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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 9,657 52.34% 8,792 47.66%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,547 13.81% 2,564 13.90%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,286 6.97% 846 4.59%
Management, except farm managers 630 3.41% 427 2.31%
Farmers & farm managers 469 2.54% 41 0.22%
Business & financial operations: 187 1.01% 378 2.05%
Business operations specialists 66 0.36% 196 1.06%
Financial specialists 121 0.66% 182 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 1,261 6.84% 1,718 9.31%
Computer & mathematical 157 0.85% 67 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 590 3.20% 87 0.47%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 390 2.11% 32 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 200 1.08% 55 0.30%
Life, physical, & social science 29 0.16% 20 0.11%
Community & social services 123 0.67% 153 0.83%
Legal 11 0.06% 53 0.29%
Education, training, & library 175 0.95% 657 3.56%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 93 0.50% 112 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 83 0.45% 569 3.08%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 70 0.38% 286 1.55%
Health technologists & technicians 13 0.07% 283 1.53%
Service occupations: 574 3.11% 1,618 8.77%
Healthcare support 24 0.13% 390 2.11%
Protective services: 80 0.43% 71 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 59 0.32% 22 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 21 0.11% 49 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 148 0.80% 543 2.94%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 288 1.56% 190 1.03%
Personal care & service 34 0.18% 424 2.30%
Sales & office occupations: 1,317 7.14% 2,701 14.64%
Sales & related occupations 871 4.72% 828 4.49%
Office & administrative support 446 2.42% 1,873 10.15%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 160 0.87% 58 0.31%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,939 10.51% 99 0.54%
Construction & extraction: 997 5.40% 68 0.37%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 86 0.47% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 907 4.92% 68 0.37%
Extraction 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 942 5.11% 31 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,120 16.91% 1,752 9.50%
Production 2,131 11.55% 1,609 8.72%
Transportation & material moving: 989 5.36% 143 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 22 0.12% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 13 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 482 2.61% 47 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 20 0.11% 3 0.02%
Material moving 452 2.45% 91 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,657 52.34% 8,792 47.66%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 680 3.69% 110 0.60%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 672 3.64% 107 0.58%
Mining 8 0.04% 3 0.02%
Construction 1,166 6.32% 163 0.88%
Manufacturing 3,692 20.01% 2,373 12.86%
Wholesale trade 292 1.58% 86 0.47%
Retail trade 981 5.32% 1,082 5.86%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 529 2.87% 134 0.73%
Transportation & warehousing 392 2.12% 119 0.65%
Utilities 137 0.74% 15 0.08%
Information 172 0.93% 170 0.92%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 293 1.59% 449 2.43%
Finance & insurance 202 1.09% 330 1.79%
Real estate & rental & leasing 91 0.49% 119 0.65%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 473 2.56% 623 3.38%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 225 1.22% 271 1.47%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 4 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 246 1.33% 348 1.89%
Educational, health & social services: 521 2.82% 2,541 13.77%
Educational services 334 1.81% 883 4.79%
Health care & social assistance 187 1.01% 1,658 8.99%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 281 1.52% 518 2.81%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 69 0.37% 58 0.31%
Accommodation & food services 212 1.15% 460 2.49%
Other services (except public administration) 397 2.15% 347 1.88%
Public administration 180 0.98% 196 1.06%

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

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