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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 27,192 52.47% 24,635 47.53%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,912 13.34% 7,549 14.57%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,419 6.60% 2,034 3.92%
Management, except farm managers 2,019 3.90% 1,054 2.03%
Farmers & farm managers 538 1.04% 31 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 862 1.66% 949 1.83%
Business operations specialists 417 0.80% 516 1.00%
Financial specialists 445 0.86% 433 0.84%
Professional & related occupations: 3,493 6.74% 5,515 10.64%
Computer & mathematical 539 1.04% 323 0.62%
Architecture & engineering: 614 1.18% 97 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 419 0.81% 39 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 195 0.38% 58 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 136 0.26% 87 0.17%
Community & social services 373 0.72% 590 1.14%
Legal 201 0.39% 215 0.41%
Education, training, & library 603 1.16% 1,883 3.63%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 403 0.78% 353 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 624 1.20% 1,967 3.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 516 1.00% 1,295 2.50%
Health technologists & technicians 108 0.21% 672 1.30%
Service occupations: 3,079 5.94% 5,156 9.95%
Healthcare support 141 0.27% 915 1.77%
Protective services: 568 1.10% 158 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 424 0.82% 62 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 144 0.28% 96 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,100 2.12% 1,852 3.57%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,009 1.95% 686 1.32%
Personal care & service 261 0.50% 1,545 2.98%
Sales & office occupations: 5,018 9.68% 9,258 17.86%
Sales & related occupations 3,333 6.43% 3,078 5.94%
Office & administrative support 1,685 3.25% 6,180 11.92%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 273 0.53% 47 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,300 8.30% 214 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 2,260 4.36% 52 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 218 0.42% 17 0.03%
Construction trades 2,034 3.92% 35 0.07%
Extraction 8 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,040 3.94% 162 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,610 14.68% 2,411 4.65%
Production 4,302 8.30% 1,877 3.62%
Transportation & material moving: 3,308 6.38% 534 1.03%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 49 0.09% 14 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 47 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,380 2.66% 53 0.10%
Rail, water & other transportation 229 0.44% 18 0.03%
Material moving 1,603 3.09% 449 0.87%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 27,192 52.47% 24,635 47.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 876 1.69% 119 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 861 1.66% 119 0.23%
Mining 15 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,692 5.19% 324 0.63%
Manufacturing 7,557 14.58% 3,686 7.11%
Wholesale trade 1,377 2.66% 438 0.85%
Retail trade 3,119 6.02% 3,331 6.43%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,937 3.74% 614 1.18%
Transportation & warehousing 1,538 2.97% 475 0.92%
Utilities 399 0.77% 139 0.27%
Information 768 1.48% 932 1.80%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 951 1.83% 1,491 2.88%
Finance & insurance 546 1.05% 1,093 2.11%
Real estate & rental & leasing 405 0.78% 398 0.77%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,395 2.69% 1,237 2.39%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 754 1.45% 646 1.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 29 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 641 1.24% 562 1.08%
Educational, health & social services: 2,500 4.82% 7,971 15.38%
Educational services 1,262 2.44% 2,688 5.19%
Health care & social assistance 1,238 2.39% 5,283 10.19%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,759 3.39% 2,348 4.53%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 457 0.88% 395 0.76%
Accommodation & food services 1,302 2.51% 1,953 3.77%
Other services (except public administration) 1,290 2.49% 1,454 2.81%
Public administration 971 1.87% 690 1.33%

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

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