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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 9,651 53.34% 8,444 46.66%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,133 11.79% 2,515 13.90%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,108 6.12% 707 3.91%
Management, except farm managers 677 3.74% 409 2.26%
Farmers & farm managers 248 1.37% 25 0.14%
Business & financial operations: 183 1.01% 273 1.51%
Business operations specialists 107 0.59% 136 0.75%
Financial specialists 76 0.42% 137 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 1,025 5.66% 1,808 9.99%
Computer & mathematical 78 0.43% 31 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 150 0.83% 51 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 69 0.38% 9 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 81 0.45% 42 0.23%
Life, physical, & social science 44 0.24% 38 0.21%
Community & social services 67 0.37% 183 1.01%
Legal 37 0.20% 20 0.11%
Education, training, & library 351 1.94% 933 5.16%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 128 0.71% 43 0.24%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 170 0.94% 509 2.81%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 119 0.66% 348 1.92%
Health technologists & technicians 51 0.28% 161 0.89%
Service occupations: 1,218 6.73% 1,907 10.54%
Healthcare support 40 0.22% 367 2.03%
Protective services: 247 1.37% 49 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 192 1.06% 5 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 55 0.30% 44 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 443 2.45% 828 4.58%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 453 2.50% 284 1.57%
Personal care & service 35 0.19% 379 2.09%
Sales & office occupations: 1,416 7.83% 2,780 15.36%
Sales & related occupations 848 4.69% 976 5.39%
Office & administrative support 568 3.14% 1,804 9.97%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 201 1.11% 44 0.24%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,546 8.54% 114 0.63%
Construction & extraction: 820 4.53% 28 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 100 0.55% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 720 3.98% 28 0.15%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 726 4.01% 86 0.48%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,137 17.34% 1,084 5.99%
Production 2,039 11.27% 816 4.51%
Transportation & material moving: 1,098 6.07% 268 1.48%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 26 0.14% 16 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 9 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 470 2.60% 63 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 69 0.38% 0 0.00%
Material moving 524 2.90% 189 1.04%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,651 53.34% 8,444 46.66%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 428 2.37% 60 0.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 411 2.27% 60 0.33%
Mining 17 0.09% 0 0.00%
Construction 826 4.56% 68 0.38%
Manufacturing 2,924 16.16% 1,168 6.45%
Wholesale trade 329 1.82% 127 0.70%
Retail trade 1,034 5.71% 1,057 5.84%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 637 3.52% 186 1.03%
Transportation & warehousing 398 2.20% 157 0.87%
Utilities 239 1.32% 29 0.16%
Information 282 1.56% 289 1.60%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 301 1.66% 368 2.03%
Finance & insurance 162 0.90% 300 1.66%
Real estate & rental & leasing 139 0.77% 68 0.38%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 312 1.72% 316 1.75%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 139 0.77% 212 1.17%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 173 0.96% 104 0.57%
Educational, health & social services: 1,009 5.58% 3,078 17.01%
Educational services 732 4.05% 1,526 8.43%
Health care & social assistance 277 1.53% 1,552 8.58%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 825 4.56% 989 5.47%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 136 0.75% 67 0.37%
Accommodation & food services 689 3.81% 922 5.10%
Other services (except public administration) 350 1.93% 402 2.22%
Public administration 394 2.18% 336 1.86%

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

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