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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 12,935 56.17% 10,093 43.83%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,131 13.60% 3,222 13.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,629 7.07% 940 4.08%
Management, except farm managers 974 4.23% 587 2.55%
Farmers & farm managers 372 1.62% 34 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 283 1.23% 319 1.39%
Business operations specialists 128 0.56% 150 0.65%
Financial specialists 155 0.67% 169 0.73%
Professional & related occupations: 1,502 6.52% 2,282 9.91%
Computer & mathematical 27 0.12% 40 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 191 0.83% 75 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 126 0.55% 48 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 65 0.28% 27 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 127 0.55% 40 0.17%
Community & social services 138 0.60% 196 0.85%
Legal 110 0.48% 118 0.51%
Education, training, & library 394 1.71% 1,125 4.89%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 137 0.59% 120 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 378 1.64% 568 2.47%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 309 1.34% 403 1.75%
Health technologists & technicians 69 0.30% 165 0.72%
Service occupations: 1,550 6.73% 2,186 9.49%
Healthcare support 57 0.25% 435 1.89%
Protective services: 364 1.58% 92 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 197 0.86% 33 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 167 0.73% 59 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 430 1.87% 722 3.14%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 507 2.20% 363 1.58%
Personal care & service 192 0.83% 574 2.49%
Sales & office occupations: 1,925 8.36% 3,806 16.53%
Sales & related occupations 1,090 4.73% 1,171 5.09%
Office & administrative support 835 3.63% 2,635 11.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 971 4.22% 35 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,484 10.79% 79 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 1,390 6.04% 53 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 218 0.95% 5 0.02%
Construction trades 1,003 4.36% 38 0.17%
Extraction 169 0.73% 10 0.04%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,094 4.75% 26 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,874 12.48% 765 3.32%
Production 1,367 5.94% 469 2.04%
Transportation & material moving: 1,507 6.54% 296 1.29%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 20 0.09% 5 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 55 0.24% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 900 3.91% 114 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 29 0.13% 0 0.00%
Material moving 503 2.18% 177 0.77%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,935 56.17% 10,093 43.83%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,012 8.74% 263 1.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,492 6.48% 162 0.70%
Mining 520 2.26% 101 0.44%
Construction 1,418 6.16% 157 0.68%
Manufacturing 1,622 7.04% 604 2.62%
Wholesale trade 540 2.34% 160 0.69%
Retail trade 1,455 6.32% 1,483 6.44%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 921 4.00% 295 1.28%
Transportation & warehousing 688 2.99% 242 1.05%
Utilities 233 1.01% 53 0.23%
Information 207 0.90% 201 0.87%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 435 1.89% 719 3.12%
Finance & insurance 206 0.89% 541 2.35%
Real estate & rental & leasing 229 0.99% 178 0.77%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 787 3.42% 662 2.87%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 380 1.65% 391 1.70%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 25 0.11%
Administrative & support & waste management services 407 1.77% 246 1.07%
Educational, health & social services: 1,467 6.37% 3,424 14.87%
Educational services 791 3.43% 1,612 7.00%
Health care & social assistance 676 2.94% 1,812 7.87%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 831 3.61% 1,068 4.64%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 177 0.77% 170 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 654 2.84% 898 3.90%
Other services (except public administration) 640 2.78% 574 2.49%
Public administration 600 2.61% 483 2.10%

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

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