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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 8,729 53.71% 7,522 46.29%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,710 16.68% 2,243 13.80%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,412 8.69% 710 4.37%
Management, except farm managers 738 4.54% 375 2.31%
Farmers & farm managers 399 2.46% 36 0.22%
Business & financial operations: 275 1.69% 299 1.84%
Business operations specialists 180 1.11% 151 0.93%
Financial specialists 95 0.58% 148 0.91%
Professional & related occupations: 1,298 7.99% 1,533 9.43%
Computer & mathematical 148 0.91% 100 0.62%
Architecture & engineering: 354 2.18% 20 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 291 1.79% 20 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 63 0.39% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 55 0.34% 7 0.04%
Community & social services 137 0.84% 120 0.74%
Legal 39 0.24% 24 0.15%
Education, training, & library 320 1.97% 640 3.94%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 99 0.61% 97 0.60%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 146 0.90% 525 3.23%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 137 0.84% 376 2.31%
Health technologists & technicians 9 0.06% 149 0.92%
Service occupations: 846 5.21% 1,512 9.30%
Healthcare support 72 0.44% 306 1.88%
Protective services: 168 1.03% 53 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 92 0.57% 10 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 76 0.47% 43 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 298 1.83% 568 3.50%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 244 1.50% 252 1.55%
Personal care & service 64 0.39% 333 2.05%
Sales & office occupations: 1,223 7.53% 2,718 16.73%
Sales & related occupations 710 4.37% 707 4.35%
Office & administrative support 513 3.16% 2,011 12.37%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 54 0.33% 37 0.23%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,208 7.43% 35 0.22%
Construction & extraction: 680 4.18% 19 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 53 0.33% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 600 3.69% 19 0.12%
Extraction 27 0.17% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 528 3.25% 16 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,688 16.54% 977 6.01%
Production 1,692 10.41% 797 4.90%
Transportation & material moving: 996 6.13% 180 1.11%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 34 0.21% 7 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 418 2.57% 31 0.19%
Rail, water & other transportation 9 0.06% 0 0.00%
Material moving 535 3.29% 142 0.87%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,729 53.71% 7,522 46.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 511 3.14% 65 0.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 481 2.96% 65 0.40%
Mining 30 0.18% 0 0.00%
Construction 806 4.96% 104 0.64%
Manufacturing 3,157 19.43% 1,468 9.03%
Wholesale trade 244 1.50% 151 0.93%
Retail trade 750 4.62% 747 4.60%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 407 2.50% 88 0.54%
Transportation & warehousing 336 2.07% 66 0.41%
Utilities 71 0.44% 22 0.14%
Information 115 0.71% 123 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 313 1.93% 594 3.66%
Finance & insurance 251 1.54% 497 3.06%
Real estate & rental & leasing 62 0.38% 97 0.60%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 320 1.97% 287 1.77%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 176 1.08% 146 0.90%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 144 0.89% 141 0.87%
Educational, health & social services: 1,008 6.20% 2,781 17.11%
Educational services 571 3.51% 1,162 7.15%
Health care & social assistance 437 2.69% 1,619 9.96%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 475 2.92% 585 3.60%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 135 0.83% 90 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 340 2.09% 495 3.05%
Other services (except public administration) 390 2.40% 339 2.09%
Public administration 233 1.43% 190 1.17%

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

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