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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 28,260 54.24% 23,840 45.76%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,010 11.54% 6,510 12.50%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,339 6.41% 2,236 4.29%
Management, except farm managers 2,297 4.41% 1,237 2.37%
Farmers & farm managers 384 0.74% 100 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 658 1.26% 899 1.73%
Business operations specialists 428 0.82% 420 0.81%
Financial specialists 230 0.44% 479 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 2,671 5.13% 4,274 8.20%
Computer & mathematical 390 0.75% 199 0.38%
Architecture & engineering: 749 1.44% 129 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 570 1.09% 90 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 179 0.34% 39 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 226 0.43% 159 0.31%
Community & social services 198 0.38% 279 0.54%
Legal 75 0.14% 121 0.23%
Education, training, & library 449 0.86% 1,655 3.18%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 279 0.54% 302 0.58%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 305 0.59% 1,430 2.74%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 208 0.40% 890 1.71%
Health technologists & technicians 97 0.19% 540 1.04%
Service occupations: 2,268 4.35% 4,598 8.83%
Healthcare support 55 0.11% 900 1.73%
Protective services: 324 0.62% 53 0.10%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 188 0.36% 4 0.01%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 136 0.26% 49 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 669 1.28% 1,654 3.17%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,075 2.06% 816 1.57%
Personal care & service 145 0.28% 1,175 2.26%
Sales & office occupations: 3,817 7.33% 7,676 14.73%
Sales & related occupations 2,342 4.50% 2,357 4.52%
Office & administrative support 1,475 2.83% 5,319 10.21%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 567 1.09% 309 0.59%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,707 10.95% 190 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 3,010 5.78% 74 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 333 0.64% 2 0.00%
Construction trades 2,636 5.06% 72 0.14%
Extraction 41 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,697 5.18% 116 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,891 18.98% 4,557 8.75%
Production 6,699 12.86% 3,567 6.85%
Transportation & material moving: 3,192 6.13% 990 1.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 68 0.13% 32 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 33 0.06% 2 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,551 2.98% 277 0.53%
Rail, water & other transportation 74 0.14% 21 0.04%
Material moving 1,466 2.81% 658 1.26%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 28,260 54.24% 23,840 45.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,071 2.06% 464 0.89%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,032 1.98% 455 0.87%
Mining 39 0.07% 9 0.02%
Construction 3,435 6.59% 359 0.69%
Manufacturing 11,054 21.22% 5,949 11.42%
Wholesale trade 1,465 2.81% 683 1.31%
Retail trade 2,664 5.11% 3,076 5.90%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,658 3.18% 504 0.97%
Transportation & warehousing 1,291 2.48% 459 0.88%
Utilities 367 0.70% 45 0.09%
Information 314 0.60% 327 0.63%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 720 1.38% 1,190 2.28%
Finance & insurance 343 0.66% 920 1.77%
Real estate & rental & leasing 377 0.72% 270 0.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,341 2.57% 1,361 2.61%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 627 1.20% 684 1.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 10 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 714 1.37% 667 1.28%
Educational, health & social services: 1,554 2.98% 6,488 12.45%
Educational services 978 1.88% 2,573 4.94%
Health care & social assistance 576 1.11% 3,915 7.51%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,215 2.33% 1,936 3.72%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 289 0.55% 192 0.37%
Accommodation & food services 926 1.78% 1,744 3.35%
Other services (except public administration) 1,225 2.35% 982 1.88%
Public administration 544 1.04% 521 1.00%

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

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