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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 8,850 53.88% 7,575 46.12%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,727 10.51% 2,221 13.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 863 5.25% 605 3.68%
Management, except farm managers 585 3.56% 366 2.23%
Farmers & farm managers 89 0.54% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 189 1.15% 239 1.46%
Business operations specialists 95 0.58% 108 0.66%
Financial specialists 94 0.57% 131 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 864 5.26% 1,616 9.84%
Computer & mathematical 36 0.22% 35 0.21%
Architecture & engineering: 260 1.58% 73 0.44%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 131 0.80% 37 0.23%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 129 0.79% 36 0.22%
Life, physical, & social science 65 0.40% 49 0.30%
Community & social services 102 0.62% 169 1.03%
Legal 20 0.12% 61 0.37%
Education, training, & library 146 0.89% 587 3.57%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 48 0.29% 54 0.33%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 187 1.14% 588 3.58%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 130 0.79% 300 1.83%
Health technologists & technicians 57 0.35% 288 1.75%
Service occupations: 847 5.16% 1,476 8.99%
Healthcare support 28 0.17% 255 1.55%
Protective services: 294 1.79% 72 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 193 1.18% 27 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 101 0.61% 45 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 140 0.85% 624 3.80%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 360 2.19% 229 1.39%
Personal care & service 25 0.15% 296 1.80%
Sales & office occupations: 1,356 8.26% 2,378 14.48%
Sales & related occupations 708 4.31% 769 4.68%
Office & administrative support 648 3.95% 1,609 9.80%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 98 0.60% 61 0.37%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,669 10.16% 88 0.54%
Construction & extraction: 793 4.83% 14 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 128 0.78% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 628 3.82% 10 0.06%
Extraction 37 0.23% 4 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 876 5.33% 74 0.45%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,153 19.20% 1,351 8.23%
Production 2,196 13.37% 1,139 6.93%
Transportation & material moving: 957 5.83% 212 1.29%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 71 0.43% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 477 2.90% 70 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 34 0.21% 0 0.00%
Material moving 375 2.28% 142 0.86%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,850 53.88% 7,575 46.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 215 1.31% 37 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 175 1.07% 37 0.23%
Mining 40 0.24% 0 0.00%
Construction 806 4.91% 69 0.42%
Manufacturing 3,643 22.18% 1,880 11.45%
Wholesale trade 245 1.49% 89 0.54%
Retail trade 900 5.48% 979 5.96%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 694 4.23% 153 0.93%
Transportation & warehousing 521 3.17% 121 0.74%
Utilities 173 1.05% 32 0.19%
Information 98 0.60% 152 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 170 1.04% 315 1.92%
Finance & insurance 63 0.38% 236 1.44%
Real estate & rental & leasing 107 0.65% 79 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 387 2.36% 361 2.20%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 138 0.84% 209 1.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 249 1.52% 152 0.93%
Educational, health & social services: 808 4.92% 2,384 14.51%
Educational services 469 2.86% 1,067 6.50%
Health care & social assistance 339 2.06% 1,317 8.02%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 227 1.38% 600 3.65%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 32 0.19% 16 0.10%
Accommodation & food services 195 1.19% 584 3.56%
Other services (except public administration) 282 1.72% 287 1.75%
Public administration 375 2.28% 269 1.64%

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

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