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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 9,607 51.36% 9,098 48.64%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,390 12.78% 2,843 15.20%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,189 6.36% 795 4.25%
Management, except farm managers 653 3.49% 490 2.62%
Farmers & farm managers 347 1.86% 37 0.20%
Business & financial operations: 189 1.01% 268 1.43%
Business operations specialists 82 0.44% 128 0.68%
Financial specialists 107 0.57% 140 0.75%
Professional & related occupations: 1,201 6.42% 2,048 10.95%
Computer & mathematical 81 0.43% 46 0.25%
Architecture & engineering: 172 0.92% 9 0.05%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 79 0.42% 5 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 93 0.50% 4 0.02%
Life, physical, & social science 85 0.45% 91 0.49%
Community & social services 187 1.00% 187 1.00%
Legal 67 0.36% 40 0.21%
Education, training, & library 230 1.23% 745 3.98%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 89 0.48% 91 0.49%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 290 1.55% 839 4.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 282 1.51% 563 3.01%
Health technologists & technicians 8 0.04% 276 1.48%
Service occupations: 1,109 5.93% 1,980 10.59%
Healthcare support 89 0.48% 529 2.83%
Protective services: 285 1.52% 38 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 234 1.25% 30 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 51 0.27% 8 0.04%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 328 1.75% 778 4.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 336 1.80% 218 1.17%
Personal care & service 71 0.38% 417 2.23%
Sales & office occupations: 1,488 7.96% 3,218 17.20%
Sales & related occupations 938 5.01% 1,156 6.18%
Office & administrative support 550 2.94% 2,062 11.02%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 183 0.98% 44 0.24%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,727 9.23% 24 0.13%
Construction & extraction: 885 4.73% 14 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 124 0.66% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 755 4.04% 14 0.07%
Extraction 6 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 842 4.50% 10 0.05%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,710 14.49% 989 5.29%
Production 1,150 6.15% 659 3.52%
Transportation & material moving: 1,560 8.34% 330 1.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 39 0.21% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 23 0.12% 11 0.06%
Motor vehicle operators 714 3.82% 81 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 41 0.22% 0 0.00%
Material moving 743 3.97% 238 1.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,607 51.36% 9,098 48.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 632 3.38% 156 0.83%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 599 3.20% 156 0.83%
Mining 33 0.18% 0 0.00%
Construction 852 4.55% 76 0.41%
Manufacturing 2,307 12.33% 1,025 5.48%
Wholesale trade 547 2.92% 187 1.00%
Retail trade 1,173 6.27% 1,433 7.66%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 852 4.55% 261 1.40%
Transportation & warehousing 778 4.16% 245 1.31%
Utilities 74 0.40% 16 0.09%
Information 166 0.89% 276 1.48%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 246 1.32% 451 2.41%
Finance & insurance 175 0.94% 361 1.93%
Real estate & rental & leasing 71 0.38% 90 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 475 2.54% 392 2.10%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 263 1.41% 254 1.36%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 10 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 212 1.13% 128 0.68%
Educational, health & social services: 862 4.61% 3,401 18.18%
Educational services 404 2.16% 1,069 5.72%
Health care & social assistance 458 2.45% 2,332 12.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 469 2.51% 707 3.78%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 74 0.40% 60 0.32%
Accommodation & food services 395 2.11% 647 3.46%
Other services (except public administration) 595 3.18% 374 2.00%
Public administration 431 2.30% 359 1.92%

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

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