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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 9,952 47.52% 10,991 52.48%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,510 21.53% 4,696 22.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,108 5.29% 1,027 4.90%
Management, except farm managers 824 3.93% 656 3.13%
Farmers & farm managers 9 0.04% 18 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 275 1.31% 353 1.69%
Business operations specialists 178 0.85% 150 0.72%
Financial specialists 97 0.46% 203 0.97%
Professional & related occupations: 3,402 16.24% 3,669 17.52%
Computer & mathematical 484 2.31% 201 0.96%
Architecture & engineering: 272 1.30% 90 0.43%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 220 1.05% 83 0.40%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 52 0.25% 7 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 422 2.01% 279 1.33%
Community & social services 124 0.59% 267 1.27%
Legal 128 0.61% 156 0.74%
Education, training, & library 1,113 5.31% 1,425 6.80%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 409 1.95% 426 2.03%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 450 2.15% 825 3.94%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 307 1.47% 482 2.30%
Health technologists & technicians 143 0.68% 343 1.64%
Service occupations: 1,874 8.95% 2,218 10.59%
Healthcare support 131 0.63% 400 1.91%
Protective services: 217 1.04% 62 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 117 0.56% 26 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 100 0.48% 36 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 808 3.86% 705 3.37%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 475 2.27% 335 1.60%
Personal care & service 243 1.16% 716 3.42%
Sales & office occupations: 1,419 6.78% 3,455 16.50%
Sales & related occupations 793 3.79% 1,131 5.40%
Office & administrative support 626 2.99% 2,324 11.10%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 12 0.06% 30 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,113 5.31% 76 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 749 3.58% 47 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 15 0.07% 6 0.03%
Construction trades 724 3.46% 41 0.20%
Extraction 10 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 364 1.74% 29 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,024 4.89% 516 2.46%
Production 380 1.81% 329 1.57%
Transportation & material moving: 644 3.08% 187 0.89%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 15 0.07% 17 0.08%
Aircraft & traffic control 16 0.08% 9 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 331 1.58% 122 0.58%
Rail, water & other transportation 24 0.11% 14 0.07%
Material moving 258 1.23% 25 0.12%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,952 47.52% 10,991 52.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 48 0.23% 45 0.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 48 0.23% 45 0.21%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 840 4.01% 93 0.44%
Manufacturing 599 2.86% 300 1.43%
Wholesale trade 152 0.73% 87 0.42%
Retail trade 1,058 5.05% 1,095 5.23%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 360 1.72% 169 0.81%
Transportation & warehousing 285 1.36% 169 0.81%
Utilities 75 0.36% 0 0.00%
Information 452 2.16% 513 2.45%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 416 1.99% 564 2.69%
Finance & insurance 235 1.12% 377 1.80%
Real estate & rental & leasing 181 0.86% 187 0.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 898 4.29% 955 4.56%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 642 3.07% 633 3.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 256 1.22% 322 1.54%
Educational, health & social services: 3,164 15.11% 5,062 24.17%
Educational services 2,217 10.59% 2,859 13.65%
Health care & social assistance 947 4.52% 2,203 10.52%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,298 6.20% 1,220 5.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 311 1.48% 285 1.36%
Accommodation & food services 987 4.71% 935 4.46%
Other services (except public administration) 322 1.54% 560 2.67%
Public administration 345 1.65% 328 1.57%

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

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