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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 11,905 52.72% 10,678 47.28%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,954 13.08% 2,999 13.28%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,849 8.19% 1,043 4.62%
Management, except farm managers 839 3.72% 494 2.19%
Farmers & farm managers 818 3.62% 229 1.01%
Business & financial operations: 192 0.85% 320 1.42%
Business operations specialists 105 0.46% 192 0.85%
Financial specialists 87 0.39% 128 0.57%
Professional & related occupations: 1,105 4.89% 1,956 8.66%
Computer & mathematical 71 0.31% 31 0.14%
Architecture & engineering: 201 0.89% 27 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 117 0.52% 12 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 84 0.37% 15 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 54 0.24% 48 0.21%
Community & social services 99 0.44% 174 0.77%
Legal 29 0.13% 38 0.17%
Education, training, & library 344 1.52% 796 3.52%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 73 0.32% 130 0.58%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 234 1.04% 712 3.15%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 206 0.91% 473 2.09%
Health technologists & technicians 28 0.12% 239 1.06%
Service occupations: 1,099 4.87% 2,466 10.92%
Healthcare support 34 0.15% 606 2.68%
Protective services: 188 0.83% 75 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 115 0.51% 21 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 73 0.32% 54 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 310 1.37% 942 4.17%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 475 2.10% 325 1.44%
Personal care & service 92 0.41% 518 2.29%
Sales & office occupations: 1,702 7.54% 3,366 14.91%
Sales & related occupations 1,284 5.69% 1,147 5.08%
Office & administrative support 418 1.85% 2,219 9.83%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 443 1.96% 152 0.67%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,142 9.49% 55 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 1,150 5.09% 26 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 140 0.62% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 994 4.40% 26 0.12%
Extraction 16 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 992 4.39% 29 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,565 15.79% 1,640 7.26%
Production 2,177 9.64% 1,226 5.43%
Transportation & material moving: 1,388 6.15% 414 1.83%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 45 0.20% 4 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 14 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 744 3.29% 40 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 29 0.13% 7 0.03%
Material moving 556 2.46% 363 1.61%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,905 52.72% 10,678 47.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,302 5.77% 389 1.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,302 5.77% 389 1.72%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,329 5.88% 103 0.46%
Manufacturing 3,579 15.85% 2,190 9.70%
Wholesale trade 424 1.88% 121 0.54%
Retail trade 1,299 5.75% 1,475 6.53%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 734 3.25% 186 0.82%
Transportation & warehousing 628 2.78% 154 0.68%
Utilities 106 0.47% 32 0.14%
Information 256 1.13% 210 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 285 1.26% 410 1.82%
Finance & insurance 181 0.80% 310 1.37%
Real estate & rental & leasing 104 0.46% 100 0.44%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 369 1.63% 439 1.94%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 144 0.64% 252 1.12%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 225 1.00% 187 0.83%
Educational, health & social services: 859 3.80% 3,211 14.22%
Educational services 535 2.37% 1,091 4.83%
Health care & social assistance 324 1.43% 2,120 9.39%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 669 2.96% 1,223 5.42%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 263 1.16% 323 1.43%
Accommodation & food services 406 1.80% 900 3.99%
Other services (except public administration) 530 2.35% 439 1.94%
Public administration 270 1.20% 282 1.25%

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

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