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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 10,365 54.24% 8,746 45.76%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,661 8.69% 2,199 11.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 929 4.86% 585 3.06%
Management, except farm managers 633 3.31% 345 1.81%
Farmers & farm managers 69 0.36% 14 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 227 1.19% 226 1.18%
Business operations specialists 127 0.66% 118 0.62%
Financial specialists 100 0.52% 108 0.57%
Professional & related occupations: 732 3.83% 1,614 8.45%
Computer & mathematical 39 0.20% 7 0.04%
Architecture & engineering: 124 0.65% 33 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 46 0.24% 19 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 78 0.41% 14 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 59 0.31% 63 0.33%
Community & social services 68 0.36% 65 0.34%
Legal 21 0.11% 76 0.40%
Education, training, & library 165 0.86% 765 4.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 139 0.73% 116 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 117 0.61% 489 2.56%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 81 0.42% 216 1.13%
Health technologists & technicians 36 0.19% 273 1.43%
Service occupations: 993 5.20% 2,021 10.58%
Healthcare support 31 0.16% 377 1.97%
Protective services: 248 1.30% 65 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 172 0.90% 50 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 76 0.40% 15 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 264 1.38% 809 4.23%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 355 1.86% 344 1.80%
Personal care & service 95 0.50% 426 2.23%
Sales & office occupations: 1,424 7.45% 3,345 17.50%
Sales & related occupations 787 4.12% 1,148 6.01%
Office & administrative support 637 3.33% 2,197 11.50%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 225 1.18% 13 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,769 14.49% 101 0.53%
Construction & extraction: 1,580 8.27% 48 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 315 1.65% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,012 5.30% 48 0.25%
Extraction 253 1.32% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,189 6.22% 53 0.28%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,293 17.23% 1,067 5.58%
Production 1,983 10.38% 790 4.13%
Transportation & material moving: 1,310 6.85% 277 1.45%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 9 0.05% 5 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.03% 6 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 509 2.66% 107 0.56%
Rail, water & other transportation 233 1.22% 0 0.00%
Material moving 554 2.90% 159 0.83%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 10,365 54.24% 8,746 45.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,890 9.89% 184 0.96%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 319 1.67% 26 0.14%
Mining 1,571 8.22% 158 0.83%
Construction 1,553 8.13% 201 1.05%
Manufacturing 1,874 9.81% 1,119 5.86%
Wholesale trade 583 3.05% 344 1.80%
Retail trade 1,014 5.31% 1,311 6.86%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 639 3.34% 129 0.68%
Transportation & warehousing 581 3.04% 115 0.60%
Utilities 58 0.30% 14 0.07%
Information 102 0.53% 116 0.61%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 329 1.72% 496 2.60%
Finance & insurance 149 0.78% 402 2.10%
Real estate & rental & leasing 180 0.94% 94 0.49%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 472 2.47% 501 2.62%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 297 1.55% 341 1.78%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 175 0.92% 160 0.84%
Educational, health & social services: 518 2.71% 2,601 13.61%
Educational services 309 1.62% 1,206 6.31%
Health care & social assistance 209 1.09% 1,395 7.30%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 494 2.58% 849 4.44%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 187 0.98% 62 0.32%
Accommodation & food services 307 1.61% 787 4.12%
Other services (except public administration) 558 2.92% 471 2.46%
Public administration 339 1.77% 424 2.22%

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

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