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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 11,541 54.61% 9,592 45.39%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,238 10.59% 2,552 12.08%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,330 6.29% 813 3.85%
Management, except farm managers 804 3.80% 510 2.41%
Farmers & farm managers 335 1.59% 40 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 191 0.90% 263 1.24%
Business operations specialists 101 0.48% 112 0.53%
Financial specialists 90 0.43% 151 0.71%
Professional & related occupations: 908 4.30% 1,739 8.23%
Computer & mathematical 74 0.35% 47 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 219 1.04% 17 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 155 0.73% 15 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 64 0.30% 2 0.01%
Life, physical, & social science 62 0.29% 42 0.20%
Community & social services 115 0.54% 133 0.63%
Legal 25 0.12% 47 0.22%
Education, training, & library 228 1.08% 734 3.47%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 74 0.35% 28 0.13%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 111 0.53% 691 3.27%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 94 0.44% 407 1.93%
Health technologists & technicians 17 0.08% 284 1.34%
Service occupations: 1,145 5.42% 1,737 8.22%
Healthcare support 23 0.11% 293 1.39%
Protective services: 379 1.79% 91 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 341 1.61% 61 0.29%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 38 0.18% 30 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 259 1.23% 621 2.94%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 402 1.90% 236 1.12%
Personal care & service 82 0.39% 496 2.35%
Sales & office occupations: 1,547 7.32% 3,079 14.57%
Sales & related occupations 878 4.15% 979 4.63%
Office & administrative support 669 3.17% 2,100 9.94%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 249 1.18% 44 0.21%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,863 8.82% 55 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 964 4.56% 35 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 100 0.47% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 843 3.99% 35 0.17%
Extraction 21 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 899 4.25% 20 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,499 21.29% 2,125 10.06%
Production 3,003 14.21% 1,571 7.43%
Transportation & material moving: 1,496 7.08% 554 2.62%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 13 0.06% 34 0.16%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 817 3.87% 149 0.71%
Rail, water & other transportation 24 0.11% 16 0.08%
Material moving 642 3.04% 355 1.68%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,541 54.61% 9,592 45.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 671 3.18% 115 0.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 649 3.07% 115 0.54%
Mining 22 0.10% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,035 4.90% 68 0.32%
Manufacturing 4,364 20.65% 2,194 10.38%
Wholesale trade 523 2.47% 175 0.83%
Retail trade 1,356 6.42% 1,480 7.00%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 693 3.28% 191 0.90%
Transportation & warehousing 573 2.71% 153 0.72%
Utilities 120 0.57% 38 0.18%
Information 124 0.59% 129 0.61%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 267 1.26% 546 2.58%
Finance & insurance 161 0.76% 456 2.16%
Real estate & rental & leasing 106 0.50% 90 0.43%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 364 1.72% 460 2.18%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 138 0.65% 297 1.41%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 226 1.07% 163 0.77%
Educational, health & social services: 582 2.75% 2,677 12.67%
Educational services 360 1.70% 1,000 4.73%
Health care & social assistance 222 1.05% 1,677 7.94%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 449 2.12% 759 3.59%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 79 0.37% 44 0.21%
Accommodation & food services 370 1.75% 715 3.38%
Other services (except public administration) 526 2.49% 374 1.77%
Public administration 587 2.78% 424 2.01%

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

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