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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 10,788 57.25% 8,057 42.75%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,956 10.38% 2,432 12.91%
Management, business, & financial operations: 853 4.53% 651 3.45%
Management, except farm managers 643 3.41% 365 1.94%
Farmers & farm managers 69 0.37% 46 0.24%
Business & financial operations: 141 0.75% 240 1.27%
Business operations specialists 118 0.63% 72 0.38%
Financial specialists 23 0.12% 168 0.89%
Professional & related occupations: 1,103 5.85% 1,781 9.45%
Computer & mathematical 42 0.22% 20 0.11%
Architecture & engineering: 386 2.05% 32 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 266 1.41% 13 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 120 0.64% 19 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 185 0.98% 75 0.40%
Community & social services 20 0.11% 148 0.79%
Legal 44 0.23% 10 0.05%
Education, training, & library 294 1.56% 1,038 5.51%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 40 0.21% 115 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 92 0.49% 343 1.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 92 0.49% 261 1.38%
Health technologists & technicians 0 0.00% 82 0.44%
Service occupations: 1,076 5.71% 1,925 10.21%
Healthcare support 56 0.30% 238 1.26%
Protective services: 284 1.51% 92 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 193 1.02% 9 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 91 0.48% 83 0.44%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 282 1.50% 761 4.04%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 389 2.06% 432 2.29%
Personal care & service 65 0.34% 402 2.13%
Sales & office occupations: 1,210 6.42% 3,197 16.96%
Sales & related occupations 745 3.95% 1,211 6.43%
Office & administrative support 465 2.47% 1,986 10.54%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 28 0.15% 2 0.01%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,852 20.44% 129 0.68%
Construction & extraction: 2,214 11.75% 69 0.37%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 397 2.11% 9 0.05%
Construction trades 1,219 6.47% 37 0.20%
Extraction 598 3.17% 23 0.12%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,638 8.69% 60 0.32%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,666 14.15% 372 1.97%
Production 1,329 7.05% 119 0.63%
Transportation & material moving: 1,337 7.09% 253 1.34%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.12% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 772 4.10% 148 0.79%
Rail, water & other transportation 147 0.78% 21 0.11%
Material moving 395 2.10% 84 0.45%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 10,788 57.25% 8,057 42.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,486 13.19% 302 1.60%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 113 0.60% 76 0.40%
Mining 2,373 12.59% 226 1.20%
Construction 1,450 7.69% 177 0.94%
Manufacturing 1,230 6.53% 317 1.68%
Wholesale trade 303 1.61% 118 0.63%
Retail trade 882 4.68% 1,367 7.25%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,564 8.30% 253 1.34%
Transportation & warehousing 873 4.63% 173 0.92%
Utilities 691 3.67% 80 0.42%
Information 123 0.65% 168 0.89%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 205 1.09% 518 2.75%
Finance & insurance 110 0.58% 301 1.60%
Real estate & rental & leasing 95 0.50% 217 1.15%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 326 1.73% 476 2.53%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 173 0.92% 264 1.40%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 153 0.81% 212 1.12%
Educational, health & social services: 742 3.94% 2,679 14.22%
Educational services 591 3.14% 1,474 7.82%
Health care & social assistance 151 0.80% 1,205 6.39%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 604 3.21% 1,061 5.63%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 141 0.75% 144 0.76%
Accommodation & food services 463 2.46% 917 4.87%
Other services (except public administration) 442 2.35% 320 1.70%
Public administration 431 2.29% 301 1.60%

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

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