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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 14,995 55.31% 12,118 44.69%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,655 13.48% 3,728 13.75%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,956 7.21% 1,299 4.79%
Management, except farm managers 1,474 5.44% 730 2.69%
Farmers & farm managers 47 0.17% 17 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 435 1.60% 552 2.04%
Business operations specialists 257 0.95% 212 0.78%
Financial specialists 178 0.66% 340 1.25%
Professional & related occupations: 1,699 6.27% 2,429 8.96%
Computer & mathematical 286 1.05% 151 0.56%
Architecture & engineering: 435 1.60% 44 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 302 1.11% 35 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 133 0.49% 9 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 166 0.61% 68 0.25%
Community & social services 114 0.42% 173 0.64%
Legal 34 0.13% 173 0.64%
Education, training, & library 243 0.90% 983 3.63%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 175 0.65% 175 0.65%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 246 0.91% 662 2.44%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 188 0.69% 396 1.46%
Health technologists & technicians 58 0.21% 266 0.98%
Service occupations: 1,667 6.15% 2,296 8.47%
Healthcare support 20 0.07% 375 1.38%
Protective services: 400 1.48% 120 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 270 1.00% 45 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 130 0.48% 75 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 653 2.41% 821 3.03%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 455 1.68% 432 1.59%
Personal care & service 139 0.51% 548 2.02%
Sales & office occupations: 2,193 8.09% 5,100 18.81%
Sales & related occupations 1,390 5.13% 1,567 5.78%
Office & administrative support 803 2.96% 3,533 13.03%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 152 0.56% 14 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,708 13.68% 128 0.47%
Construction & extraction: 2,244 8.28% 77 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 295 1.09% 8 0.03%
Construction trades 1,938 7.15% 69 0.25%
Extraction 11 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,464 5.40% 51 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,620 13.35% 852 3.14%
Production 1,712 6.31% 569 2.10%
Transportation & material moving: 1,908 7.04% 283 1.04%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 75 0.28% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 212 0.78% 23 0.08%
Motor vehicle operators 960 3.54% 148 0.55%
Rail, water & other transportation 66 0.24% 9 0.03%
Material moving 595 2.19% 103 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,995 55.31% 12,118 44.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 294 1.08% 80 0.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 268 0.99% 70 0.26%
Mining 26 0.10% 10 0.04%
Construction 2,539 9.36% 381 1.41%
Manufacturing 2,751 10.15% 662 2.44%
Wholesale trade 797 2.94% 352 1.30%
Retail trade 1,358 5.01% 1,657 6.11%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,589 5.86% 531 1.96%
Transportation & warehousing 1,348 4.97% 483 1.78%
Utilities 241 0.89% 48 0.18%
Information 283 1.04% 246 0.91%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 657 2.42% 1,259 4.64%
Finance & insurance 375 1.38% 881 3.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 282 1.04% 378 1.39%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,094 4.03% 913 3.37%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 600 2.21% 608 2.24%
Management of companies & enterprises 5 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 489 1.80% 305 1.12%
Educational, health & social services: 673 2.48% 3,168 11.68%
Educational services 343 1.27% 1,454 5.36%
Health care & social assistance 330 1.22% 1,714 6.32%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,473 5.43% 1,645 6.07%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 306 1.13% 230 0.85%
Accommodation & food services 1,167 4.30% 1,415 5.22%
Other services (except public administration) 597 2.20% 494 1.82%
Public administration 890 3.28% 730 2.69%

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

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