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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 12,761 55.79% 10,113 44.21%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,434 10.64% 2,705 11.83%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,277 5.58% 933 4.08%
Management, except farm managers 885 3.87% 438 1.91%
Farmers & farm managers 75 0.33% 14 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 317 1.39% 481 2.10%
Business operations specialists 229 1.00% 225 0.98%
Financial specialists 88 0.38% 256 1.12%
Professional & related occupations: 1,157 5.06% 1,772 7.75%
Computer & mathematical 248 1.08% 125 0.55%
Architecture & engineering: 363 1.59% 74 0.32%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 208 0.91% 32 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 155 0.68% 42 0.18%
Life, physical, & social science 118 0.52% 27 0.12%
Community & social services 60 0.26% 161 0.70%
Legal 28 0.12% 34 0.15%
Education, training, & library 117 0.51% 674 2.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 84 0.37% 127 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 139 0.61% 550 2.40%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 91 0.40% 238 1.04%
Health technologists & technicians 48 0.21% 312 1.36%
Service occupations: 952 4.16% 1,624 7.10%
Healthcare support 10 0.04% 272 1.19%
Protective services: 351 1.53% 43 0.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 285 1.25% 16 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 66 0.29% 27 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 198 0.87% 684 2.99%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 339 1.48% 207 0.90%
Personal care & service 54 0.24% 418 1.83%
Sales & office occupations: 2,130 9.31% 4,302 18.81%
Sales & related occupations 1,214 5.31% 1,235 5.40%
Office & administrative support 916 4.00% 3,067 13.41%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 90 0.39% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,615 15.80% 124 0.54%
Construction & extraction: 2,224 9.72% 58 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 364 1.59% 7 0.03%
Construction trades 1,860 8.13% 51 0.22%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,391 6.08% 66 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,540 15.48% 1,358 5.94%
Production 1,828 7.99% 1,012 4.42%
Transportation & material moving: 1,712 7.48% 346 1.51%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 47 0.21% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 11 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,189 5.20% 191 0.84%
Rail, water & other transportation 8 0.03% 0 0.00%
Material moving 457 2.00% 153 0.67%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,761 55.79% 10,113 44.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 172 0.75% 20 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 157 0.69% 20 0.09%
Mining 15 0.07% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,857 12.49% 271 1.18%
Manufacturing 2,691 11.76% 1,641 7.17%
Wholesale trade 780 3.41% 395 1.73%
Retail trade 1,528 6.68% 1,596 6.98%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,080 4.72% 305 1.33%
Transportation & warehousing 917 4.01% 271 1.18%
Utilities 163 0.71% 34 0.15%
Information 323 1.41% 196 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 496 2.17% 792 3.46%
Finance & insurance 215 0.94% 610 2.67%
Real estate & rental & leasing 281 1.23% 182 0.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 892 3.90% 577 2.52%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 403 1.76% 398 1.74%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 5 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 489 2.14% 174 0.76%
Educational, health & social services: 429 1.88% 2,638 11.53%
Educational services 281 1.23% 1,128 4.93%
Health care & social assistance 148 0.65% 1,510 6.60%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 417 1.82% 764 3.34%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 72 0.31% 59 0.26%
Accommodation & food services 345 1.51% 705 3.08%
Other services (except public administration) 530 2.32% 545 2.38%
Public administration 566 2.47% 373 1.63%

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

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