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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 11,401 51.87% 10,577 48.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,911 17.80% 3,972 18.07%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,376 10.81% 1,660 7.55%
Management, except farm managers 1,439 6.55% 842 3.83%
Farmers & farm managers 334 1.52% 59 0.27%
Business & financial operations: 603 2.74% 759 3.45%
Business operations specialists 236 1.07% 368 1.67%
Financial specialists 367 1.67% 391 1.78%
Professional & related occupations: 1,535 6.98% 2,312 10.52%
Computer & mathematical 331 1.51% 285 1.30%
Architecture & engineering: 214 0.97% 48 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 152 0.69% 48 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 62 0.28% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 122 0.56% 96 0.44%
Community & social services 101 0.46% 125 0.57%
Legal 99 0.45% 70 0.32%
Education, training, & library 226 1.03% 740 3.37%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 216 0.98% 167 0.76%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 226 1.03% 781 3.55%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 180 0.82% 611 2.78%
Health technologists & technicians 46 0.21% 170 0.77%
Service occupations: 1,065 4.85% 1,902 8.65%
Healthcare support 91 0.41% 541 2.46%
Protective services: 204 0.93% 33 0.15%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 123 0.56% 29 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 81 0.37% 4 0.02%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 338 1.54% 537 2.44%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 344 1.57% 212 0.96%
Personal care & service 88 0.40% 579 2.63%
Sales & office occupations: 2,055 9.35% 4,017 18.28%
Sales & related occupations 1,286 5.85% 1,061 4.83%
Office & administrative support 769 3.50% 2,956 13.45%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 184 0.84% 99 0.45%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,931 8.79% 71 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 1,030 4.69% 32 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 129 0.59% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 899 4.09% 32 0.15%
Extraction 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 901 4.10% 39 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,255 10.26% 516 2.35%
Production 1,167 5.31% 360 1.64%
Transportation & material moving: 1,088 4.95% 156 0.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 35 0.16% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 14 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 562 2.56% 66 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 60 0.27% 0 0.00%
Material moving 417 1.90% 90 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,401 51.87% 10,577 48.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 640 2.91% 251 1.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 613 2.79% 249 1.13%
Mining 27 0.12% 2 0.01%
Construction 1,419 6.46% 149 0.68%
Manufacturing 1,745 7.94% 525 2.39%
Wholesale trade 784 3.57% 304 1.38%
Retail trade 1,282 5.83% 1,253 5.70%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 846 3.85% 269 1.22%
Transportation & warehousing 692 3.15% 241 1.10%
Utilities 154 0.70% 28 0.13%
Information 452 2.06% 318 1.45%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,149 5.23% 2,127 9.68%
Finance & insurance 1,006 4.58% 1,993 9.07%
Real estate & rental & leasing 143 0.65% 134 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 898 4.09% 631 2.87%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 591 2.69% 427 1.94%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.03% 12 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 301 1.37% 192 0.87%
Educational, health & social services: 868 3.95% 3,359 15.28%
Educational services 460 2.09% 1,094 4.98%
Health care & social assistance 408 1.86% 2,265 10.31%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 461 2.10% 520 2.37%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 106 0.48% 67 0.30%
Accommodation & food services 355 1.62% 453 2.06%
Other services (except public administration) 376 1.71% 409 1.86%
Public administration 481 2.19% 462 2.10%

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

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