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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 7,506 52.61% 6,760 47.39%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,348 9.45% 2,123 14.88%
Management, business, & financial operations: 713 5.00% 631 4.42%
Management, except farm managers 473 3.32% 404 2.83%
Farmers & farm managers 73 0.51% 32 0.22%
Business & financial operations: 167 1.17% 195 1.37%
Business operations specialists 91 0.64% 65 0.46%
Financial specialists 76 0.53% 130 0.91%
Professional & related occupations: 635 4.45% 1,492 10.46%
Computer & mathematical 15 0.11% 11 0.08%
Architecture & engineering: 89 0.62% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 51 0.36% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 38 0.27% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 18 0.13% 15 0.11%
Community & social services 89 0.62% 70 0.49%
Legal 83 0.58% 10 0.07%
Education, training, & library 134 0.94% 633 4.44%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 41 0.29% 80 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 166 1.16% 673 4.72%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 137 0.96% 411 2.88%
Health technologists & technicians 29 0.20% 262 1.84%
Service occupations: 894 6.27% 1,214 8.51%
Healthcare support 47 0.33% 260 1.82%
Protective services: 259 1.82% 31 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 178 1.25% 17 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 81 0.57% 14 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 187 1.31% 422 2.96%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 349 2.45% 175 1.23%
Personal care & service 52 0.36% 326 2.29%
Sales & office occupations: 1,151 8.07% 2,274 15.94%
Sales & related occupations 671 4.70% 934 6.55%
Office & administrative support 480 3.36% 1,340 9.39%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 117 0.82% 15 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,584 11.10% 57 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 930 6.52% 20 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 174 1.22% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 676 4.74% 20 0.14%
Extraction 80 0.56% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 654 4.58% 37 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,412 16.91% 1,077 7.55%
Production 1,043 7.31% 935 6.55%
Transportation & material moving: 1,369 9.60% 142 1.00%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 13 0.09% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 11 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 666 4.67% 17 0.12%
Rail, water & other transportation 165 1.16% 7 0.05%
Material moving 514 3.60% 118 0.83%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,506 52.61% 6,760 47.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 591 4.14% 57 0.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 270 1.89% 47 0.33%
Mining 321 2.25% 10 0.07%
Construction 837 5.87% 66 0.46%
Manufacturing 1,537 10.77% 1,290 9.04%
Wholesale trade 351 2.46% 144 1.01%
Retail trade 1,162 8.15% 1,016 7.12%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 772 5.41% 116 0.81%
Transportation & warehousing 611 4.28% 94 0.66%
Utilities 161 1.13% 22 0.15%
Information 126 0.88% 66 0.46%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 164 1.15% 409 2.87%
Finance & insurance 123 0.86% 330 2.31%
Real estate & rental & leasing 41 0.29% 79 0.55%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 299 2.10% 228 1.60%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 134 0.94% 156 1.09%
Management of companies & enterprises 8 0.06% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 157 1.10% 72 0.50%
Educational, health & social services: 556 3.90% 2,290 16.05%
Educational services 216 1.51% 793 5.56%
Health care & social assistance 340 2.38% 1,497 10.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 305 2.14% 463 3.25%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 55 0.39% 21 0.15%
Accommodation & food services 250 1.75% 442 3.10%
Other services (except public administration) 435 3.05% 363 2.54%
Public administration 371 2.60% 252 1.77%

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

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