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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 10,552 54.54% 8,796 45.46%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,455 17.86% 3,012 15.57%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,929 9.97% 1,299 6.71%
Management, except farm managers 1,393 7.20% 723 3.74%
Farmers & farm managers 70 0.36% 33 0.17%
Business & financial operations: 466 2.41% 543 2.81%
Business operations specialists 203 1.05% 284 1.47%
Financial specialists 263 1.36% 259 1.34%
Professional & related occupations: 1,526 7.89% 1,713 8.85%
Computer & mathematical 237 1.22% 77 0.40%
Architecture & engineering: 321 1.66% 61 0.32%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 224 1.16% 52 0.27%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 97 0.50% 9 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 83 0.43% 29 0.15%
Community & social services 104 0.54% 104 0.54%
Legal 137 0.71% 174 0.90%
Education, training, & library 242 1.25% 705 3.64%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 191 0.99% 140 0.72%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 211 1.09% 423 2.19%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 171 0.88% 303 1.57%
Health technologists & technicians 40 0.21% 120 0.62%
Service occupations: 2,034 10.51% 1,881 9.72%
Healthcare support 17 0.09% 274 1.42%
Protective services: 500 2.58% 87 0.45%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 307 1.59% 37 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 193 1.00% 50 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 523 2.70% 527 2.72%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 395 2.04% 196 1.01%
Personal care & service 599 3.10% 797 4.12%
Sales & office occupations: 1,527 7.89% 3,391 17.53%
Sales & related occupations 989 5.11% 1,074 5.55%
Office & administrative support 538 2.78% 2,317 11.98%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 72 0.37% 24 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,214 11.44% 64 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 1,369 7.08% 10 0.05%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 243 1.26% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,104 5.71% 10 0.05%
Extraction 22 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 845 4.37% 54 0.28%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,250 6.46% 424 2.19%
Production 608 3.14% 312 1.61%
Transportation & material moving: 642 3.32% 112 0.58%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 59 0.30% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 31 0.16% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 285 1.47% 53 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 103 0.53% 19 0.10%
Material moving 164 0.85% 40 0.21%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 10,552 54.54% 8,796 45.46%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 266 1.37% 156 0.81%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 205 1.06% 156 0.81%
Mining 61 0.32% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,834 9.48% 126 0.65%
Manufacturing 1,120 5.79% 581 3.00%
Wholesale trade 272 1.41% 123 0.64%
Retail trade 897 4.64% 868 4.49%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 491 2.54% 191 0.99%
Transportation & warehousing 363 1.88% 177 0.91%
Utilities 128 0.66% 14 0.07%
Information 237 1.22% 138 0.71%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 599 3.10% 774 4.00%
Finance & insurance 283 1.46% 400 2.07%
Real estate & rental & leasing 316 1.63% 374 1.93%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 767 3.96% 763 3.94%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 504 2.60% 538 2.78%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 263 1.36% 225 1.16%
Educational, health & social services: 677 3.50% 1,988 10.27%
Educational services 405 2.09% 891 4.61%
Health care & social assistance 272 1.41% 1,097 5.67%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,261 11.69% 1,898 9.81%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,341 6.93% 973 5.03%
Accommodation & food services 920 4.76% 925 4.78%
Other services (except public administration) 437 2.26% 493 2.55%
Public administration 694 3.59% 697 3.60%

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

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