85 0.40% 8 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 55 0.26% 49 0.23%
Community & social services 131 0.61% 195 0.91%
Legal 86 0.40% 50 0.23%
Education, training, & library 279 1.30% 698 3.25%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 245 1.14% 152 0.71%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 204 0.95% 753 3.50%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 164 0.76% 564 2.62%
Health technologists & technicians 40 0.19% 189 0.88%
Service occupations: 2,219 10.32% 2,341 10.88%
Healthcare support 57 0.26% 392 1.82%
Protective services: 474 2.20% 103 0.48%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 333 1.55% 74 0.34%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 141 0.66% 29 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 863 4.01% 810 3.77%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 552 2.57% 538 2.50%
Personal care & service 273 1.27% 498 2.32%
Sales & office occupations: 2,060 9.58% 3,911 18.18%
Sales & related occupations 1,548 7.20% 1,589 7.39%
Office & administrative support 512 2.38% 2,322 10.79%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 150 0.70% 48 0.22%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,438 11.33% 67 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 1,616 7.51% 30 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 265 1.23% 12 0.06%
Construction trades 1,337 6.22% 18 0.08%
Extraction 14 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 822 3.82% 37 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,496 6.95% 481 2.24%
Production 677 3.15% 340 1.58%
Transportation & material moving: 819 3.81% 141 0.66%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 13 0.06% 13 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 483 2.25% 83 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 67 0.31% 8 0.04%
Material moving 256 1.19% 37 0.17%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,420 53.09% 10,090 46.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 339 1.58% 124 0.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 328 1.52% 124 0.58%
Mining 11 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,767 8.21% 191 0.89%
Manufacturing 1,003 4.66% 455 2.12%
Wholesale trade 556 2.58% 179 0.83%
Retail trade 1,413 6.57% 1,472 6.84%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 485 2.25% 156 0.73%
Transportation & warehousing 269 1.25% 126 0.59%
Utilities 216 1.00% 30 0.14%
Information 260 1.21% 272 1.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 745 3.46% 957 4.45%
Finance & insurance 203 0.94% 431 2.00%
Real estate & rental & leasing 542 2.52% 526 2.45%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 664 3.09% 615 2.86%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 399 1.85% 393 1.83%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 265 1.23% 222 1.03%
Educational, health & social services: 876 4.07% 2,828 13.15%
Educational services 506 2.35% 973 4.52%
Health care & social assistance 370 1.72% 1,855 8.62%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,111 9.81% 1,706 7.93%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 573 2.66% 202 0.94%
Accommodation & food services 1,538 7.15% 1,504 6.99%
Other services (except public administration) 464 2.16% 520 2.42%
Public administration 737 3.43% 615 2.86%

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

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