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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 9,591 54.89% 7,882 45.11%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,379 13.62% 2,496 14.28%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,068 6.11% 660 3.78%
Management, except farm managers 709 4.06% 421 2.41%
Farmers & farm managers 29 0.17% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 330 1.89% 239 1.37%
Business operations specialists 146 0.84% 82 0.47%
Financial specialists 184 1.05% 157 0.90%
Professional & related occupations: 1,311 7.50% 1,836 10.51%
Computer & mathematical 198 1.13% 66 0.38%
Architecture & engineering: 300 1.72% 21 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 165 0.94% 9 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 135 0.77% 12 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 177 1.01% 78 0.45%
Community & social services 95 0.54% 128 0.73%
Legal 39 0.22% 49 0.28%
Education, training, & library 170 0.97% 807 4.62%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 131 0.75% 56 0.32%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 201 1.15% 631 3.61%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 148 0.85% 454 2.60%
Health technologists & technicians 53 0.30% 177 1.01%
Service occupations: 1,568 8.97% 1,785 10.22%
Healthcare support 28 0.16% 152 0.87%
Protective services: 403 2.31% 95 0.54%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 240 1.37% 52 0.30%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 163 0.93% 43 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 473 2.71% 844 4.83%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 358 2.05% 229 1.31%
Personal care & service 306 1.75% 465 2.66%
Sales & office occupations: 1,150 6.58% 3,075 17.60%
Sales & related occupations 785 4.49% 1,174 6.72%
Office & administrative support 365 2.09% 1,901 10.88%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 113 0.65% 9 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,586 14.80% 91 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 1,645 9.41% 67 0.38%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 246 1.41% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,354 7.75% 67 0.38%
Extraction 45 0.26% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 941 5.39% 24 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,795 10.27% 426 2.44%
Production 851 4.87% 286 1.64%
Transportation & material moving: 944 5.40% 140 0.80%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.13% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 548 3.14% 72 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 136 0.78% 14 0.08%
Material moving 231 1.32% 54 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,591 54.89% 7,882 45.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 431 2.47% 15 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 191 1.09% 9 0.05%
Mining 240 1.37% 6 0.03%
Construction 1,811 10.36% 190 1.09%
Manufacturing 1,302 7.45% 361 2.07%
Wholesale trade 307 1.76% 64 0.37%
Retail trade 817 4.68% 1,254 7.18%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 722 4.13% 128 0.73%
Transportation & warehousing 582 3.33% 85 0.49%
Utilities 140 0.80% 43 0.25%
Information 137 0.78% 149 0.85%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 316 1.81% 549 3.14%
Finance & insurance 179 1.02% 374 2.14%
Real estate & rental & leasing 137 0.78% 175 1.00%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 787 4.50% 700 4.01%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 473 2.71% 502 2.87%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 314 1.80% 198 1.13%
Educational, health & social services: 628 3.59% 2,140 12.25%
Educational services 330 1.89% 967 5.53%
Health care & social assistance 298 1.71% 1,173 6.71%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,128 6.46% 1,554 8.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 634 3.63% 799 4.57%
Accommodation & food services 494 2.83% 755 4.32%
Other services (except public administration) 481 2.75% 363 2.08%
Public administration 724 4.14% 415 2.38%

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

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