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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 19,051 50.70% 18,526 49.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,972 15.89% 7,278 19.37%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,343 6.24% 1,965 5.23%
Management, except farm managers 1,627 4.33% 1,122 2.99%
Farmers & farm managers 228 0.61% 79 0.21%
Business & financial operations: 488 1.30% 764 2.03%
Business operations specialists 286 0.76% 481 1.28%
Financial specialists 202 0.54% 283 0.75%
Professional & related occupations: 3,629 9.66% 5,313 14.14%
Computer & mathematical 333 0.89% 188 0.50%
Architecture & engineering: 485 1.29% 106 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 304 0.81% 65 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 181 0.48% 41 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 298 0.79% 311 0.83%
Community & social services 352 0.94% 528 1.41%
Legal 148 0.39% 133 0.35%
Education, training, & library 1,195 3.18% 2,050 5.46%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 493 1.31% 467 1.24%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 325 0.86% 1,530 4.07%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 271 0.72% 1,110 2.95%
Health technologists & technicians 54 0.14% 420 1.12%
Service occupations: 2,378 6.33% 3,441 9.16%
Healthcare support 97 0.26% 661 1.76%
Protective services: 532 1.42% 121 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 358 0.95% 39 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 174 0.46% 82 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 632 1.68% 1,237 3.29%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 883 2.35% 463 1.23%
Personal care & service 234 0.62% 959 2.55%
Sales & office occupations: 2,709 7.21% 6,005 15.98%
Sales & related occupations 1,420 3.78% 1,813 4.82%
Office & administrative support 1,289 3.43% 4,192 11.16%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 182 0.48% 68 0.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,544 9.43% 134 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 2,038 5.42% 73 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 249 0.66% 4 0.01%
Construction trades 1,774 4.72% 69 0.18%
Extraction 15 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,506 4.01% 61 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,266 11.35% 1,600 4.26%
Production 2,690 7.16% 1,196 3.18%
Transportation & material moving: 1,576 4.19% 404 1.08%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 40 0.11% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 12 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 795 2.12% 142 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 79 0.21% 35 0.09%
Material moving 650 1.73% 227 0.60%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 19,051 50.70% 18,526 49.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 512 1.36% 176 0.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 494 1.31% 176 0.47%
Mining 18 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,104 5.60% 165 0.44%
Manufacturing 3,747 9.97% 1,898 5.05%
Wholesale trade 774 2.06% 274 0.73%
Retail trade 2,001 5.33% 2,142 5.70%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,216 3.24% 360 0.96%
Transportation & warehousing 793 2.11% 274 0.73%
Utilities 423 1.13% 86 0.23%
Information 440 1.17% 531 1.41%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 530 1.41% 1,016 2.70%
Finance & insurance 319 0.85% 825 2.20%
Real estate & rental & leasing 211 0.56% 191 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,282 3.41% 1,128 3.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 659 1.75% 767 2.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 623 1.66% 361 0.96%
Educational, health & social services: 3,593 9.56% 7,817 20.80%
Educational services 2,671 7.11% 4,061 10.81%
Health care & social assistance 922 2.45% 3,756 10.00%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,077 2.87% 1,349 3.59%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 298 0.79% 271 0.72%
Accommodation & food services 779 2.07% 1,078 2.87%
Other services (except public administration) 925 2.46% 883 2.35%
Public administration 850 2.26% 787 2.09%

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

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