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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 15,894 54.55% 13,242 45.45%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,535 12.13% 4,088 14.03%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,848 6.34% 1,472 5.05%
Management, except farm managers 1,373 4.71% 860 2.95%
Farmers & farm managers 25 0.09% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 450 1.54% 612 2.10%
Business operations specialists 300 1.03% 247 0.85%
Financial specialists 150 0.51% 365 1.25%
Professional & related occupations: 1,687 5.79% 2,616 8.98%
Computer & mathematical 277 0.95% 174 0.60%
Architecture & engineering: 457 1.57% 109 0.37%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 296 1.02% 34 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 161 0.55% 75 0.26%
Life, physical, & social science 162 0.56% 68 0.23%
Community & social services 169 0.58% 138 0.47%
Legal 83 0.28% 134 0.46%
Education, training, & library 212 0.73% 1,206 4.14%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 191 0.66% 171 0.59%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 136 0.47% 616 2.11%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 107 0.37% 349 1.20%
Health technologists & technicians 29 0.10% 267 0.92%
Service occupations: 1,566 5.37% 2,080 7.14%
Healthcare support 7 0.02% 363 1.25%
Protective services: 633 2.17% 78 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 507 1.74% 51 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 126 0.43% 27 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 253 0.87% 767 2.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 584 2.00% 324 1.11%
Personal care & service 89 0.31% 548 1.88%
Sales & office occupations: 2,395 8.22% 5,174 17.76%
Sales & related occupations 1,386 4.76% 1,429 4.90%
Office & administrative support 1,009 3.46% 3,745 12.85%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 82 0.28% 19 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,466 15.33% 176 0.60%
Construction & extraction: 2,922 10.03% 120 0.41%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 510 1.75% 13 0.04%
Construction trades 2,403 8.25% 107 0.37%
Extraction 9 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,544 5.30% 56 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,850 13.21% 1,705 5.85%
Production 2,148 7.37% 1,225 4.20%
Transportation & material moving: 1,702 5.84% 480 1.65%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 57 0.20% 6 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 20 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 865 2.97% 179 0.61%
Rail, water & other transportation 3 0.01% 6 0.02%
Material moving 757 2.60% 289 0.99%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 15,894 54.55% 13,242 45.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 175 0.60% 38 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 120 0.41% 28 0.10%
Mining 55 0.19% 10 0.03%
Construction 3,479 11.94% 418 1.43%
Manufacturing 3,892 13.36% 2,269 7.79%
Wholesale trade 771 2.65% 316 1.08%
Retail trade 1,476 5.07% 1,563 5.36%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,186 4.07% 504 1.73%
Transportation & warehousing 927 3.18% 433 1.49%
Utilities 259 0.89% 71 0.24%
Information 563 1.93% 500 1.72%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 458 1.57% 1,130 3.88%
Finance & insurance 198 0.68% 893 3.06%
Real estate & rental & leasing 260 0.89% 237 0.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,022 3.51% 970 3.33%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 372 1.28% 545 1.87%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 650 2.23% 425 1.46%
Educational, health & social services: 650 2.23% 3,365 11.55%
Educational services 424 1.46% 1,634 5.61%
Health care & social assistance 226 0.78% 1,731 5.94%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 596 2.05% 986 3.38%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 183 0.63% 135 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 413 1.42% 851 2.92%
Other services (except public administration) 699 2.40% 537 1.84%
Public administration 927 3.18% 646 2.22%

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

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