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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 21,290 57.22% 15,917 42.78%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,447 11.95% 4,991 13.41%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,062 5.54% 1,125 3.02%
Management, except farm managers 1,585 4.26% 661 1.78%
Farmers & farm managers 135 0.36% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 342 0.92% 464 1.25%
Business operations specialists 188 0.51% 140 0.38%
Financial specialists 154 0.41% 324 0.87%
Professional & related occupations: 2,385 6.41% 3,866 10.39%
Computer & mathematical 170 0.46% 78 0.21%
Architecture & engineering: 670 1.80% 33 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 264 0.71% 7 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 406 1.09% 26 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 116 0.31% 46 0.12%
Community & social services 150 0.40% 345 0.93%
Legal 139 0.37% 47 0.13%
Education, training, & library 578 1.55% 2,114 5.68%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 200 0.54% 129 0.35%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 362 0.97% 1,074 2.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 263 0.71% 589 1.58%
Health technologists & technicians 99 0.27% 485 1.30%
Service occupations: 1,702 4.57% 3,187 8.57%
Healthcare support 11 0.03% 626 1.68%
Protective services: 507 1.36% 110 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 335 0.90% 45 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 172 0.46% 65 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 404 1.09% 1,310 3.52%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 588 1.58% 513 1.38%
Personal care & service 192 0.52% 628 1.69%
Sales & office occupations: 2,895 7.78% 6,737 18.11%
Sales & related occupations 1,725 4.64% 2,486 6.68%
Office & administrative support 1,170 3.14% 4,251 11.43%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 557 1.50% 81 0.22%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,020 13.49% 79 0.21%
Construction & extraction: 3,197 8.59% 65 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 526 1.41% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,319 6.23% 61 0.16%
Extraction 352 0.95% 4 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,823 4.90% 14 0.04%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,669 17.92% 842 2.26%
Production 3,559 9.57% 521 1.40%
Transportation & material moving: 3,110 8.36% 321 0.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 89 0.24% 9 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 35 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 948 2.55% 172 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,219 3.28% 0 0.00%
Material moving 819 2.20% 140 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,290 57.22% 15,917 42.78%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,748 7.39% 318 0.85%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 729 1.96% 95 0.26%
Mining 2,019 5.43% 223 0.60%
Construction 2,759 7.42% 211 0.57%
Manufacturing 4,272 11.48% 656 1.76%
Wholesale trade 986 2.65% 309 0.83%
Retail trade 2,173 5.84% 3,020 8.12%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,280 6.13% 457 1.23%
Transportation & warehousing 2,057 5.53% 399 1.07%
Utilities 223 0.60% 58 0.16%
Information 334 0.90% 243 0.65%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 652 1.75% 1,009 2.71%
Finance & insurance 355 0.95% 831 2.23%
Real estate & rental & leasing 297 0.80% 178 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 953 2.56% 772 2.07%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 500 1.34% 463 1.24%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 453 1.22% 309 0.83%
Educational, health & social services: 1,699 4.57% 6,142 16.51%
Educational services 1,098 2.95% 3,285 8.83%
Health care & social assistance 601 1.62% 2,857 7.68%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 728 1.96% 1,284 3.45%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 209 0.56% 165 0.44%
Accommodation & food services 519 1.39% 1,119 3.01%
Other services (except public administration) 857 2.30% 907 2.44%
Public administration 849 2.28% 589 1.58%

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

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