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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 17,194 52.97% 15,267 47.03%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,957 12.19% 4,939 15.22%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,966 6.06% 1,092 3.36%
Management, except farm managers 1,115 3.43% 592 1.82%
Farmers & farm managers 383 1.18% 38 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 468 1.44% 462 1.42%
Business operations specialists 214 0.66% 190 0.59%
Financial specialists 254 0.78% 272 0.84%
Professional & related occupations: 1,991 6.13% 3,847 11.85%
Computer & mathematical 101 0.31% 64 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 232 0.71% 41 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 130 0.40% 12 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 102 0.31% 29 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 153 0.47% 90 0.28%
Community & social services 319 0.98% 517 1.59%
Legal 52 0.16% 28 0.09%
Education, training, & library 621 1.91% 1,677 5.17%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 120 0.37% 169 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 393 1.21% 1,261 3.88%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 305 0.94% 736 2.27%
Health technologists & technicians 88 0.27% 525 1.62%
Service occupations: 1,636 5.04% 3,963 12.21%
Healthcare support 84 0.26% 1,202 3.70%
Protective services: 379 1.17% 66 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 275 0.85% 21 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 104 0.32% 45 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 461 1.42% 1,203 3.71%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 560 1.73% 514 1.58%
Personal care & service 152 0.47% 978 3.01%
Sales & office occupations: 2,552 7.86% 5,165 15.91%
Sales & related occupations 1,471 4.53% 1,634 5.03%
Office & administrative support 1,081 3.33% 3,531 10.88%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,021 3.15% 107 0.33%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,181 9.80% 55 0.17%
Construction & extraction: 1,563 4.82% 22 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 204 0.63% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,338 4.12% 22 0.07%
Extraction 21 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,618 4.98% 33 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,847 14.93% 1,038 3.20%
Production 2,030 6.25% 704 2.17%
Transportation & material moving: 2,817 8.68% 334 1.03%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 81 0.25% 8 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 30 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,569 4.83% 110 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 213 0.66% 17 0.05%
Material moving 924 2.85% 199 0.61%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 17,194 52.97% 15,267 47.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,760 5.42% 263 0.81%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,756 5.41% 263 0.81%
Mining 4 0.01% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,529 4.71% 83 0.26%
Manufacturing 3,244 9.99% 830 2.56%
Wholesale trade 694 2.14% 173 0.53%
Retail trade 2,282 7.03% 2,134 6.57%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,714 5.28% 361 1.11%
Transportation & warehousing 1,448 4.46% 280 0.86%
Utilities 266 0.82% 81 0.25%
Information 222 0.68% 303 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 365 1.12% 656 2.02%
Finance & insurance 234 0.72% 535 1.65%
Real estate & rental & leasing 131 0.40% 121 0.37%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 896 2.76% 1,189 3.66%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 280 0.86% 303 0.93%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 616 1.90% 886 2.73%
Educational, health & social services: 1,996 6.15% 6,749 20.79%
Educational services 1,090 3.36% 2,240 6.90%
Health care & social assistance 906 2.79% 4,509 13.89%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 642 1.98% 1,057 3.26%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 70 0.22% 78 0.24%
Accommodation & food services 572 1.76% 979 3.02%
Other services (except public administration) 963 2.97% 746 2.30%
Public administration 887 2.73% 723 2.23%

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

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