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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 7,405 53.18% 6,519 46.82%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,794 12.88% 1,753 12.59%
Management, business, & financial operations: 817 5.87% 519 3.73%
Management, except farm managers 569 4.09% 327 2.35%
Farmers & farm managers 97 0.70% 20 0.14%
Business & financial operations: 151 1.08% 172 1.24%
Business operations specialists 61 0.44% 79 0.57%
Financial specialists 90 0.65% 93 0.67%
Professional & related occupations: 977 7.02% 1,234 8.86%
Computer & mathematical 53 0.38% 49 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 244 1.75% 28 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 146 1.05% 28 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 98 0.70% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 93 0.67% 30 0.22%
Community & social services 84 0.60% 74 0.53%
Legal 47 0.34% 36 0.26%
Education, training, & library 216 1.55% 486 3.49%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 104 0.75% 63 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 136 0.98% 468 3.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 115 0.83% 278 2.00%
Health technologists & technicians 21 0.15% 190 1.36%
Service occupations: 722 5.19% 1,469 10.55%
Healthcare support 30 0.22% 280 2.01%
Protective services: 91 0.65% 43 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 80 0.57% 30 0.22%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 11 0.08% 13 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 306 2.20% 645 4.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 239 1.72% 177 1.27%
Personal care & service 56 0.40% 324 2.33%
Sales & office occupations: 1,046 7.51% 2,228 16.00%
Sales & related occupations 673 4.83% 871 6.26%
Office & administrative support 373 2.68% 1,357 9.75%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 90 0.65% 9 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,223 8.78% 46 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 731 5.25% 22 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 102 0.73% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 605 4.35% 22 0.16%
Extraction 24 0.17% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 492 3.53% 24 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,530 18.17% 1,014 7.28%
Production 1,728 12.41% 765 5.49%
Transportation & material moving: 802 5.76% 249 1.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 20 0.14% 21 0.15%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 401 2.88% 100 0.72%
Rail, water & other transportation 16 0.11% 18 0.13%
Material moving 365 2.62% 110 0.79%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,405 53.18% 6,519 46.82%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 265 1.90% 44 0.32%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 223 1.60% 44 0.32%
Mining 42 0.30% 0 0.00%
Construction 808 5.80% 79 0.57%
Manufacturing 2,555 18.35% 1,069 7.68%
Wholesale trade 283 2.03% 94 0.68%
Retail trade 837 6.01% 1,118 8.03%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 435 3.12% 145 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 318 2.28% 130 0.93%
Utilities 117 0.84% 15 0.11%
Information 135 0.97% 104 0.75%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 176 1.26% 298 2.14%
Finance & insurance 103 0.74% 222 1.59%
Real estate & rental & leasing 73 0.52% 76 0.55%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 336 2.41% 289 2.08%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 193 1.39% 155 1.11%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 143 1.03% 134 0.96%
Educational, health & social services: 534 3.84% 1,956 14.05%
Educational services 346 2.48% 743 5.34%
Health care & social assistance 188 1.35% 1,213 8.71%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 507 3.64% 816 5.86%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 98 0.70% 76 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 409 2.94% 740 5.31%
Other services (except public administration) 299 2.15% 279 2.00%
Public administration 235 1.69% 228 1.64%

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

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