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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 14,849 53.08% 13,128 46.92%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,722 9.73% 3,825 13.67%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,398 5.00% 1,064 3.80%
Management, except farm managers 952 3.40% 574 2.05%
Farmers & farm managers 146 0.52% 10 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 300 1.07% 480 1.72%
Business operations specialists 165 0.59% 203 0.73%
Financial specialists 135 0.48% 277 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 1,324 4.73% 2,761 9.87%
Computer & mathematical 127 0.45% 69 0.25%
Architecture & engineering: 410 1.47% 56 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 231 0.83% 25 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 179 0.64% 31 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 47 0.17% 64 0.23%
Community & social services 225 0.80% 198 0.71%
Legal 48 0.17% 65 0.23%
Education, training, & library 236 0.84% 1,181 4.22%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 114 0.41% 173 0.62%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 117 0.42% 955 3.41%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 83 0.30% 674 2.41%
Health technologists & technicians 34 0.12% 281 1.00%
Service occupations: 1,520 5.43% 2,595 9.28%
Healthcare support 33 0.12% 698 2.49%
Protective services: 558 1.99% 64 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 453 1.62% 28 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 105 0.38% 36 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 372 1.33% 760 2.72%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 492 1.76% 462 1.65%
Personal care & service 65 0.23% 611 2.18%
Sales & office occupations: 1,961 7.01% 3,903 13.95%
Sales & related occupations 1,230 4.40% 1,261 4.51%
Office & administrative support 731 2.61% 2,642 9.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 128 0.46% 44 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,928 14.04% 215 0.77%
Construction & extraction: 2,193 7.84% 115 0.41%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 316 1.13% 8 0.03%
Construction trades 1,865 6.67% 100 0.36%
Extraction 12 0.04% 7 0.03%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,735 6.20% 100 0.36%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,590 16.41% 2,546 9.10%
Production 2,916 10.42% 2,204 7.88%
Transportation & material moving: 1,674 5.98% 342 1.22%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 41 0.15% 3 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.01% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 768 2.75% 114 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 51 0.18% 6 0.02%
Material moving 810 2.90% 219 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,849 53.08% 13,128 46.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 324 1.16% 70 0.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 299 1.07% 63 0.23%
Mining 25 0.09% 7 0.03%
Construction 2,384 8.52% 307 1.10%
Manufacturing 4,834 17.28% 3,007 10.75%
Wholesale trade 680 2.43% 195 0.70%
Retail trade 1,674 5.98% 1,659 5.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 829 2.96% 200 0.71%
Transportation & warehousing 702 2.51% 136 0.49%
Utilities 127 0.45% 64 0.23%
Information 172 0.61% 122 0.44%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 312 1.12% 661 2.36%
Finance & insurance 216 0.77% 533 1.91%
Real estate & rental & leasing 96 0.34% 128 0.46%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 657 2.35% 606 2.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 315 1.13% 323 1.15%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 342 1.22% 283 1.01%
Educational, health & social services: 817 2.92% 4,457 15.93%
Educational services 430 1.54% 1,634 5.84%
Health care & social assistance 387 1.38% 2,823 10.09%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 577 2.06% 886 3.17%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 180 0.64% 80 0.29%
Accommodation & food services 397 1.42% 806 2.88%
Other services (except public administration) 793 2.83% 654 2.34%
Public administration 796 2.85% 304 1.09%

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

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