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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 13,266 51.96% 12,266 48.04%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,755 10.79% 3,831 15.00%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,597 6.25% 1,026 4.02%
Management, except farm managers 923 3.62% 574 2.25%
Farmers & farm managers 371 1.45% 33 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 303 1.19% 419 1.64%
Business operations specialists 178 0.70% 169 0.66%
Financial specialists 125 0.49% 250 0.98%
Professional & related occupations: 1,158 4.54% 2,805 10.99%
Computer & mathematical 95 0.37% 37 0.14%
Architecture & engineering: 148 0.58% 53 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 87 0.34% 9 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 61 0.24% 44 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 85 0.33% 46 0.18%
Community & social services 272 1.07% 266 1.04%
Legal 46 0.18% 118 0.46%
Education, training, & library 259 1.01% 1,108 4.34%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 74 0.29% 77 0.30%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 179 0.70% 1,100 4.31%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 143 0.56% 564 2.21%
Health technologists & technicians 36 0.14% 536 2.10%
Service occupations: 1,550 6.07% 2,649 10.38%
Healthcare support 84 0.33% 880 3.45%
Protective services: 472 1.85% 124 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 395 1.55% 66 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 77 0.30% 58 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 316 1.24% 691 2.71%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 513 2.01% 419 1.64%
Personal care & service 165 0.65% 535 2.10%
Sales & office occupations: 1,926 7.54% 3,767 14.75%
Sales & related occupations 1,136 4.45% 1,277 5.00%
Office & administrative support 790 3.09% 2,490 9.75%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 327 1.28% 20 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,222 12.62% 126 0.49%
Construction & extraction: 2,005 7.85% 48 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 293 1.15% 10 0.04%
Construction trades 1,672 6.55% 38 0.15%
Extraction 40 0.16% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,217 4.77% 78 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,486 13.65% 1,873 7.34%
Production 1,819 7.12% 1,557 6.10%
Transportation & material moving: 1,667 6.53% 316 1.24%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 42 0.16% 6 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 19 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 871 3.41% 71 0.28%
Rail, water & other transportation 23 0.09% 7 0.03%
Material moving 712 2.79% 232 0.91%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 13,266 51.96% 12,266 48.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 807 3.16% 105 0.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 777 3.04% 105 0.41%
Mining 30 0.12% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,091 8.19% 129 0.51%
Manufacturing 3,095 12.12% 2,188 8.57%
Wholesale trade 590 2.31% 210 0.82%
Retail trade 1,426 5.59% 1,363 5.34%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 773 3.03% 162 0.63%
Transportation & warehousing 633 2.48% 115 0.45%
Utilities 140 0.55% 47 0.18%
Information 166 0.65% 157 0.61%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 368 1.44% 487 1.91%
Finance & insurance 235 0.92% 361 1.41%
Real estate & rental & leasing 133 0.52% 126 0.49%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 547 2.14% 617 2.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 207 0.81% 347 1.36%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 37 0.14%
Administrative & support & waste management services 340 1.33% 233 0.91%
Educational, health & social services: 1,148 4.50% 4,793 18.77%
Educational services 493 1.93% 1,519 5.95%
Health care & social assistance 655 2.57% 3,274 12.82%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 598 2.34% 976 3.82%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 194 0.76% 117 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 404 1.58% 859 3.36%
Other services (except public administration) 813 3.18% 529 2.07%
Public administration 844 3.31% 550 2.15%

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

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