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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 7,244 56.85% 5,499 43.15%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,378 10.81% 1,871 14.68%
Management, business, & financial operations: 642 5.04% 551 4.32%
Management, except farm managers 402 3.15% 286 2.24%
Farmers & farm managers 103 0.81% 18 0.14%
Business & financial operations: 137 1.08% 247 1.94%
Business operations specialists 75 0.59% 97 0.76%
Financial specialists 62 0.49% 150 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 736 5.78% 1,320 10.36%
Computer & mathematical 51 0.40% 49 0.38%
Architecture & engineering: 100 0.78% 28 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 69 0.54% 24 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 31 0.24% 4 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 75 0.59% 24 0.19%
Community & social services 102 0.80% 91 0.71%
Legal 28 0.22% 60 0.47%
Education, training, & library 111 0.87% 646 5.07%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 53 0.42% 45 0.35%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 216 1.70% 377 2.96%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 155 1.22% 150 1.18%
Health technologists & technicians 61 0.48% 227 1.78%
Service occupations: 754 5.92% 1,269 9.96%
Healthcare support 47 0.37% 274 2.15%
Protective services: 303 2.38% 95 0.75%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 244 1.91% 57 0.45%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 59 0.46% 38 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 105 0.82% 393 3.08%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 249 1.95% 270 2.12%
Personal care & service 50 0.39% 237 1.86%
Sales & office occupations: 827 6.49% 1,983 15.56%
Sales & related occupations 548 4.30% 782 6.14%
Office & administrative support 279 2.19% 1,201 9.42%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 217 1.70% 11 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,192 17.20% 57 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 1,309 10.27% 42 0.33%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 237 1.86% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 964 7.56% 37 0.29%
Extraction 108 0.85% 5 0.04%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 883 6.93% 15 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,876 14.72% 308 2.42%
Production 980 7.69% 161 1.26%
Transportation & material moving: 896 7.03% 147 1.15%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 13 0.10% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 21 0.16% 13 0.10%
Motor vehicle operators 453 3.55% 95 0.75%
Rail, water & other transportation 91 0.71% 5 0.04%
Material moving 318 2.50% 34 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,244 56.85% 5,499 43.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 795 6.24% 63 0.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 499 3.92% 48 0.38%
Mining 296 2.32% 15 0.12%
Construction 1,329 10.43% 91 0.71%
Manufacturing 1,448 11.36% 204 1.60%
Wholesale trade 198 1.55% 102 0.80%
Retail trade 734 5.76% 873 6.85%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 564 4.43% 155 1.22%
Transportation & warehousing 426 3.34% 121 0.95%
Utilities 138 1.08% 34 0.27%
Information 95 0.75% 107 0.84%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 132 1.04% 518 4.06%
Finance & insurance 63 0.49% 498 3.91%
Real estate & rental & leasing 69 0.54% 20 0.16%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 315 2.47% 281 2.21%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 169 1.33% 144 1.13%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 146 1.15% 137 1.08%
Educational, health & social services: 493 3.87% 1,952 15.32%
Educational services 228 1.79% 945 7.42%
Health care & social assistance 265 2.08% 1,007 7.90%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 197 1.55% 477 3.74%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 44 0.35% 121 0.95%
Accommodation & food services 153 1.20% 356 2.79%
Other services (except public administration) 302 2.37% 253 1.99%
Public administration 642 5.04% 423 3.32%

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

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