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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 24,317 57.67% 17,849 42.33%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,996 11.85% 5,407 12.82%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,671 6.33% 1,578 3.74%
Management, except farm managers 1,483 3.52% 999 2.37%
Farmers & farm managers 746 1.77% 75 0.18%
Business & financial operations: 442 1.05% 504 1.20%
Business operations specialists 273 0.65% 214 0.51%
Financial specialists 169 0.40% 290 0.69%
Professional & related occupations: 2,325 5.51% 3,829 9.08%
Computer & mathematical 262 0.62% 101 0.24%
Architecture & engineering: 428 1.02% 18 0.04%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 266 0.63% 18 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 162 0.38% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 141 0.33% 114 0.27%
Community & social services 282 0.67% 322 0.76%
Legal 103 0.24% 239 0.57%
Education, training, & library 508 1.20% 1,881 4.46%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 170 0.40% 204 0.48%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 431 1.02% 950 2.25%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 286 0.68% 548 1.30%
Health technologists & technicians 145 0.34% 402 0.95%
Service occupations: 3,321 7.88% 3,774 8.95%
Healthcare support 96 0.23% 819 1.94%
Protective services: 752 1.78% 286 0.68%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 566 1.34% 173 0.41%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 186 0.44% 113 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 825 1.96% 1,023 2.43%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,358 3.22% 550 1.30%
Personal care & service 290 0.69% 1,096 2.60%
Sales & office occupations: 3,217 7.63% 6,681 15.84%
Sales & related occupations 1,907 4.52% 2,114 5.01%
Office & administrative support 1,310 3.11% 4,567 10.83%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 3,348 7.94% 736 1.75%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,154 9.85% 130 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 2,201 5.22% 57 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 231 0.55% 10 0.02%
Construction trades 1,956 4.64% 47 0.11%
Extraction 14 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,953 4.63% 73 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,281 12.52% 1,121 2.66%
Production 2,737 6.49% 632 1.50%
Transportation & material moving: 2,544 6.03% 489 1.16%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 69 0.16% 7 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 17 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,342 3.18% 213 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 92 0.22% 11 0.03%
Material moving 1,024 2.43% 258 0.61%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 24,317 57.67% 17,849 42.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,865 11.54% 1,051 2.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 4,785 11.35% 1,049 2.49%
Mining 80 0.19% 2 0.00%
Construction 2,483 5.89% 290 0.69%
Manufacturing 3,361 7.97% 903 2.14%
Wholesale trade 944 2.24% 432 1.02%
Retail trade 2,540 6.02% 2,065 4.90%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,641 3.89% 465 1.10%
Transportation & warehousing 1,218 2.89% 410 0.97%
Utilities 423 1.00% 55 0.13%
Information 493 1.17% 277 0.66%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 828 1.96% 1,197 2.84%
Finance & insurance 390 0.92% 643 1.52%
Real estate & rental & leasing 438 1.04% 554 1.31%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,417 3.36% 1,078 2.56%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 471 1.12% 654 1.55%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 946 2.24% 424 1.01%
Educational, health & social services: 1,863 4.42% 6,251 14.82%
Educational services 1,073 2.54% 2,724 6.46%
Health care & social assistance 790 1.87% 3,527 8.36%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,583 3.75% 1,644 3.90%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 376 0.89% 222 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 1,207 2.86% 1,422 3.37%
Other services (except public administration) 1,094 2.59% 980 2.32%
Public administration 1,205 2.86% 1,216 2.88%

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

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