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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 8,141 53.49% 7,078 46.51%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,855 18.76% 2,387 15.68%
Management, business, & financial operations: 971 6.38% 557 3.66%
Management, except farm managers 779 5.12% 352 2.31%
Farmers & farm managers 32 0.21% 13 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 160 1.05% 192 1.26%
Business operations specialists 80 0.53% 68 0.45%
Financial specialists 80 0.53% 124 0.81%
Professional & related occupations: 1,884 12.38% 1,830 12.02%
Computer & mathematical 220 1.45% 65 0.43%
Architecture & engineering: 224 1.47% 28 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 152 1.00% 16 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 72 0.47% 12 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 184 1.21% 66 0.43%
Community & social services 156 1.03% 142 0.93%
Legal 57 0.37% 11 0.07%
Education, training, & library 759 4.99% 736 4.84%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 118 0.78% 136 0.89%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 166 1.09% 646 4.24%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 117 0.77% 469 3.08%
Health technologists & technicians 49 0.32% 177 1.16%
Service occupations: 1,393 9.15% 1,854 12.18%
Healthcare support 62 0.41% 485 3.19%
Protective services: 246 1.62% 27 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 190 1.25% 14 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 56 0.37% 13 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 447 2.94% 814 5.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 499 3.28% 227 1.49%
Personal care & service 139 0.91% 301 1.98%
Sales & office occupations: 1,355 8.90% 2,488 16.35%
Sales & related occupations 734 4.82% 780 5.13%
Office & administrative support 621 4.08% 1,708 11.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 86 0.57% 17 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,197 7.87% 59 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 715 4.70% 42 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 92 0.60% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 614 4.03% 40 0.26%
Extraction 9 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 482 3.17% 17 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,255 8.25% 273 1.79%
Production 642 4.22% 185 1.22%
Transportation & material moving: 613 4.03% 88 0.58%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4 0.03% 8 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 328 2.16% 31 0.20%
Rail, water & other transportation 32 0.21% 15 0.10%
Material moving 247 1.62% 34 0.22%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,141 53.49% 7,078 46.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 174 1.14% 35 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 157 1.03% 29 0.19%
Mining 17 0.11% 6 0.04%
Construction 835 5.49% 52 0.34%
Manufacturing 921 6.05% 171 1.12%
Wholesale trade 164 1.08% 43 0.28%
Retail trade 1,016 6.68% 1,026 6.74%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 242 1.59% 68 0.45%
Transportation & warehousing 170 1.12% 55 0.36%
Utilities 72 0.47% 13 0.09%
Information 146 0.96% 115 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 247 1.62% 458 3.01%
Finance & insurance 155 1.02% 351 2.31%
Real estate & rental & leasing 92 0.60% 107 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 408 2.68% 225 1.48%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 279 1.83% 155 1.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 1 0.01% 2 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 128 0.84% 68 0.45%
Educational, health & social services: 2,525 16.59% 3,571 23.46%
Educational services 2,054 13.50% 1,663 10.93%
Health care & social assistance 471 3.09% 1,908 12.54%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 715 4.70% 803 5.28%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 142 0.93% 105 0.69%
Accommodation & food services 573 3.77% 698 4.59%
Other services (except public administration) 378 2.48% 323 2.12%
Public administration 370 2.43% 188 1.24%

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

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