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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 8,754 53.08% 7,739 46.92%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,732 10.50% 2,304 13.97%
Management, business, & financial operations: 894 5.42% 619 3.75%
Management, except farm managers 580 3.52% 344 2.09%
Farmers & farm managers 166 1.01% 38 0.23%
Business & financial operations: 148 0.90% 237 1.44%
Business operations specialists 75 0.45% 108 0.65%
Financial specialists 73 0.44% 129 0.78%
Professional & related occupations: 838 5.08% 1,685 10.22%
Computer & mathematical 20 0.12% 53 0.32%
Architecture & engineering: 116 0.70% 5 0.03%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 88 0.53% 5 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 28 0.17% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 107 0.65% 49 0.30%
Community & social services 131 0.79% 207 1.26%
Legal 63 0.38% 63 0.38%
Education, training, & library 199 1.21% 611 3.70%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 59 0.36% 148 0.90%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 143 0.87% 549 3.33%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 120 0.73% 344 2.09%
Health technologists & technicians 23 0.14% 205 1.24%
Service occupations: 1,062 6.44% 1,833 11.11%
Healthcare support 51 0.31% 491 2.98%
Protective services: 204 1.24% 53 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 157 0.95% 15 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 47 0.28% 38 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 340 2.06% 576 3.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 417 2.53% 262 1.59%
Personal care & service 50 0.30% 451 2.73%
Sales & office occupations: 1,225 7.43% 2,469 14.97%
Sales & related occupations 822 4.98% 1,066 6.46%
Office & administrative support 403 2.44% 1,403 8.51%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 89 0.54% 52 0.32%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,623 9.84% 37 0.22%
Construction & extraction: 953 5.78% 18 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 90 0.55% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 857 5.20% 18 0.11%
Extraction 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 670 4.06% 19 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,023 18.33% 1,044 6.33%
Production 1,816 11.01% 707 4.29%
Transportation & material moving: 1,207 7.32% 337 2.04%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 33 0.20% 9 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 557 3.38% 62 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 33 0.20% 13 0.08%
Material moving 584 3.54% 253 1.53%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,754 53.08% 7,739 46.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 312 1.89% 103 0.62%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 293 1.78% 95 0.58%
Mining 19 0.12% 8 0.05%
Construction 996 6.04% 59 0.36%
Manufacturing 2,659 16.12% 1,052 6.38%
Wholesale trade 310 1.88% 131 0.79%
Retail trade 1,073 6.51% 1,291 7.83%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 712 4.32% 157 0.95%
Transportation & warehousing 566 3.43% 138 0.84%
Utilities 146 0.89% 19 0.12%
Information 87 0.53% 173 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 186 1.13% 325 1.97%
Finance & insurance 93 0.56% 265 1.61%
Real estate & rental & leasing 93 0.56% 60 0.36%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 357 2.16% 397 2.41%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 149 0.90% 154 0.93%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 208 1.26% 243 1.47%
Educational, health & social services: 830 5.03% 2,851 17.29%
Educational services 410 2.49% 938 5.69%
Health care & social assistance 420 2.55% 1,913 11.60%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 531 3.22% 541 3.28%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 64 0.39% 51 0.31%
Accommodation & food services 467 2.83% 490 2.97%
Other services (except public administration) 372 2.26% 405 2.46%
Public administration 329 1.99% 254 1.54%

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

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