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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 7,234 53.34% 6,329 46.66%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,854 13.67% 1,893 13.96%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,163 8.57% 532 3.92%
Management, except farm managers 577 4.25% 284 2.09%
Farmers & farm managers 446 3.29% 39 0.29%
Business & financial operations: 140 1.03% 209 1.54%
Business operations specialists 78 0.58% 110 0.81%
Financial specialists 62 0.46% 99 0.73%
Professional & related occupations: 691 5.09% 1,361 10.03%
Computer & mathematical 62 0.46% 27 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 80 0.59% 21 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 28 0.21% 9 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 52 0.38% 12 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 39 0.29% 26 0.19%
Community & social services 81 0.60% 113 0.83%
Legal 37 0.27% 25 0.18%
Education, training, & library 183 1.35% 571 4.21%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 47 0.35% 59 0.44%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 162 1.19% 519 3.83%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 130 0.96% 337 2.48%
Health technologists & technicians 32 0.24% 182 1.34%
Service occupations: 745 5.49% 1,588 11.71%
Healthcare support 56 0.41% 373 2.75%
Protective services: 162 1.19% 131 0.97%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 130 0.96% 20 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 32 0.24% 111 0.82%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 225 1.66% 570 4.20%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 244 1.80% 160 1.18%
Personal care & service 58 0.43% 354 2.61%
Sales & office occupations: 1,196 8.82% 2,328 17.16%
Sales & related occupations 789 5.82% 743 5.48%
Office & administrative support 407 3.00% 1,585 11.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 287 2.12% 36 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,372 10.12% 60 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 708 5.22% 52 0.38%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 79 0.58% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 534 3.94% 52 0.38%
Extraction 95 0.70% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 664 4.90% 8 0.06%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,780 13.12% 424 3.13%
Production 953 7.03% 319 2.35%
Transportation & material moving: 827 6.10% 105 0.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 18 0.13% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 428 3.16% 43 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 35 0.26% 0 0.00%
Material moving 346 2.55% 62 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,234 53.34% 6,329 46.66%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,145 8.44% 178 1.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 754 5.56% 123 0.91%
Mining 391 2.88% 55 0.41%
Construction 749 5.52% 65 0.48%
Manufacturing 1,161 8.56% 411 3.03%
Wholesale trade 448 3.30% 149 1.10%
Retail trade 836 6.16% 916 6.75%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 595 4.39% 129 0.95%
Transportation & warehousing 360 2.65% 103 0.76%
Utilities 235 1.73% 26 0.19%
Information 95 0.70% 76 0.56%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 196 1.45% 500 3.69%
Finance & insurance 116 0.86% 451 3.33%
Real estate & rental & leasing 80 0.59% 49 0.36%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 326 2.40% 343 2.53%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 172 1.27% 225 1.66%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 154 1.14% 118 0.87%
Educational, health & social services: 733 5.40% 2,434 17.95%
Educational services 376 2.77% 822 6.06%
Health care & social assistance 357 2.63% 1,612 11.89%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 384 2.83% 546 4.03%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 60 0.44% 112 0.83%
Accommodation & food services 324 2.39% 434 3.20%
Other services (except public administration) 313 2.31% 316 2.33%
Public administration 253 1.87% 266 1.96%

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

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