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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 15,468 55.73% 12,285 44.27%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,889 10.41% 2,908 10.48%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,469 5.29% 951 3.43%
Management, except farm managers 1,082 3.90% 503 1.81%
Farmers & farm managers 86 0.31% 17 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 301 1.08% 431 1.55%
Business operations specialists 174 0.63% 226 0.81%
Financial specialists 127 0.46% 205 0.74%
Professional & related occupations: 1,420 5.12% 1,957 7.05%
Computer & mathematical 146 0.53% 51 0.18%
Architecture & engineering: 356 1.28% 38 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 147 0.53% 22 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 209 0.75% 16 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 117 0.42% 49 0.18%
Community & social services 209 0.75% 148 0.53%
Legal 63 0.23% 46 0.17%
Education, training, & library 194 0.70% 796 2.87%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 160 0.58% 138 0.50%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 175 0.63% 691 2.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 99 0.36% 371 1.34%
Health technologists & technicians 76 0.27% 320 1.15%
Service occupations: 1,461 5.26% 2,396 8.63%
Healthcare support 42 0.15% 577 2.08%
Protective services: 414 1.49% 118 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 307 1.11% 67 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 107 0.39% 51 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 331 1.19% 895 3.22%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 586 2.11% 319 1.15%
Personal care & service 88 0.32% 487 1.75%
Sales & office occupations: 2,079 7.49% 4,570 16.47%
Sales & related occupations 1,219 4.39% 1,435 5.17%
Office & administrative support 860 3.10% 3,135 11.30%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 132 0.48% 22 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,660 13.19% 105 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 2,033 7.33% 39 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 206 0.74% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,827 6.58% 39 0.14%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,627 5.86% 66 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,247 18.91% 2,284 8.23%
Production 2,996 10.80% 1,880 6.77%
Transportation & material moving: 2,251 8.11% 404 1.46%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 29 0.10% 8 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,122 4.04% 145 0.52%
Rail, water & other transportation 65 0.23% 7 0.03%
Material moving 1,035 3.73% 244 0.88%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 15,468 55.73% 12,285 44.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 262 0.94% 41 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 216 0.78% 41 0.15%
Mining 46 0.17% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,134 7.69% 80 0.29%
Manufacturing 5,408 19.49% 2,453 8.84%
Wholesale trade 855 3.08% 249 0.90%
Retail trade 1,430 5.15% 1,814 6.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,062 3.83% 349 1.26%
Transportation & warehousing 830 2.99% 274 0.99%
Utilities 232 0.84% 75 0.27%
Information 184 0.66% 174 0.63%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 441 1.59% 1,072 3.86%
Finance & insurance 288 1.04% 912 3.29%
Real estate & rental & leasing 153 0.55% 160 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 861 3.10% 665 2.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 309 1.11% 348 1.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 552 1.99% 317 1.14%
Educational, health & social services: 775 2.79% 3,475 12.52%
Educational services 417 1.50% 1,268 4.57%
Health care & social assistance 358 1.29% 2,207 7.95%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 722 2.60% 986 3.55%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 181 0.65% 131 0.47%
Accommodation & food services 541 1.95% 855 3.08%
Other services (except public administration) 756 2.72% 535 1.93%
Public administration 578 2.08% 392 1.41%

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

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