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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 8,222 56.07% 6,442 43.93%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,214 8.28% 1,741 11.87%
Management, business, & financial operations: 637 4.34% 506 3.45%
Management, except farm managers 400 2.73% 299 2.04%
Farmers & farm managers 108 0.74% 26 0.18%
Business & financial operations: 129 0.88% 181 1.23%
Business operations specialists 47 0.32% 53 0.36%
Financial specialists 82 0.56% 128 0.87%
Professional & related occupations: 577 3.93% 1,235 8.42%
Computer & mathematical 64 0.44% 8 0.05%
Architecture & engineering: 127 0.87% 22 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 53 0.36% 8 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 74 0.50% 14 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 53 0.36% 14 0.10%
Community & social services 77 0.53% 64 0.44%
Legal 29 0.20% 26 0.18%
Education, training, & library 139 0.95% 496 3.38%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 29 0.20% 59 0.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 59 0.40% 546 3.72%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 22 0.15% 315 2.15%
Health technologists & technicians 37 0.25% 231 1.58%
Service occupations: 673 4.59% 1,308 8.92%
Healthcare support 50 0.34% 405 2.76%
Protective services: 216 1.47% 19 0.13%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 148 1.01% 15 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 68 0.46% 4 0.03%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 151 1.03% 520 3.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 233 1.59% 133 0.91%
Personal care & service 23 0.16% 231 1.58%
Sales & office occupations: 937 6.39% 2,185 14.90%
Sales & related occupations 490 3.34% 659 4.49%
Office & administrative support 447 3.05% 1,526 10.41%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 84 0.57% 19 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,173 14.82% 54 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 1,220 8.32% 35 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 231 1.58% 9 0.06%
Construction trades 947 6.46% 26 0.18%
Extraction 42 0.29% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 953 6.50% 19 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,141 21.42% 1,135 7.74%
Production 1,917 13.07% 874 5.96%
Transportation & material moving: 1,224 8.35% 261 1.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 10 0.07% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 556 3.79% 89 0.61%
Rail, water & other transportation 14 0.10% 0 0.00%
Material moving 644 4.39% 172 1.17%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,222 56.07% 6,442 43.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 415 2.83% 105 0.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 206 1.40% 67 0.46%
Mining 209 1.43% 38 0.26%
Construction 1,477 10.07% 77 0.53%
Manufacturing 2,604 17.76% 1,227 8.37%
Wholesale trade 294 2.00% 85 0.58%
Retail trade 651 4.44% 774 5.28%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 515 3.51% 186 1.27%
Transportation & warehousing 425 2.90% 141 0.96%
Utilities 90 0.61% 45 0.31%
Information 100 0.68% 97 0.66%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 154 1.05% 397 2.71%
Finance & insurance 66 0.45% 337 2.30%
Real estate & rental & leasing 88 0.60% 60 0.41%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 435 2.97% 317 2.16%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 191 1.30% 198 1.35%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 242 1.65% 119 0.81%
Educational, health & social services: 532 3.63% 2,172 14.81%
Educational services 309 2.11% 744 5.07%
Health care & social assistance 223 1.52% 1,428 9.74%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 280 1.91% 498 3.40%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 39 0.27% 17 0.12%
Accommodation & food services 241 1.64% 481 3.28%
Other services (except public administration) 359 2.45% 180 1.23%
Public administration 406 2.77% 327 2.23%

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

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