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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 12,885 52.11% 11,841 47.89%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,175 12.84% 3,691 14.93%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,512 6.12% 994 4.02%
Management, except farm managers 1,021 4.13% 641 2.59%
Farmers & farm managers 132 0.53% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 359 1.45% 353 1.43%
Business operations specialists 161 0.65% 107 0.43%
Financial specialists 198 0.80% 246 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 1,663 6.73% 2,697 10.91%
Computer & mathematical 165 0.67% 72 0.29%
Architecture & engineering: 314 1.27% 10 0.04%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 177 0.72% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 137 0.55% 10 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 111 0.45% 27 0.11%
Community & social services 185 0.75% 172 0.70%
Legal 78 0.32% 63 0.25%
Education, training, & library 317 1.28% 1,495 6.05%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 163 0.66% 143 0.58%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 330 1.33% 715 2.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 268 1.08% 405 1.64%
Health technologists & technicians 62 0.25% 310 1.25%
Service occupations: 1,087 4.40% 2,201 8.90%
Healthcare support 6 0.02% 314 1.27%
Protective services: 405 1.64% 101 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 237 0.96% 45 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 168 0.68% 56 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 263 1.06% 908 3.67%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 365 1.48% 382 1.54%
Personal care & service 48 0.19% 496 2.01%
Sales & office occupations: 1,872 7.57% 4,409 17.83%
Sales & related occupations 1,144 4.63% 1,580 6.39%
Office & administrative support 728 2.94% 2,829 11.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 95 0.38% 12 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,916 11.79% 57 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 1,469 5.94% 17 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 247 1.00% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,222 4.94% 17 0.07%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,447 5.85% 40 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,740 15.13% 1,471 5.95%
Production 2,163 8.75% 1,255 5.08%
Transportation & material moving: 1,577 6.38% 216 0.87%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 30 0.12% 8 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 45 0.18% 18 0.07%
Motor vehicle operators 899 3.64% 79 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 73 0.30% 8 0.03%
Material moving 530 2.14% 103 0.42%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,885 52.11% 11,841 47.89%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 301 1.22% 26 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 286 1.16% 17 0.07%
Mining 15 0.06% 9 0.04%
Construction 1,801 7.28% 204 0.83%
Manufacturing 3,787 15.32% 1,806 7.30%
Wholesale trade 555 2.24% 103 0.42%
Retail trade 1,338 5.41% 1,686 6.82%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,072 4.34% 331 1.34%
Transportation & warehousing 901 3.64% 256 1.04%
Utilities 171 0.69% 75 0.30%
Information 264 1.07% 198 0.80%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 401 1.62% 643 2.60%
Finance & insurance 246 0.99% 436 1.76%
Real estate & rental & leasing 155 0.63% 207 0.84%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 662 2.68% 533 2.16%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 325 1.31% 303 1.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 8 0.03% 9 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 329 1.33% 221 0.89%
Educational, health & social services: 1,029 4.16% 4,056 16.40%
Educational services 566 2.29% 2,136 8.64%
Health care & social assistance 463 1.87% 1,920 7.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 461 1.86% 1,187 4.80%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 83 0.34% 147 0.59%
Accommodation & food services 378 1.53% 1,040 4.21%
Other services (except public administration) 565 2.29% 665 2.69%
Public administration 649 2.62% 403 1.63%

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

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