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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 11,857 58.54% 8,397 41.46%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,397 11.83% 2,680 13.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,266 6.25% 679 3.35%
Management, except farm managers 858 4.24% 482 2.38%
Farmers & farm managers 231 1.14% 20 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 177 0.87% 177 0.87%
Business operations specialists 75 0.37% 49 0.24%
Financial specialists 102 0.50% 128 0.63%
Professional & related occupations: 1,131 5.58% 2,001 9.88%
Computer & mathematical 51 0.25% 44 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 236 1.17% 25 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 129 0.64% 7 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 107 0.53% 18 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 68 0.34% 15 0.07%
Community & social services 147 0.73% 155 0.77%
Legal 47 0.23% 58 0.29%
Education, training, & library 284 1.40% 998 4.93%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 81 0.40% 117 0.58%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 217 1.07% 589 2.91%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 188 0.93% 410 2.02%
Health technologists & technicians 29 0.14% 179 0.88%
Service occupations: 1,049 5.18% 2,234 11.03%
Healthcare support 65 0.32% 349 1.72%
Protective services: 388 1.92% 125 0.62%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 279 1.38% 106 0.52%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 109 0.54% 19 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 191 0.94% 842 4.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 318 1.57% 329 1.62%
Personal care & service 87 0.43% 589 2.91%
Sales & office occupations: 1,613 7.96% 3,057 15.09%
Sales & related occupations 1,085 5.36% 1,060 5.23%
Office & administrative support 528 2.61% 1,997 9.86%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 317 1.57% 14 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,651 18.03% 72 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 2,307 11.39% 55 0.27%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 455 2.25% 7 0.03%
Construction trades 780 3.85% 20 0.10%
Extraction 1,072 5.29% 28 0.14%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,344 6.64% 17 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,830 13.97% 340 1.68%
Production 1,061 5.24% 158 0.78%
Transportation & material moving: 1,769 8.73% 182 0.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 46 0.23% 6 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 812 4.01% 113 0.56%
Rail, water & other transportation 63 0.31% 10 0.05%
Material moving 844 4.17% 53 0.26%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,857 58.54% 8,397 41.46%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,859 19.05% 329 1.62%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 570 2.81% 62 0.31%
Mining 3,289 16.24% 267 1.32%
Construction 1,185 5.85% 83 0.41%
Manufacturing 547 2.70% 168 0.83%
Wholesale trade 536 2.65% 122 0.60%
Retail trade 1,143 5.64% 1,275 6.30%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,088 5.37% 259 1.28%
Transportation & warehousing 592 2.92% 152 0.75%
Utilities 496 2.45% 107 0.53%
Information 76 0.38% 151 0.75%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 306 1.51% 336 1.66%
Finance & insurance 153 0.76% 176 0.87%
Real estate & rental & leasing 153 0.76% 160 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 459 2.27% 459 2.27%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 133 0.66% 265 1.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 326 1.61% 194 0.96%
Educational, health & social services: 1,055 5.21% 3,118 15.39%
Educational services 622 3.07% 1,461 7.21%
Health care & social assistance 433 2.14% 1,657 8.18%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 421 2.08% 906 4.47%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 157 0.78% 87 0.43%
Accommodation & food services 264 1.30% 819 4.04%
Other services (except public administration) 701 3.46% 642 3.17%
Public administration 481 2.37% 549 2.71%

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

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