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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 8,723 53.71% 7,517 46.29%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,479 15.26% 2,148 13.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,582 9.74% 694 4.27%
Management, except farm managers 680 4.19% 326 2.01%
Farmers & farm managers 666 4.10% 53 0.33%
Business & financial operations: 236 1.45% 315 1.94%
Business operations specialists 98 0.60% 132 0.81%
Financial specialists 138 0.85% 183 1.13%
Professional & related occupations: 897 5.52% 1,454 8.95%
Computer & mathematical 70 0.43% 65 0.40%
Architecture & engineering: 330 2.03% 43 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 246 1.51% 19 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 84 0.52% 24 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 54 0.33% 23 0.14%
Community & social services 73 0.45% 89 0.55%
Legal 30 0.18% 12 0.07%
Education, training, & library 185 1.14% 704 4.33%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 75 0.46% 109 0.67%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 80 0.49% 409 2.52%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 76 0.47% 253 1.56%
Health technologists & technicians 4 0.02% 156 0.96%
Service occupations: 655 4.03% 1,365 8.41%
Healthcare support 15 0.09% 238 1.47%
Protective services: 130 0.80% 16 0.10%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 73 0.45% 8 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 57 0.35% 8 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 237 1.46% 514 3.17%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 227 1.40% 154 0.95%
Personal care & service 46 0.28% 443 2.73%
Sales & office occupations: 1,290 7.94% 2,314 14.25%
Sales & related occupations 841 5.18% 773 4.76%
Office & administrative support 449 2.76% 1,541 9.49%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 268 1.65% 47 0.29%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,307 8.05% 61 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 662 4.08% 36 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 89 0.55% 10 0.06%
Construction trades 566 3.49% 26 0.16%
Extraction 7 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 645 3.97% 25 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,724 16.77% 1,582 9.74%
Production 1,945 11.98% 1,276 7.86%
Transportation & material moving: 779 4.80% 306 1.88%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3 0.02% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 42 0.26% 8 0.05%
Motor vehicle operators 372 2.29% 62 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 34 0.21% 9 0.06%
Material moving 328 2.02% 227 1.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,723 53.71% 7,517 46.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 921 5.67% 162 1.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 901 5.55% 162 1.00%
Mining 20 0.12% 0 0.00%
Construction 891 5.49% 106 0.65%
Manufacturing 3,128 19.26% 1,978 12.18%
Wholesale trade 334 2.06% 118 0.73%
Retail trade 816 5.02% 821 5.06%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 802 4.94% 380 2.34%
Transportation & warehousing 447 2.75% 156 0.96%
Utilities 355 2.19% 224 1.38%
Information 102 0.63% 113 0.70%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 211 1.30% 429 2.64%
Finance & insurance 140 0.86% 364 2.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 71 0.44% 65 0.40%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 295 1.82% 286 1.76%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 176 1.08% 192 1.18%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 1 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 119 0.73% 93 0.57%
Educational, health & social services: 445 2.74% 2,118 13.04%
Educational services 313 1.93% 864 5.32%
Health care & social assistance 132 0.81% 1,254 7.72%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 344 2.12% 535 3.29%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 79 0.49% 22 0.14%
Accommodation & food services 265 1.63% 513 3.16%
Other services (except public administration) 304 1.87% 333 2.05%
Public administration 130 0.80% 138 0.85%

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

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