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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 14,306 54.04% 12,166 45.96%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,781 10.51% 3,552 13.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,810 6.84% 988 3.73%
Management, except farm managers 732 2.77% 572 2.16%
Farmers & farm managers 887 3.35% 122 0.46%
Business & financial operations: 191 0.72% 294 1.11%
Business operations specialists 142 0.54% 116 0.44%
Financial specialists 49 0.19% 178 0.67%
Professional & related occupations: 971 3.67% 2,564 9.69%
Computer & mathematical 66 0.25% 56 0.21%
Architecture & engineering: 171 0.65% 34 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 57 0.22% 9 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 114 0.43% 25 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 51 0.19% 15 0.06%
Community & social services 131 0.49% 200 0.76%
Legal 40 0.15% 22 0.08%
Education, training, & library 182 0.69% 1,180 4.46%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 78 0.29% 77 0.29%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 252 0.95% 980 3.70%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 164 0.62% 600 2.27%
Health technologists & technicians 88 0.33% 380 1.44%
Service occupations: 1,288 4.87% 2,240 8.46%
Healthcare support 26 0.10% 534 2.02%
Protective services: 332 1.25% 95 0.36%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 260 0.98% 47 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 72 0.27% 48 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 252 0.95% 808 3.05%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 565 2.13% 360 1.36%
Personal care & service 113 0.43% 443 1.67%
Sales & office occupations: 1,672 6.32% 3,677 13.89%
Sales & related occupations 1,096 4.14% 1,496 5.65%
Office & administrative support 576 2.18% 2,181 8.24%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,252 4.73% 310 1.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,859 10.80% 148 0.56%
Construction & extraction: 1,494 5.64% 88 0.33%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 204 0.77% 11 0.04%
Construction trades 1,288 4.87% 72 0.27%
Extraction 2 0.01% 5 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,365 5.16% 60 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,454 16.83% 2,239 8.46%
Production 2,414 9.12% 1,832 6.92%
Transportation & material moving: 2,040 7.71% 407 1.54%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.09% 4 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 19 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,278 4.83% 137 0.52%
Rail, water & other transportation 11 0.04% 11 0.04%
Material moving 709 2.68% 255 0.96%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,306 54.04% 12,166 45.96%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,606 9.84% 633 2.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,595 9.80% 633 2.39%
Mining 11 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,629 6.15% 161 0.61%
Manufacturing 3,582 13.53% 2,170 8.20%
Wholesale trade 675 2.55% 273 1.03%
Retail trade 1,465 5.53% 1,841 6.95%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 722 2.73% 139 0.53%
Transportation & warehousing 582 2.20% 83 0.31%
Utilities 140 0.53% 56 0.21%
Information 237 0.90% 214 0.81%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 278 1.05% 519 1.96%
Finance & insurance 204 0.77% 442 1.67%
Real estate & rental & leasing 74 0.28% 77 0.29%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 577 2.18% 449 1.70%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 188 0.71% 156 0.59%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 389 1.47% 293 1.11%
Educational, health & social services: 834 3.15% 3,981 15.04%
Educational services 425 1.61% 1,515 5.72%
Health care & social assistance 409 1.55% 2,466 9.32%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 450 1.70% 802 3.03%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 89 0.34% 10 0.04%
Accommodation & food services 361 1.36% 792 2.99%
Other services (except public administration) 699 2.64% 459 1.73%
Public administration 552 2.09% 525 1.98%

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

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