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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 11,487 55.79% 9,104 44.21%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,421 11.76% 2,755 13.38%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,225 5.95% 763 3.71%
Management, except farm managers 871 4.23% 450 2.19%
Farmers & farm managers 141 0.68% 9 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 213 1.03% 304 1.48%
Business operations specialists 101 0.49% 106 0.51%
Financial specialists 112 0.54% 198 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 1,196 5.81% 1,992 9.67%
Computer & mathematical 79 0.38% 53 0.26%
Architecture & engineering: 252 1.22% 18 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 155 0.75% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 97 0.47% 18 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 146 0.71% 82 0.40%
Community & social services 158 0.77% 136 0.66%
Legal 47 0.23% 48 0.23%
Education, training, & library 296 1.44% 948 4.60%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 73 0.35% 107 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 145 0.70% 600 2.91%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 132 0.64% 392 1.90%
Health technologists & technicians 13 0.06% 208 1.01%
Service occupations: 1,352 6.57% 2,168 10.53%
Healthcare support 47 0.23% 490 2.38%
Protective services: 311 1.51% 42 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 244 1.18% 17 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 67 0.33% 25 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 375 1.82% 687 3.34%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 509 2.47% 283 1.37%
Personal care & service 110 0.53% 666 3.23%
Sales & office occupations: 1,583 7.69% 3,542 17.20%
Sales & related occupations 1,039 5.05% 1,259 6.11%
Office & administrative support 544 2.64% 2,283 11.09%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 403 1.96% 24 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,272 15.89% 101 0.49%
Construction & extraction: 2,117 10.28% 59 0.29%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 320 1.55% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,182 5.74% 53 0.26%
Extraction 615 2.99% 6 0.03%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,155 5.61% 42 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,456 11.93% 514 2.50%
Production 865 4.20% 235 1.14%
Transportation & material moving: 1,591 7.73% 279 1.35%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 44 0.21% 12 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 24 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 700 3.40% 171 0.83%
Rail, water & other transportation 55 0.27% 32 0.16%
Material moving 768 3.73% 64 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,487 55.79% 9,104 44.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,609 12.67% 332 1.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 567 2.75% 67 0.33%
Mining 2,042 9.92% 265 1.29%
Construction 1,310 6.36% 103 0.50%
Manufacturing 1,013 4.92% 266 1.29%
Wholesale trade 374 1.82% 141 0.68%
Retail trade 1,280 6.22% 1,473 7.15%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 781 3.79% 309 1.50%
Transportation & warehousing 458 2.22% 230 1.12%
Utilities 323 1.57% 79 0.38%
Information 191 0.93% 157 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 238 1.16% 635 3.08%
Finance & insurance 80 0.39% 487 2.37%
Real estate & rental & leasing 158 0.77% 148 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 920 4.47% 618 3.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 305 1.48% 286 1.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 615 2.99% 332 1.61%
Educational, health & social services: 744 3.61% 2,976 14.45%
Educational services 464 2.25% 1,204 5.85%
Health care & social assistance 280 1.36% 1,772 8.61%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 661 3.21% 958 4.65%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 128 0.62% 136 0.66%
Accommodation & food services 533 2.59% 822 3.99%
Other services (except public administration) 702 3.41% 706 3.43%
Public administration 664 3.22% 430 2.09%

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

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