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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 12,859 55.68% 10,234 44.32%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,625 11.37% 2,925 12.67%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,206 5.22% 752 3.26%
Management, except farm managers 884 3.83% 475 2.06%
Farmers & farm managers 104 0.45% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 218 0.94% 277 1.20%
Business operations specialists 86 0.37% 129 0.56%
Financial specialists 132 0.57% 148 0.64%
Professional & related occupations: 1,419 6.14% 2,173 9.41%
Computer & mathematical 125 0.54% 23 0.10%
Architecture & engineering: 276 1.20% 19 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 205 0.89% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 71 0.31% 19 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 104 0.45% 52 0.23%
Community & social services 178 0.77% 168 0.73%
Legal 78 0.34% 69 0.30%
Education, training, & library 267 1.16% 917 3.97%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 108 0.47% 75 0.32%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 283 1.23% 850 3.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 223 0.97% 486 2.10%
Health technologists & technicians 60 0.26% 364 1.58%
Service occupations: 1,286 5.57% 1,876 8.12%
Healthcare support 3 0.01% 334 1.45%
Protective services: 359 1.55% 32 0.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 217 0.94% 12 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 142 0.61% 20 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 380 1.65% 791 3.43%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 486 2.10% 307 1.33%
Personal care & service 58 0.25% 412 1.78%
Sales & office occupations: 1,763 7.63% 3,947 17.09%
Sales & related occupations 1,020 4.42% 1,612 6.98%
Office & administrative support 743 3.22% 2,335 10.11%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 97 0.42% 30 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,033 13.13% 130 0.56%
Construction & extraction: 1,840 7.97% 103 0.45%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 166 0.72% 5 0.02%
Construction trades 1,661 7.19% 98 0.42%
Extraction 13 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,193 5.17% 27 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,055 17.56% 1,326 5.74%
Production 2,347 10.16% 1,014 4.39%
Transportation & material moving: 1,708 7.40% 312 1.35%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 10 0.04% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 674 2.92% 123 0.53%
Rail, water & other transportation 164 0.71% 7 0.03%
Material moving 860 3.72% 180 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,859 55.68% 10,234 44.32%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 339 1.47% 80 0.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 252 1.09% 61 0.26%
Mining 87 0.38% 19 0.08%
Construction 1,888 8.18% 241 1.04%
Manufacturing 3,492 15.12% 1,400 6.06%
Wholesale trade 624 2.70% 255 1.10%
Retail trade 1,291 5.59% 1,640 7.10%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,447 6.27% 204 0.88%
Transportation & warehousing 697 3.02% 104 0.45%
Utilities 750 3.25% 100 0.43%
Information 138 0.60% 120 0.52%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 297 1.29% 582 2.52%
Finance & insurance 148 0.64% 527 2.28%
Real estate & rental & leasing 149 0.65% 55 0.24%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 639 2.77% 471 2.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 251 1.09% 324 1.40%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 388 1.68% 147 0.64%
Educational, health & social services: 789 3.42% 3,397 14.71%
Educational services 392 1.70% 1,310 5.67%
Health care & social assistance 397 1.72% 2,087 9.04%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 618 2.68% 955 4.14%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 142 0.61% 49 0.21%
Accommodation & food services 476 2.06% 906 3.92%
Other services (except public administration) 785 3.40% 602 2.61%
Public administration 512 2.22% 287 1.24%

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

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