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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 13,700 54.99% 11,215 45.01%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,186 12.79% 3,319 13.32%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,619 6.50% 951 3.82%
Management, except farm managers 966 3.88% 554 2.22%
Farmers & farm managers 362 1.45% 61 0.24%
Business & financial operations: 291 1.17% 336 1.35%
Business operations specialists 183 0.73% 144 0.58%
Financial specialists 108 0.43% 192 0.77%
Professional & related occupations: 1,567 6.29% 2,368 9.50%
Computer & mathematical 80 0.32% 15 0.06%
Architecture & engineering: 239 0.96% 50 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 138 0.55% 18 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 101 0.41% 32 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 75 0.30% 41 0.16%
Community & social services 174 0.70% 208 0.83%
Legal 71 0.28% 50 0.20%
Education, training, & library 286 1.15% 944 3.79%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 133 0.53% 94 0.38%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 509 2.04% 966 3.88%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 437 1.75% 608 2.44%
Health technologists & technicians 72 0.29% 358 1.44%
Service occupations: 1,258 5.05% 1,954 7.84%
Healthcare support 45 0.18% 364 1.46%
Protective services: 257 1.03% 31 0.12%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 154 0.62% 18 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 103 0.41% 13 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 435 1.75% 822 3.30%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 472 1.89% 297 1.19%
Personal care & service 49 0.20% 440 1.77%
Sales & office occupations: 1,986 7.97% 3,937 15.80%
Sales & related occupations 1,305 5.24% 1,506 6.04%
Office & administrative support 681 2.73% 2,431 9.76%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 218 0.87% 78 0.31%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,417 9.70% 100 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 1,355 5.44% 42 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 167 0.67% 3 0.01%
Construction trades 1,167 4.68% 39 0.16%
Extraction 21 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,062 4.26% 58 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,635 18.60% 1,827 7.33%
Production 2,498 10.03% 1,401 5.62%
Transportation & material moving: 2,137 8.58% 426 1.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 37 0.15% 10 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,132 4.54% 118 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 51 0.20% 3 0.01%
Material moving 917 3.68% 295 1.18%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 13,700 54.99% 11,215 45.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 609 2.44% 165 0.66%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 584 2.34% 160 0.64%
Mining 25 0.10% 5 0.02%
Construction 1,633 6.55% 123 0.49%
Manufacturing 3,998 16.05% 2,088 8.38%
Wholesale trade 512 2.05% 201 0.81%
Retail trade 1,375 5.52% 1,818 7.30%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,347 5.41% 381 1.53%
Transportation & warehousing 1,159 4.65% 342 1.37%
Utilities 188 0.75% 39 0.16%
Information 227 0.91% 182 0.73%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 358 1.44% 501 2.01%
Finance & insurance 210 0.84% 340 1.36%
Real estate & rental & leasing 148 0.59% 161 0.65%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 618 2.48% 468 1.88%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 281 1.13% 283 1.14%
Management of companies & enterprises 27 0.11% 9 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 310 1.24% 176 0.71%
Educational, health & social services: 1,288 5.17% 3,449 13.84%
Educational services 513 2.06% 1,339 5.37%
Health care & social assistance 775 3.11% 2,110 8.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 625 2.51% 987 3.96%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 67 0.27% 89 0.36%
Accommodation & food services 558 2.24% 898 3.60%
Other services (except public administration) 751 3.01% 519 2.08%
Public administration 359 1.44% 333 1.34%

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

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