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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 12,568 53.14% 11,081 46.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,656 15.46% 3,477 14.70%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,579 6.68% 1,308 5.53%
Management, except farm managers 1,214 5.13% 668 2.82%
Farmers & farm managers 18 0.08% 4 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 347 1.47% 636 2.69%
Business operations specialists 164 0.69% 335 1.42%
Financial specialists 183 0.77% 301 1.27%
Professional & related occupations: 2,077 8.78% 2,169 9.17%
Computer & mathematical 389 1.64% 96 0.41%
Architecture & engineering: 545 2.30% 117 0.49%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 351 1.48% 60 0.25%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 194 0.82% 57 0.24%
Life, physical, & social science 146 0.62% 91 0.38%
Community & social services 157 0.66% 176 0.74%
Legal 206 0.87% 189 0.80%
Education, training, & library 259 1.10% 800 3.38%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 189 0.80% 192 0.81%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 186 0.79% 508 2.15%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 156 0.66% 319 1.35%
Health technologists & technicians 30 0.13% 189 0.80%
Service occupations: 2,055 8.69% 2,255 9.54%
Healthcare support 43 0.18% 359 1.52%
Protective services: 461 1.95% 101 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 357 1.51% 96 0.41%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 104 0.44% 5 0.02%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 509 2.15% 751 3.18%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 680 2.88% 343 1.45%
Personal care & service 362 1.53% 701 2.96%
Sales & office occupations: 2,188 9.25% 4,479 18.94%
Sales & related occupations 1,297 5.48% 1,438 6.08%
Office & administrative support 891 3.77% 3,041 12.86%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 72 0.30% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,127 8.99% 67 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 1,393 5.89% 35 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 220 0.93% 5 0.02%
Construction trades 1,149 4.86% 30 0.13%
Extraction 24 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 734 3.10% 32 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,470 10.44% 803 3.40%
Production 1,548 6.55% 700 2.96%
Transportation & material moving: 922 3.90% 103 0.44%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 51 0.22% 18 0.08%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 483 2.04% 9 0.04%
Rail, water & other transportation 35 0.15% 3 0.01%
Material moving 345 1.46% 73 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,568 53.14% 11,081 46.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 114 0.48% 26 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 90 0.38% 20 0.08%
Mining 24 0.10% 6 0.03%
Construction 1,721 7.28% 192 0.81%
Manufacturing 2,327 9.84% 891 3.77%
Wholesale trade 332 1.40% 100 0.42%
Retail trade 1,475 6.24% 1,383 5.85%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 438 1.85% 190 0.80%
Transportation & warehousing 328 1.39% 82 0.35%
Utilities 110 0.47% 108 0.46%
Information 162 0.69% 199 0.84%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 614 2.60% 993 4.20%
Finance & insurance 325 1.37% 797 3.37%
Real estate & rental & leasing 289 1.22% 196 0.83%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,019 4.31% 747 3.16%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 569 2.41% 483 2.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 448 1.89% 264 1.12%
Educational, health & social services: 778 3.29% 2,522 10.66%
Educational services 422 1.78% 998 4.22%
Health care & social assistance 356 1.51% 1,524 6.44%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,490 6.30% 1,636 6.92%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 892 3.77% 737 3.12%
Accommodation & food services 598 2.53% 899 3.80%
Other services (except public administration) 580 2.45% 567 2.40%
Public administration 1,518 6.42% 1,635 6.91%

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

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