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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 8,805 55.36% 7,099 44.64%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,181 7.43% 1,927 12.12%
Management, business, & financial operations: 575 3.62% 445 2.80%
Management, except farm managers 473 2.97% 273 1.72%
Farmers & farm managers 47 0.30% 19 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 55 0.35% 153 0.96%
Business operations specialists 48 0.30% 46 0.29%
Financial specialists 7 0.04% 107 0.67%
Professional & related occupations: 606 3.81% 1,482 9.32%
Computer & mathematical 38 0.24% 28 0.18%
Architecture & engineering: 193 1.21% 10 0.06%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 91 0.57% 8 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 102 0.64% 2 0.01%
Life, physical, & social science 44 0.28% 19 0.12%
Community & social services 109 0.69% 140 0.88%
Legal 31 0.19% 27 0.17%
Education, training, & library 85 0.53% 716 4.50%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 48 0.30% 53 0.33%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 58 0.36% 489 3.07%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 43 0.27% 288 1.81%
Health technologists & technicians 15 0.09% 201 1.26%
Service occupations: 824 5.18% 1,228 7.72%
Healthcare support 13 0.08% 331 2.08%
Protective services: 275 1.73% 32 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 215 1.35% 21 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 60 0.38% 11 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 210 1.32% 418 2.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 319 2.01% 178 1.12%
Personal care & service 7 0.04% 269 1.69%
Sales & office occupations: 970 6.10% 2,505 15.75%
Sales & related occupations 521 3.28% 807 5.07%
Office & administrative support 449 2.82% 1,698 10.68%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 131 0.82% 21 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,427 15.26% 124 0.78%
Construction & extraction: 1,404 8.83% 70 0.44%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 153 0.96% 8 0.05%
Construction trades 1,245 7.83% 62 0.39%
Extraction 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,023 6.43% 54 0.34%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,272 20.57% 1,294 8.14%
Production 1,973 12.41% 1,008 6.34%
Transportation & material moving: 1,299 8.17% 286 1.80%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.14% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 526 3.31% 106 0.67%
Rail, water & other transportation 59 0.37% 0 0.00%
Material moving 685 4.31% 180 1.13%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,805 55.36% 7,099 44.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 179 1.13% 49 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 175 1.10% 49 0.31%
Mining 4 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,616 10.16% 95 0.60%
Manufacturing 3,069 19.30% 1,434 9.02%
Wholesale trade 400 2.52% 166 1.04%
Retail trade 726 4.56% 871 5.48%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 686 4.31% 151 0.95%
Transportation & warehousing 384 2.41% 126 0.79%
Utilities 302 1.90% 25 0.16%
Information 169 1.06% 217 1.36%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 173 1.09% 343 2.16%
Finance & insurance 61 0.38% 299 1.88%
Real estate & rental & leasing 112 0.70% 44 0.28%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 378 2.38% 353 2.22%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 127 0.80% 206 1.30%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 251 1.58% 147 0.92%
Educational, health & social services: 384 2.41% 2,194 13.80%
Educational services 190 1.19% 808 5.08%
Health care & social assistance 194 1.22% 1,386 8.71%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 291 1.83% 515 3.24%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 61 0.38% 9 0.06%
Accommodation & food services 230 1.45% 506 3.18%
Other services (except public administration) 352 2.21% 408 2.57%
Public administration 382 2.40% 303 1.91%

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

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