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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 12,735 49.28% 13,108 50.72%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,797 14.69% 4,434 17.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,853 7.17% 1,268 4.91%
Management, except farm managers 1,009 3.90% 754 2.92%
Farmers & farm managers 428 1.66% 37 0.14%
Business & financial operations: 416 1.61% 477 1.85%
Business operations specialists 229 0.89% 228 0.88%
Financial specialists 187 0.72% 249 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 1,944 7.52% 3,166 12.25%
Computer & mathematical 327 1.27% 151 0.58%
Architecture & engineering: 238 0.92% 57 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 119 0.46% 21 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 119 0.46% 36 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 148 0.57% 65 0.25%
Community & social services 151 0.58% 262 1.01%
Legal 58 0.22% 71 0.27%
Education, training, & library 555 2.15% 1,314 5.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 246 0.95% 276 1.07%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 221 0.86% 970 3.75%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 187 0.72% 503 1.95%
Health technologists & technicians 34 0.13% 467 1.81%
Service occupations: 1,642 6.35% 2,859 11.06%
Healthcare support 51 0.20% 515 1.99%
Protective services: 289 1.12% 135 0.52%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 170 0.66% 42 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 119 0.46% 93 0.36%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 581 2.25% 937 3.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 554 2.14% 390 1.51%
Personal care & service 167 0.65% 882 3.41%
Sales & office occupations: 2,245 8.69% 4,958 19.19%
Sales & related occupations 1,571 6.08% 1,478 5.72%
Office & administrative support 674 2.61% 3,480 13.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 139 0.54% 31 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,418 9.36% 50 0.19%
Construction & extraction: 1,358 5.25% 14 0.05%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 157 0.61% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,197 4.63% 14 0.05%
Extraction 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,060 4.10% 36 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,494 9.65% 776 3.00%
Production 1,018 3.94% 539 2.09%
Transportation & material moving: 1,476 5.71% 237 0.92%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 33 0.13% 8 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 12 0.05% 4 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 726 2.81% 58 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 77 0.30% 39 0.15%
Material moving 628 2.43% 128 0.50%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,735 49.28% 13,108 50.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 669 2.59% 133 0.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 632 2.45% 133 0.51%
Mining 37 0.14% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,597 6.18% 149 0.58%
Manufacturing 1,614 6.25% 620 2.40%
Wholesale trade 884 3.42% 257 0.99%
Retail trade 1,512 5.85% 1,814 7.02%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 809 3.13% 263 1.02%
Transportation & warehousing 698 2.70% 235 0.91%
Utilities 111 0.43% 28 0.11%
Information 280 1.08% 289 1.12%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 623 2.41% 1,161 4.49%
Finance & insurance 472 1.83% 1,025 3.97%
Real estate & rental & leasing 151 0.58% 136 0.53%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 844 3.27% 814 3.15%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 442 1.71% 511 1.98%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 6 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 402 1.56% 297 1.15%
Educational, health & social services: 1,814 7.02% 5,268 20.38%
Educational services 1,265 4.89% 2,403 9.30%
Health care & social assistance 549 2.12% 2,865 11.09%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 961 3.72% 1,258 4.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 185 0.72% 268 1.04%
Accommodation & food services 776 3.00% 990 3.83%
Other services (except public administration) 717 2.77% 644 2.49%
Public administration 411 1.59% 438 1.69%

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

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