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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 30,303 52.77% 27,125 47.23%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,538 13.13% 8,993 15.66%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,649 6.35% 2,390 4.16%
Management, except farm managers 2,427 4.23% 1,279 2.23%
Farmers & farm managers 499 0.87% 120 0.21%
Business & financial operations: 723 1.26% 991 1.73%
Business operations specialists 373 0.65% 406 0.71%
Financial specialists 350 0.61% 585 1.02%
Professional & related occupations: 3,889 6.77% 6,603 11.50%
Computer & mathematical 260 0.45% 187 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 674 1.17% 97 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 456 0.79% 59 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 218 0.38% 38 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 250 0.44% 81 0.14%
Community & social services 317 0.55% 520 0.91%
Legal 270 0.47% 177 0.31%
Education, training, & library 1,028 1.79% 2,917 5.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 426 0.74% 428 0.75%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 664 1.16% 2,196 3.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 527 0.92% 1,448 2.52%
Health technologists & technicians 137 0.24% 748 1.30%
Service occupations: 4,567 7.95% 5,427 9.45%
Healthcare support 186 0.32% 1,358 2.36%
Protective services: 1,533 2.67% 113 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,260 2.19% 28 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 273 0.48% 85 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,257 2.19% 2,144 3.73%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,304 2.27% 749 1.30%
Personal care & service 287 0.50% 1,063 1.85%
Sales & office occupations: 4,961 8.64% 9,893 17.23%
Sales & related occupations 3,168 5.52% 3,367 5.86%
Office & administrative support 1,793 3.12% 6,526 11.36%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 556 0.97% 103 0.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,643 9.83% 188 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 3,483 6.06% 107 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 540 0.94% 23 0.04%
Construction trades 2,802 4.88% 76 0.13%
Extraction 141 0.25% 8 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,160 3.76% 81 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,038 12.26% 2,521 4.39%
Production 3,729 6.49% 1,814 3.16%
Transportation & material moving: 3,309 5.76% 707 1.23%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 45 0.08% 17 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 18 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,772 3.09% 274 0.48%
Rail, water & other transportation 134 0.23% 17 0.03%
Material moving 1,340 2.33% 399 0.69%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 30,303 52.77% 27,125 47.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,351 2.35% 323 0.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,108 1.93% 286 0.50%
Mining 243 0.42% 37 0.06%
Construction 3,824 6.66% 358 0.62%
Manufacturing 5,967 10.39% 2,739 4.77%
Wholesale trade 1,143 1.99% 391 0.68%
Retail trade 3,769 6.56% 3,852 6.71%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,617 2.82% 462 0.80%
Transportation & warehousing 1,272 2.21% 399 0.69%
Utilities 345 0.60% 63 0.11%
Information 706 1.23% 762 1.33%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 986 1.72% 1,768 3.08%
Finance & insurance 622 1.08% 1,411 2.46%
Real estate & rental & leasing 364 0.63% 357 0.62%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,861 3.24% 1,461 2.54%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 911 1.59% 1,003 1.75%
Management of companies & enterprises 16 0.03% 8 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 934 1.63% 450 0.78%
Educational, health & social services: 2,958 5.15% 9,669 16.84%
Educational services 1,687 2.94% 3,973 6.92%
Health care & social assistance 1,271 2.21% 5,696 9.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,514 4.38% 2,908 5.06%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 422 0.73% 350 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 2,092 3.64% 2,558 4.45%
Other services (except public administration) 1,206 2.10% 1,128 1.96%
Public administration 2,401 4.18% 1,304 2.27%

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

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