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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 23,434 50.83% 22,666 49.17%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,545 16.37% 8,438 18.30%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,087 6.70% 2,001 4.34%
Management, except farm managers 2,223 4.82% 1,283 2.78%
Farmers & farm managers 81 0.18% 43 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 783 1.70% 675 1.46%
Business operations specialists 389 0.84% 345 0.75%
Financial specialists 394 0.85% 330 0.72%
Professional & related occupations: 4,458 9.67% 6,437 13.96%
Computer & mathematical 341 0.74% 97 0.21%
Architecture & engineering: 571 1.24% 115 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 376 0.82% 42 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 195 0.42% 73 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 452 0.98% 319 0.69%
Community & social services 402 0.87% 769 1.67%
Legal 242 0.52% 122 0.26%
Education, training, & library 1,222 2.65% 2,545 5.52%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 378 0.82% 354 0.77%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 850 1.84% 2,116 4.59%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 682 1.48% 1,425 3.09%
Health technologists & technicians 168 0.36% 691 1.50%
Service occupations: 2,828 6.13% 4,869 10.56%
Healthcare support 169 0.37% 1,168 2.53%
Protective services: 606 1.31% 144 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 382 0.83% 33 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 224 0.49% 111 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 992 2.15% 1,525 3.31%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 793 1.72% 610 1.32%
Personal care & service 268 0.58% 1,422 3.08%
Sales & office occupations: 5,103 11.07% 8,104 17.58%
Sales & related occupations 3,032 6.58% 2,767 6.00%
Office & administrative support 2,071 4.49% 5,337 11.58%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 221 0.48% 35 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,719 8.07% 176 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 1,835 3.98% 72 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 227 0.49% 18 0.04%
Construction trades 1,586 3.44% 54 0.12%
Extraction 22 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,884 4.09% 104 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,018 8.72% 1,044 2.26%
Production 1,843 4.00% 748 1.62%
Transportation & material moving: 2,175 4.72% 296 0.64%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 34 0.07% 17 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 110 0.24% 31 0.07%
Motor vehicle operators 1,183 2.57% 112 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 176 0.38% 6 0.01%
Material moving 672 1.46% 130 0.28%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 23,434 50.83% 22,666 49.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 383 0.83% 114 0.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 366 0.79% 109 0.24%
Mining 17 0.04% 5 0.01%
Construction 2,068 4.49% 293 0.64%
Manufacturing 2,759 5.98% 873 1.89%
Wholesale trade 1,462 3.17% 417 0.90%
Retail trade 3,440 7.46% 3,133 6.80%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,958 4.25% 526 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 1,676 3.64% 434 0.94%
Utilities 282 0.61% 92 0.20%
Information 676 1.47% 613 1.33%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 941 2.04% 1,145 2.48%
Finance & insurance 611 1.33% 898 1.95%
Real estate & rental & leasing 330 0.72% 247 0.54%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,500 3.25% 1,381 3.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 902 1.96% 836 1.81%
Management of companies & enterprises 11 0.02% 24 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 587 1.27% 521 1.13%
Educational, health & social services: 4,480 9.72% 10,204 22.13%
Educational services 2,437 5.29% 4,010 8.70%
Health care & social assistance 2,043 4.43% 6,194 13.44%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,468 3.18% 1,969 4.27%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 227 0.49% 181 0.39%
Accommodation & food services 1,241 2.69% 1,788 3.88%
Other services (except public administration) 1,103 2.39% 1,210 2.62%
Public administration 1,196 2.59% 788 1.71%

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

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