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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 10,962 55.04% 8,955 44.96%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,965 9.87% 2,459 12.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,074 5.39% 709 3.56%
Management, except farm managers 610 3.06% 339 1.70%
Farmers & farm managers 228 1.14% 20 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 236 1.18% 350 1.76%
Business operations specialists 140 0.70% 150 0.75%
Financial specialists 96 0.48% 200 1.00%
Professional & related occupations: 891 4.47% 1,750 8.79%
Computer & mathematical 41 0.21% 33 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 239 1.20% 77 0.39%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 193 0.97% 38 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 46 0.23% 39 0.20%
Life, physical, & social science 49 0.25% 19 0.10%
Community & social services 82 0.41% 130 0.65%
Legal 37 0.19% 27 0.14%
Education, training, & library 284 1.43% 699 3.51%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 53 0.27% 102 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 106 0.53% 663 3.33%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 102 0.51% 391 1.96%
Health technologists & technicians 4 0.02% 272 1.37%
Service occupations: 867 4.35% 1,639 8.23%
Healthcare support 23 0.12% 293 1.47%
Protective services: 215 1.08% 44 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 137 0.69% 14 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 78 0.39% 30 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 285 1.43% 696 3.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 333 1.67% 256 1.29%
Personal care & service 11 0.06% 350 1.76%
Sales & office occupations: 1,252 6.29% 2,885 14.49%
Sales & related occupations 762 3.83% 1,028 5.16%
Office & administrative support 490 2.46% 1,857 9.32%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 44 0.22% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,895 9.51% 95 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 1,022 5.13% 68 0.34%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 128 0.64% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 884 4.44% 68 0.34%
Extraction 10 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 873 4.38% 27 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,939 24.80% 1,877 9.42%
Production 3,205 16.09% 1,455 7.31%
Transportation & material moving: 1,734 8.71% 422 2.12%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 21 0.11% 8 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 557 2.80% 44 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 52 0.26% 13 0.07%
Material moving 1,104 5.54% 357 1.79%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 10,962 55.04% 8,955 44.96%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 308 1.55% 39 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 293 1.47% 39 0.20%
Mining 15 0.08% 0 0.00%
Construction 972 4.88% 135 0.68%
Manufacturing 5,521 27.72% 2,354 11.82%
Wholesale trade 400 2.01% 98 0.49%
Retail trade 968 4.86% 1,258 6.32%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 557 2.80% 124 0.62%
Transportation & warehousing 436 2.19% 103 0.52%
Utilities 121 0.61% 21 0.11%
Information 66 0.33% 133 0.67%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 263 1.32% 555 2.79%
Finance & insurance 173 0.87% 451 2.26%
Real estate & rental & leasing 90 0.45% 104 0.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 344 1.73% 318 1.60%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 91 0.46% 172 0.86%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 12 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 253 1.27% 134 0.67%
Educational, health & social services: 542 2.72% 2,500 12.55%
Educational services 390 1.96% 1,012 5.08%
Health care & social assistance 152 0.76% 1,488 7.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 386 1.94% 793 3.98%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 65 0.33% 39 0.20%
Accommodation & food services 321 1.61% 754 3.79%
Other services (except public administration) 320 1.61% 435 2.18%
Public administration 315 1.58% 213 1.07%

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

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