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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 9,986 51.88% 9,264 48.12%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,172 11.28% 2,922 15.18%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,050 5.45% 665 3.45%
Management, except farm managers 733 3.81% 376 1.95%
Farmers & farm managers 94 0.49% 14 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 223 1.16% 275 1.43%
Business operations specialists 116 0.60% 126 0.65%
Financial specialists 107 0.56% 149 0.77%
Professional & related occupations: 1,122 5.83% 2,257 11.72%
Computer & mathematical 42 0.22% 69 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 205 1.06% 48 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 116 0.60% 31 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 89 0.46% 17 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 68 0.35% 25 0.13%
Community & social services 109 0.57% 166 0.86%
Legal 97 0.50% 4 0.02%
Education, training, & library 262 1.36% 1,066 5.54%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 61 0.32% 85 0.44%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 278 1.44% 794 4.12%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 217 1.13% 394 2.05%
Health technologists & technicians 61 0.32% 400 2.08%
Service occupations: 1,129 5.86% 1,933 10.04%
Healthcare support 17 0.09% 406 2.11%
Protective services: 470 2.44% 131 0.68%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 398 2.07% 120 0.62%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 72 0.37% 11 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 240 1.25% 667 3.46%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 336 1.75% 307 1.59%
Personal care & service 66 0.34% 422 2.19%
Sales & office occupations: 1,292 6.71% 2,873 14.92%
Sales & related occupations 899 4.67% 994 5.16%
Office & administrative support 393 2.04% 1,879 9.76%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 130 0.68% 17 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,220 11.53% 54 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 1,394 7.24% 15 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 182 0.95% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,160 6.03% 15 0.08%
Extraction 52 0.27% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 826 4.29% 39 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,043 15.81% 1,465 7.61%
Production 1,638 8.51% 1,225 6.36%
Transportation & material moving: 1,405 7.30% 240 1.25%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.03% 12 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 795 4.13% 73 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 18 0.09% 4 0.02%
Material moving 587 3.05% 151 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,986 51.88% 9,264 48.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 479 2.49% 43 0.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 310 1.61% 36 0.19%
Mining 169 0.88% 7 0.04%
Construction 1,473 7.65% 96 0.50%
Manufacturing 2,547 13.23% 1,693 8.79%
Wholesale trade 366 1.90% 151 0.78%
Retail trade 998 5.18% 1,259 6.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 673 3.50% 86 0.45%
Transportation & warehousing 535 2.78% 73 0.38%
Utilities 138 0.72% 13 0.07%
Information 162 0.84% 119 0.62%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 319 1.66% 462 2.40%
Finance & insurance 236 1.23% 399 2.07%
Real estate & rental & leasing 83 0.43% 63 0.33%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 565 2.94% 317 1.65%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 239 1.24% 152 0.79%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 8 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 326 1.69% 157 0.82%
Educational, health & social services: 863 4.48% 3,242 16.84%
Educational services 356 1.85% 1,292 6.71%
Health care & social assistance 507 2.63% 1,950 10.13%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 472 2.45% 812 4.22%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 82 0.43% 90 0.47%
Accommodation & food services 390 2.03% 722 3.75%
Other services (except public administration) 351 1.82% 410 2.13%
Public administration 718 3.73% 574 2.98%

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

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