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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 8,166 54.95% 6,695 45.05%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,607 10.81% 1,715 11.54%
Management, business, & financial operations: 843 5.67% 441 2.97%
Management, except farm managers 632 4.25% 280 1.88%
Farmers & farm managers 73 0.49% 6 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 138 0.93% 155 1.04%
Business operations specialists 85 0.57% 48 0.32%
Financial specialists 53 0.36% 107 0.72%
Professional & related occupations: 764 5.14% 1,274 8.57%
Computer & mathematical 56 0.38% 17 0.11%
Architecture & engineering: 168 1.13% 13 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 119 0.80% 8 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 49 0.33% 5 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 26 0.17% 6 0.04%
Community & social services 121 0.81% 115 0.77%
Legal 20 0.13% 23 0.15%
Education, training, & library 131 0.88% 554 3.73%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 66 0.44% 78 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 176 1.18% 468 3.15%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 144 0.97% 320 2.15%
Health technologists & technicians 32 0.22% 148 1.00%
Service occupations: 707 4.76% 1,065 7.17%
Healthcare support 26 0.17% 213 1.43%
Protective services: 219 1.47% 24 0.16%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 127 0.85% 7 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 92 0.62% 17 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 157 1.06% 432 2.91%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 230 1.55% 150 1.01%
Personal care & service 75 0.50% 246 1.66%
Sales & office occupations: 1,166 7.85% 2,275 15.31%
Sales & related occupations 734 4.94% 871 5.86%
Office & administrative support 432 2.91% 1,404 9.45%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 113 0.76% 8 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,600 10.77% 67 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 896 6.03% 16 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 83 0.56% 5 0.03%
Construction trades 811 5.46% 11 0.07%
Extraction 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 704 4.74% 51 0.34%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,973 20.01% 1,565 10.53%
Production 1,819 12.24% 1,238 8.33%
Transportation & material moving: 1,154 7.77% 327 2.20%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.04% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 3 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 552 3.71% 61 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 61 0.41% 19 0.13%
Material moving 532 3.58% 245 1.65%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,166 54.95% 6,695 45.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 241 1.62% 15 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 233 1.57% 14 0.09%
Mining 8 0.05% 1 0.01%
Construction 939 6.32% 59 0.40%
Manufacturing 3,095 20.83% 1,789 12.04%
Wholesale trade 313 2.11% 114 0.77%
Retail trade 839 5.65% 1,113 7.49%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 544 3.66% 146 0.98%
Transportation & warehousing 444 2.99% 104 0.70%
Utilities 100 0.67% 42 0.28%
Information 187 1.26% 110 0.74%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 201 1.35% 338 2.27%
Finance & insurance 140 0.94% 271 1.82%
Real estate & rental & leasing 61 0.41% 67 0.45%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 256 1.72% 254 1.71%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 105 0.71% 119 0.80%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 2 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 151 1.02% 133 0.89%
Educational, health & social services: 504 3.39% 1,819 12.24%
Educational services 225 1.51% 745 5.01%
Health care & social assistance 279 1.88% 1,074 7.23%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 310 2.09% 494 3.32%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 94 0.63% 68 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 216 1.45% 426 2.87%
Other services (except public administration) 513 3.45% 263 1.77%
Public administration 224 1.51% 181 1.22%

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

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