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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 35,066 52.69% 31,484 47.31%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,630 14.47% 10,115 15.20%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,245 7.88% 3,504 5.27%
Management, except farm managers 2,853 4.29% 1,467 2.20%
Farmers & farm managers 1,356 2.04% 410 0.62%
Business & financial operations: 1,036 1.56% 1,627 2.44%
Business operations specialists 533 0.80% 813 1.22%
Financial specialists 503 0.76% 814 1.22%
Professional & related occupations: 4,385 6.59% 6,611 9.93%
Computer & mathematical 625 0.94% 391 0.59%
Architecture & engineering: 923 1.39% 91 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 635 0.95% 40 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 288 0.43% 51 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 229 0.34% 126 0.19%
Community & social services 368 0.55% 428 0.64%
Legal 162 0.24% 179 0.27%
Education, training, & library 863 1.30% 2,508 3.77%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 489 0.73% 443 0.67%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 726 1.09% 2,445 3.67%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 613 0.92% 1,620 2.43%
Health technologists & technicians 113 0.17% 825 1.24%
Service occupations: 2,646 3.98% 5,481 8.24%
Healthcare support 93 0.14% 1,341 2.02%
Protective services: 421 0.63% 165 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 253 0.38% 31 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 168 0.25% 134 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 990 1.49% 1,925 2.89%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 999 1.50% 739 1.11%
Personal care & service 143 0.21% 1,311 1.97%
Sales & office occupations: 5,759 8.65% 11,698 17.58%
Sales & related occupations 3,427 5.15% 3,689 5.54%
Office & administrative support 2,332 3.50% 8,009 12.03%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 613 0.92% 297 0.45%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,583 8.39% 223 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 2,989 4.49% 105 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 360 0.54% 11 0.02%
Construction trades 2,582 3.88% 92 0.14%
Extraction 47 0.07% 2 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,594 3.90% 118 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,835 16.28% 3,670 5.51%
Production 6,312 9.48% 2,666 4.01%
Transportation & material moving: 4,523 6.80% 1,004 1.51%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 92 0.14% 20 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 73 0.11% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,093 3.15% 203 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 41 0.06% 22 0.03%
Material moving 2,224 3.34% 759 1.14%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 35,066 52.69% 31,484 47.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,164 3.25% 707 1.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,062 3.10% 704 1.06%
Mining 102 0.15% 3 0.00%
Construction 3,517 5.28% 408 0.61%
Manufacturing 11,379 17.10% 4,923 7.40%
Wholesale trade 1,772 2.66% 531 0.80%
Retail trade 3,822 5.74% 4,689 7.05%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,311 3.47% 883 1.33%
Transportation & warehousing 1,986 2.98% 824 1.24%
Utilities 325 0.49% 59 0.09%
Information 511 0.77% 472 0.71%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,782 2.68% 3,719 5.59%
Finance & insurance 1,412 2.12% 3,344 5.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 370 0.56% 375 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,543 2.32% 1,353 2.03%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,056 1.59% 928 1.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 13 0.02% 3 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 474 0.71% 422 0.63%
Educational, health & social services: 2,661 4.00% 9,785 14.70%
Educational services 1,373 2.06% 3,215 4.83%
Health care & social assistance 1,288 1.94% 6,570 9.87%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,650 2.48% 2,268 3.41%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 362 0.54% 299 0.45%
Accommodation & food services 1,288 1.94% 1,969 2.96%
Other services (except public administration) 1,324 1.99% 1,173 1.76%
Public administration 630 0.95% 573 0.86%

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

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