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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 9,627 53.79% 8,269 46.21%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,801 10.06% 2,445 13.66%
Management, business, & financial operations: 991 5.54% 704 3.93%
Management, except farm managers 721 4.03% 316 1.77%
Farmers & farm managers 92 0.51% 15 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 178 0.99% 373 2.08%
Business operations specialists 63 0.35% 159 0.89%
Financial specialists 115 0.64% 214 1.20%
Professional & related occupations: 810 4.53% 1,741 9.73%
Computer & mathematical 42 0.23% 72 0.40%
Architecture & engineering: 285 1.59% 54 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 157 0.88% 3 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 128 0.72% 51 0.28%
Life, physical, & social science 109 0.61% 26 0.15%
Community & social services 60 0.34% 240 1.34%
Legal 16 0.09% 93 0.52%
Education, training, & library 159 0.89% 613 3.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 52 0.29% 83 0.46%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 87 0.49% 560 3.13%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 71 0.40% 345 1.93%
Health technologists & technicians 16 0.09% 215 1.20%
Service occupations: 1,069 5.97% 1,726 9.64%
Healthcare support 26 0.15% 409 2.29%
Protective services: 462 2.58% 111 0.62%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 382 2.13% 60 0.34%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 80 0.45% 51 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 181 1.01% 461 2.58%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 372 2.08% 409 2.29%
Personal care & service 28 0.16% 336 1.88%
Sales & office occupations: 1,481 8.28% 2,869 16.03%
Sales & related occupations 988 5.52% 1,082 6.05%
Office & administrative support 493 2.75% 1,787 9.99%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 269 1.50% 44 0.25%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,770 15.48% 145 0.81%
Construction & extraction: 1,747 9.76% 90 0.50%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 271 1.51% 27 0.15%
Construction trades 1,450 8.10% 48 0.27%
Extraction 26 0.15% 15 0.08%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,023 5.72% 55 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,237 12.50% 1,040 5.81%
Production 1,115 6.23% 862 4.82%
Transportation & material moving: 1,122 6.27% 178 0.99%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 48 0.27% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 22 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 668 3.73% 97 0.54%
Rail, water & other transportation 46 0.26% 7 0.04%
Material moving 338 1.89% 74 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,627 53.79% 8,269 46.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 512 2.86% 118 0.66%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 467 2.61% 118 0.66%
Mining 45 0.25% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,211 12.35% 257 1.44%
Manufacturing 1,582 8.84% 1,050 5.87%
Wholesale trade 467 2.61% 178 0.99%
Retail trade 1,037 5.79% 1,330 7.43%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 783 4.38% 201 1.12%
Transportation & warehousing 551 3.08% 147 0.82%
Utilities 232 1.30% 54 0.30%
Information 116 0.65% 137 0.77%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 308 1.72% 441 2.46%
Finance & insurance 116 0.65% 304 1.70%
Real estate & rental & leasing 192 1.07% 137 0.77%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 647 3.62% 666 3.72%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 255 1.42% 349 1.95%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 392 2.19% 317 1.77%
Educational, health & social services: 417 2.33% 2,287 12.78%
Educational services 269 1.50% 867 4.84%
Health care & social assistance 148 0.83% 1,420 7.93%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 358 2.00% 595 3.32%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 99 0.55% 56 0.31%
Accommodation & food services 259 1.45% 539 3.01%
Other services (except public administration) 514 2.87% 575 3.21%
Public administration 675 3.77% 434 2.43%

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

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