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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 8,658 56.71% 6,608 43.29%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,843 12.07% 1,893 12.40%
Management, business, & financial operations: 984 6.45% 570 3.73%
Management, except farm managers 384 2.52% 387 2.54%
Farmers & farm managers 389 2.55% 18 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 211 1.38% 165 1.08%
Business operations specialists 108 0.71% 59 0.39%
Financial specialists 103 0.67% 106 0.69%
Professional & related occupations: 859 5.63% 1,323 8.67%
Computer & mathematical 23 0.15% 0 0.00%
Architecture & engineering: 101 0.66% 5 0.03%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 42 0.28% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 59 0.39% 5 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 97 0.64% 42 0.28%
Community & social services 102 0.67% 124 0.81%
Legal 30 0.20% 13 0.09%
Education, training, & library 263 1.72% 683 4.47%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 64 0.42% 79 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 179 1.17% 377 2.47%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 148 0.97% 300 1.97%
Health technologists & technicians 31 0.20% 77 0.50%
Service occupations: 917 6.01% 1,270 8.32%
Healthcare support 27 0.18% 214 1.40%
Protective services: 87 0.57% 46 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 87 0.57% 6 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 0 0.00% 40 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 301 1.97% 476 3.12%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 438 2.87% 199 1.30%
Personal care & service 64 0.42% 335 2.19%
Sales & office occupations: 1,155 7.57% 2,291 15.01%
Sales & related occupations 727 4.76% 689 4.51%
Office & administrative support 428 2.80% 1,602 10.49%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 348 2.28% 23 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,533 10.04% 26 0.17%
Construction & extraction: 772 5.06% 21 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 162 1.06% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 603 3.95% 21 0.14%
Extraction 7 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 761 4.98% 5 0.03%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,862 18.75% 1,105 7.24%
Production 1,956 12.81% 801 5.25%
Transportation & material moving: 906 5.93% 304 1.99%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 17 0.11% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 477 3.12% 106 0.69%
Rail, water & other transportation 27 0.18% 0 0.00%
Material moving 385 2.52% 198 1.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,658 56.71% 6,608 43.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 795 5.21% 79 0.52%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 766 5.02% 74 0.48%
Mining 29 0.19% 5 0.03%
Construction 858 5.62% 32 0.21%
Manufacturing 2,740 17.95% 1,077 7.05%
Wholesale trade 428 2.80% 134 0.88%
Retail trade 769 5.04% 945 6.19%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 562 3.68% 198 1.30%
Transportation & warehousing 453 2.97% 192 1.26%
Utilities 109 0.71% 6 0.04%
Information 128 0.84% 161 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 211 1.38% 465 3.05%
Finance & insurance 110 0.72% 420 2.75%
Real estate & rental & leasing 101 0.66% 45 0.29%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 379 2.48% 229 1.50%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 189 1.24% 156 1.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 190 1.24% 73 0.48%
Educational, health & social services: 702 4.60% 2,237 14.65%
Educational services 352 2.31% 1,075 7.04%
Health care & social assistance 350 2.29% 1,162 7.61%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 414 2.71% 563 3.69%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 74 0.48% 50 0.33%
Accommodation & food services 340 2.23% 513 3.36%
Other services (except public administration) 316 2.07% 300 1.97%
Public administration 356 2.33% 188 1.23%

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

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