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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 7,652 51.42% 7,230 48.58%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,535 17.03% 2,409 16.19%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,175 7.90% 538 3.62%
Management, except farm managers 594 3.99% 333 2.24%
Farmers & farm managers 324 2.18% 20 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 257 1.73% 185 1.24%
Business operations specialists 74 0.50% 84 0.56%
Financial specialists 183 1.23% 101 0.68%
Professional & related occupations: 1,360 9.14% 1,871 12.57%
Computer & mathematical 300 2.02% 67 0.45%
Architecture & engineering: 99 0.67% 21 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 60 0.40% 2 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 39 0.26% 19 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 103 0.69% 20 0.13%
Community & social services 75 0.50% 207 1.39%
Legal 79 0.53% 32 0.22%
Education, training, & library 321 2.16% 864 5.81%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 144 0.97% 85 0.57%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 239 1.61% 575 3.86%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 176 1.18% 408 2.74%
Health technologists & technicians 63 0.42% 167 1.12%
Service occupations: 1,029 6.91% 1,672 11.24%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 319 2.14%
Protective services: 210 1.41% 43 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 134 0.90% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 76 0.51% 43 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 486 3.27% 544 3.66%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 240 1.61% 299 2.01%
Personal care & service 93 0.62% 467 3.14%
Sales & office occupations: 1,415 9.51% 2,754 18.51%
Sales & related occupations 895 6.01% 800 5.38%
Office & administrative support 520 3.49% 1,954 13.13%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 128 0.86% 23 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,278 8.59% 50 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 699 4.70% 16 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 106 0.71% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 531 3.57% 16 0.11%
Extraction 62 0.42% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 579 3.89% 34 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,267 8.51% 322 2.16%
Production 554 3.72% 275 1.85%
Transportation & material moving: 713 4.79% 47 0.32%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.04% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 450 3.02% 27 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 12 0.08% 2 0.01%
Material moving 241 1.62% 18 0.12%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,652 51.42% 7,230 48.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 749 5.03% 71 0.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 483 3.25% 52 0.35%
Mining 266 1.79% 19 0.13%
Construction 649 4.36% 41 0.28%
Manufacturing 675 4.54% 278 1.87%
Wholesale trade 279 1.87% 46 0.31%
Retail trade 1,025 6.89% 988 6.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 529 3.55% 152 1.02%
Transportation & warehousing 354 2.38% 75 0.50%
Utilities 175 1.18% 77 0.52%
Information 217 1.46% 123 0.83%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 280 1.88% 293 1.97%
Finance & insurance 187 1.26% 245 1.65%
Real estate & rental & leasing 93 0.62% 48 0.32%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 534 3.59% 632 4.25%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 421 2.83% 384 2.58%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 113 0.76% 248 1.67%
Educational, health & social services: 1,255 8.43% 3,235 21.74%
Educational services 801 5.38% 1,633 10.97%
Health care & social assistance 454 3.05% 1,602 10.76%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 681 4.58% 768 5.16%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 91 0.61% 43 0.29%
Accommodation & food services 590 3.96% 725 4.87%
Other services (except public administration) 346 2.32% 340 2.28%
Public administration 433 2.91% 263 1.77%

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

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