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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 15,201 55.20% 12,337 44.80%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,671 13.33% 3,881 14.09%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,954 7.10% 1,282 4.66%
Management, except farm managers 1,222 4.44% 696 2.53%
Farmers & farm managers 339 1.23% 56 0.20%
Business & financial operations: 393 1.43% 530 1.92%
Business operations specialists 198 0.72% 263 0.96%
Financial specialists 195 0.71% 267 0.97%
Professional & related occupations: 1,717 6.24% 2,599 9.44%
Computer & mathematical 226 0.82% 119 0.43%
Architecture & engineering: 546 1.98% 67 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 304 1.10% 47 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 242 0.88% 20 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 122 0.44% 85 0.31%
Community & social services 179 0.65% 188 0.68%
Legal 24 0.09% 39 0.14%
Education, training, & library 244 0.89% 946 3.44%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 130 0.47% 242 0.88%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 246 0.89% 913 3.32%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 189 0.69% 560 2.03%
Health technologists & technicians 57 0.21% 353 1.28%
Service occupations: 1,017 3.69% 2,061 7.48%
Healthcare support 45 0.16% 458 1.66%
Protective services: 156 0.57% 47 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 119 0.43% 20 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 37 0.13% 27 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 389 1.41% 779 2.83%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 365 1.33% 298 1.08%
Personal care & service 62 0.23% 479 1.74%
Sales & office occupations: 2,134 7.75% 4,389 15.94%
Sales & related occupations 1,362 4.95% 1,175 4.27%
Office & administrative support 772 2.80% 3,214 11.67%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 150 0.54% 83 0.30%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,031 11.01% 83 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 1,592 5.78% 42 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 204 0.74% 5 0.02%
Construction trades 1,361 4.94% 37 0.13%
Extraction 27 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,439 5.23% 41 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,198 18.88% 1,840 6.68%
Production 3,428 12.45% 1,296 4.71%
Transportation & material moving: 1,770 6.43% 544 1.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 36 0.13% 10 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 18 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 782 2.84% 193 0.70%
Rail, water & other transportation 51 0.19% 15 0.05%
Material moving 883 3.21% 326 1.18%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 15,201 55.20% 12,337 44.80%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 532 1.93% 147 0.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 501 1.82% 147 0.53%
Mining 31 0.11% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,989 7.22% 196 0.71%
Manufacturing 5,769 20.95% 2,372 8.61%
Wholesale trade 758 2.75% 225 0.82%
Retail trade 1,377 5.00% 1,451 5.27%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 741 2.69% 256 0.93%
Transportation & warehousing 617 2.24% 252 0.92%
Utilities 124 0.45% 4 0.01%
Information 236 0.86% 256 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 551 2.00% 1,099 3.99%
Finance & insurance 366 1.33% 902 3.28%
Real estate & rental & leasing 185 0.67% 197 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 634 2.30% 788 2.86%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 324 1.18% 438 1.59%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 4 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 310 1.13% 346 1.26%
Educational, health & social services: 960 3.49% 3,627 13.17%
Educational services 514 1.87% 1,447 5.25%
Health care & social assistance 446 1.62% 2,180 7.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 564 2.05% 993 3.61%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 85 0.31% 130 0.47%
Accommodation & food services 479 1.74% 863 3.13%
Other services (except public administration) 713 2.59% 477 1.73%
Public administration 377 1.37% 450 1.63%

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

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