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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 16,290 54.64% 13,526 45.36%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,198 10.73% 3,391 11.37%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,766 5.92% 1,057 3.55%
Management, except farm managers 1,114 3.74% 626 2.10%
Farmers & farm managers 355 1.19% 44 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 297 1.00% 387 1.30%
Business operations specialists 166 0.56% 177 0.59%
Financial specialists 131 0.44% 210 0.70%
Professional & related occupations: 1,432 4.80% 2,334 7.83%
Computer & mathematical 142 0.48% 41 0.14%
Architecture & engineering: 445 1.49% 75 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 363 1.22% 29 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 82 0.28% 46 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 90 0.30% 77 0.26%
Community & social services 125 0.42% 159 0.53%
Legal 36 0.12% 35 0.12%
Education, training, & library 322 1.08% 1,123 3.77%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 102 0.34% 104 0.35%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 170 0.57% 720 2.41%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 133 0.45% 372 1.25%
Health technologists & technicians 37 0.12% 348 1.17%
Service occupations: 1,223 4.10% 2,463 8.26%
Healthcare support 41 0.14% 464 1.56%
Protective services: 243 0.81% 58 0.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 162 0.54% 12 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 81 0.27% 46 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 415 1.39% 911 3.06%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 428 1.44% 316 1.06%
Personal care & service 96 0.32% 714 2.39%
Sales & office occupations: 1,834 6.15% 4,219 14.15%
Sales & related occupations 1,055 3.54% 1,340 4.49%
Office & administrative support 779 2.61% 2,879 9.66%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 217 0.73% 59 0.20%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,842 9.53% 156 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 1,477 4.95% 75 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 222 0.74% 9 0.03%
Construction trades 1,253 4.20% 66 0.22%
Extraction 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,365 4.58% 81 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,976 23.40% 3,238 10.86%
Production 5,346 17.93% 2,588 8.68%
Transportation & material moving: 1,630 5.47% 650 2.18%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 21 0.07% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 30 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 755 2.53% 206 0.69%
Rail, water & other transportation 22 0.07% 6 0.02%
Material moving 802 2.69% 438 1.47%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 16,290 54.64% 13,526 45.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 624 2.09% 123 0.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 624 2.09% 114 0.38%
Mining 0 0.00% 9 0.03%
Construction 1,433 4.81% 92 0.31%
Manufacturing 8,373 28.08% 4,263 14.30%
Wholesale trade 519 1.74% 118 0.40%
Retail trade 1,364 4.57% 1,673 5.61%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 656 2.20% 143 0.48%
Transportation & warehousing 532 1.78% 141 0.47%
Utilities 124 0.42% 2 0.01%
Information 161 0.54% 155 0.52%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 315 1.06% 592 1.99%
Finance & insurance 134 0.45% 409 1.37%
Real estate & rental & leasing 181 0.61% 183 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 479 1.61% 609 2.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 250 0.84% 304 1.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 229 0.77% 305 1.02%
Educational, health & social services: 900 3.02% 3,814 12.79%
Educational services 534 1.79% 1,591 5.34%
Health care & social assistance 366 1.23% 2,223 7.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 599 2.01% 1,091 3.66%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 162 0.54% 121 0.41%
Accommodation & food services 437 1.47% 970 3.25%
Other services (except public administration) 540 1.81% 552 1.85%
Public administration 327 1.10% 301 1.01%

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

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