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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 15,596 53.33% 13,651 46.67%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,001 17.10% 4,891 16.72%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,203 7.53% 1,624 5.55%
Management, except farm managers 1,379 4.72% 792 2.71%
Farmers & farm managers 335 1.15% 72 0.25%
Business & financial operations: 489 1.67% 760 2.60%
Business operations specialists 240 0.82% 451 1.54%
Financial specialists 249 0.85% 309 1.06%
Professional & related occupations: 2,798 9.57% 3,267 11.17%
Computer & mathematical 376 1.29% 129 0.44%
Architecture & engineering: 510 1.74% 45 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 386 1.32% 14 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 124 0.42% 31 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 128 0.44% 74 0.25%
Community & social services 295 1.01% 429 1.47%
Legal 197 0.67% 134 0.46%
Education, training, & library 697 2.38% 1,392 4.76%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 266 0.91% 277 0.95%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 329 1.12% 787 2.69%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 267 0.91% 514 1.76%
Health technologists & technicians 62 0.21% 273 0.93%
Service occupations: 2,137 7.31% 2,943 10.06%
Healthcare support 125 0.43% 500 1.71%
Protective services: 491 1.68% 102 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 343 1.17% 58 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 148 0.51% 44 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 513 1.75% 1,046 3.58%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 709 2.42% 307 1.05%
Personal care & service 299 1.02% 988 3.38%
Sales & office occupations: 2,237 7.65% 4,750 16.24%
Sales & related occupations 1,358 4.64% 1,375 4.70%
Office & administrative support 879 3.01% 3,375 11.54%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 691 2.36% 159 0.54%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,204 7.54% 62 0.21%
Construction & extraction: 1,282 4.38% 37 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 178 0.61% 1 0.00%
Construction trades 1,098 3.75% 36 0.12%
Extraction 6 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 922 3.15% 25 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,326 11.37% 846 2.89%
Production 1,890 6.46% 568 1.94%
Transportation & material moving: 1,436 4.91% 278 0.95%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 20 0.07% 11 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 9 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 642 2.20% 71 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 136 0.47% 0 0.00%
Material moving 629 2.15% 196 0.67%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 15,596 53.33% 13,651 46.67%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,257 4.30% 318 1.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,236 4.23% 312 1.07%
Mining 21 0.07% 6 0.02%
Construction 1,490 5.09% 215 0.74%
Manufacturing 2,742 9.38% 769 2.63%
Wholesale trade 588 2.01% 181 0.62%
Retail trade 1,499 5.13% 1,432 4.90%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 723 2.47% 229 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 540 1.85% 199 0.68%
Utilities 183 0.63% 30 0.10%
Information 257 0.88% 222 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 562 1.92% 950 3.25%
Finance & insurance 302 1.03% 719 2.46%
Real estate & rental & leasing 260 0.89% 231 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,129 3.86% 736 2.52%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 568 1.94% 396 1.35%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 554 1.89% 340 1.16%
Educational, health & social services: 1,969 6.73% 5,033 17.21%
Educational services 1,137 3.89% 2,200 7.52%
Health care & social assistance 832 2.84% 2,833 9.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,013 3.46% 1,451 4.96%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 383 1.31% 437 1.49%
Accommodation & food services 630 2.15% 1,014 3.47%
Other services (except public administration) 707 2.42% 735 2.51%
Public administration 1,660 5.68% 1,380 4.72%

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

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