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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 10,019 53.81% 8,601 46.19%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,577 13.84% 2,430 13.05%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,526 8.20% 581 3.12%
Management, except farm managers 717 3.85% 300 1.61%
Farmers & farm managers 575 3.09% 55 0.30%
Business & financial operations: 234 1.26% 226 1.21%
Business operations specialists 100 0.54% 105 0.56%
Financial specialists 134 0.72% 121 0.65%
Professional & related occupations: 1,051 5.64% 1,849 9.93%
Computer & mathematical 103 0.55% 60 0.32%
Architecture & engineering: 180 0.97% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 90 0.48% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 90 0.48% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 69 0.37% 82 0.44%
Community & social services 158 0.85% 203 1.09%
Legal 30 0.16% 10 0.05%
Education, training, & library 197 1.06% 641 3.44%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 174 0.93% 91 0.49%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 140 0.75% 762 4.09%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 112 0.60% 473 2.54%
Health technologists & technicians 28 0.15% 289 1.55%
Service occupations: 1,104 5.93% 2,031 10.91%
Healthcare support 82 0.44% 574 3.08%
Protective services: 117 0.63% 38 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 60 0.32% 12 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 57 0.31% 26 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 390 2.09% 663 3.56%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 436 2.34% 263 1.41%
Personal care & service 79 0.42% 493 2.65%
Sales & office occupations: 1,364 7.33% 3,088 16.58%
Sales & related occupations 839 4.51% 912 4.90%
Office & administrative support 525 2.82% 2,176 11.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 197 1.06% 69 0.37%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,635 8.78% 76 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 997 5.35% 22 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 115 0.62% 4 0.02%
Construction trades 882 4.74% 18 0.10%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 638 3.43% 54 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,142 16.87% 907 4.87%
Production 1,728 9.28% 624 3.35%
Transportation & material moving: 1,414 7.59% 283 1.52%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 55 0.30% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 14 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 502 2.70% 49 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 28 0.15% 7 0.04%
Material moving 815 4.38% 227 1.22%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 10,019 53.81% 8,601 46.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 801 4.30% 125 0.67%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 794 4.26% 125 0.67%
Mining 7 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,062 5.70% 97 0.52%
Manufacturing 2,871 15.42% 1,148 6.17%
Wholesale trade 345 1.85% 79 0.42%
Retail trade 1,103 5.92% 1,147 6.16%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 538 2.89% 194 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 461 2.48% 150 0.81%
Utilities 77 0.41% 44 0.24%
Information 137 0.74% 105 0.56%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 229 1.23% 516 2.77%
Finance & insurance 144 0.77% 406 2.18%
Real estate & rental & leasing 85 0.46% 110 0.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 635 3.41% 491 2.64%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 226 1.21% 219 1.18%
Management of companies & enterprises 22 0.12% 36 0.19%
Administrative & support & waste management services 387 2.08% 236 1.27%
Educational, health & social services: 777 4.17% 3,231 17.35%
Educational services 331 1.78% 857 4.60%
Health care & social assistance 446 2.40% 2,374 12.75%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 622 3.34% 724 3.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 135 0.73% 110 0.59%
Accommodation & food services 487 2.62% 614 3.30%
Other services (except public administration) 605 3.25% 466 2.50%
Public administration 294 1.58% 278 1.49%

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

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