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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 14,544 53.16% 12,813 46.84%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,006 10.99% 3,868 14.14%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,550 5.67% 1,061 3.88%
Management, except farm managers 815 2.98% 570 2.08%
Farmers & farm managers 445 1.63% 105 0.38%
Business & financial operations: 290 1.06% 386 1.41%
Business operations specialists 200 0.73% 183 0.67%
Financial specialists 90 0.33% 203 0.74%
Professional & related occupations: 1,456 5.32% 2,807 10.26%
Computer & mathematical 99 0.36% 104 0.38%
Architecture & engineering: 278 1.02% 43 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 170 0.62% 22 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 108 0.39% 21 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 107 0.39% 20 0.07%
Community & social services 121 0.44% 203 0.74%
Legal 84 0.31% 50 0.18%
Education, training, & library 397 1.45% 1,265 4.62%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 142 0.52% 203 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 228 0.83% 919 3.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 146 0.53% 604 2.21%
Health technologists & technicians 82 0.30% 315 1.15%
Service occupations: 2,030 7.42% 2,699 9.87%
Healthcare support 82 0.30% 754 2.76%
Protective services: 811 2.96% 68 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 696 2.54% 25 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 115 0.42% 43 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 510 1.86% 969 3.54%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 527 1.93% 331 1.21%
Personal care & service 100 0.37% 577 2.11%
Sales & office occupations: 2,116 7.73% 4,450 16.27%
Sales & related occupations 1,146 4.19% 1,594 5.83%
Office & administrative support 970 3.55% 2,856 10.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 429 1.57% 80 0.29%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,851 10.42% 90 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 1,789 6.54% 53 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 238 0.87% 14 0.05%
Construction trades 1,437 5.25% 31 0.11%
Extraction 114 0.42% 8 0.03%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,062 3.88% 37 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,112 15.03% 1,626 5.94%
Production 2,258 8.25% 1,182 4.32%
Transportation & material moving: 1,854 6.78% 444 1.62%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 32 0.12% 17 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 15 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,062 3.88% 172 0.63%
Rail, water & other transportation 40 0.15% 3 0.01%
Material moving 705 2.58% 252 0.92%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,544 53.16% 12,813 46.84%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,101 4.02% 255 0.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 914 3.34% 241 0.88%
Mining 187 0.68% 14 0.05%
Construction 1,873 6.85% 190 0.69%
Manufacturing 3,348 12.24% 1,790 6.54%
Wholesale trade 595 2.17% 180 0.66%
Retail trade 1,703 6.23% 1,915 7.00%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 713 2.61% 192 0.70%
Transportation & warehousing 599 2.19% 192 0.70%
Utilities 114 0.42% 0 0.00%
Information 274 1.00% 317 1.16%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 275 1.01% 656 2.40%
Finance & insurance 206 0.75% 567 2.07%
Real estate & rental & leasing 69 0.25% 89 0.33%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 842 3.08% 566 2.07%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 370 1.35% 371 1.36%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 8 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 472 1.73% 187 0.68%
Educational, health & social services: 1,229 4.49% 4,474 16.35%
Educational services 717 2.62% 1,796 6.57%
Health care & social assistance 512 1.87% 2,678 9.79%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 737 2.69% 1,132 4.14%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 102 0.37% 110 0.40%
Accommodation & food services 635 2.32% 1,022 3.74%
Other services (except public administration) 551 2.01% 534 1.95%
Public administration 1,303 4.76% 612 2.24%

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

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