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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 15,914 52.99% 14,117 47.01%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,564 11.87% 4,569 15.21%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,342 4.47% 1,066 3.55%
Management, except farm managers 985 3.28% 593 1.97%
Farmers & farm managers 17 0.06% 8 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 340 1.13% 465 1.55%
Business operations specialists 141 0.47% 234 0.78%
Financial specialists 199 0.66% 231 0.77%
Professional & related occupations: 2,222 7.40% 3,503 11.66%
Computer & mathematical 233 0.78% 92 0.31%
Architecture & engineering: 343 1.14% 23 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 235 0.78% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 108 0.36% 23 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 92 0.31% 27 0.09%
Community & social services 368 1.23% 329 1.10%
Legal 106 0.35% 78 0.26%
Education, training, & library 529 1.76% 1,417 4.72%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 105 0.35% 134 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 446 1.49% 1,403 4.67%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 371 1.24% 956 3.18%
Health technologists & technicians 75 0.25% 447 1.49%
Service occupations: 2,598 8.65% 3,168 10.55%
Healthcare support 151 0.50% 882 2.94%
Protective services: 849 2.83% 96 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 723 2.41% 33 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 126 0.42% 63 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 760 2.53% 1,246 4.15%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 638 2.12% 305 1.02%
Personal care & service 200 0.67% 639 2.13%
Sales & office occupations: 2,383 7.94% 5,311 17.69%
Sales & related occupations 1,388 4.62% 1,819 6.06%
Office & administrative support 995 3.31% 3,492 11.63%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 64 0.21% 14 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,968 9.88% 127 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 1,765 5.88% 71 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 190 0.63% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,541 5.13% 71 0.24%
Extraction 34 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,203 4.01% 56 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,337 14.44% 928 3.09%
Production 2,039 6.79% 696 2.32%
Transportation & material moving: 2,298 7.65% 232 0.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 35 0.12% 7 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 28 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,237 4.12% 70 0.23%
Rail, water & other transportation 254 0.85% 21 0.07%
Material moving 744 2.48% 134 0.45%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 15,914 52.99% 14,117 47.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 235 0.78% 46 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 108 0.36% 24 0.08%
Mining 127 0.42% 22 0.07%
Construction 1,702 5.67% 170 0.57%
Manufacturing 2,838 9.45% 977 3.25%
Wholesale trade 566 1.88% 151 0.50%
Retail trade 1,836 6.11% 1,976 6.58%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,731 5.76% 206 0.69%
Transportation & warehousing 1,466 4.88% 179 0.60%
Utilities 265 0.88% 27 0.09%
Information 387 1.29% 365 1.22%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 481 1.60% 856 2.85%
Finance & insurance 299 1.00% 677 2.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 182 0.61% 179 0.60%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 788 2.62% 573 1.91%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 423 1.41% 333 1.11%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 359 1.20% 240 0.80%
Educational, health & social services: 2,042 6.80% 5,812 19.35%
Educational services 1,027 3.42% 2,315 7.71%
Health care & social assistance 1,015 3.38% 3,497 11.64%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,159 3.86% 1,428 4.76%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 178 0.59% 77 0.26%
Accommodation & food services 981 3.27% 1,351 4.50%
Other services (except public administration) 801 2.67% 722 2.40%
Public administration 1,348 4.49% 835 2.78%

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

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