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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 11,430 50.43% 11,234 49.57%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,134 13.83% 4,017 17.72%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,439 6.35% 1,258 5.55%
Management, except farm managers 888 3.92% 697 3.08%
Farmers & farm managers 288 1.27% 89 0.39%
Business & financial operations: 263 1.16% 472 2.08%
Business operations specialists 141 0.62% 226 1.00%
Financial specialists 122 0.54% 246 1.09%
Professional & related occupations: 1,695 7.48% 2,759 12.17%
Computer & mathematical 152 0.67% 120 0.53%
Architecture & engineering: 313 1.38% 46 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 218 0.96% 24 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 95 0.42% 22 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 149 0.66% 62 0.27%
Community & social services 137 0.60% 287 1.27%
Legal 39 0.17% 53 0.23%
Education, training, & library 550 2.43% 1,245 5.49%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 156 0.69% 168 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 199 0.88% 778 3.43%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 161 0.71% 473 2.09%
Health technologists & technicians 38 0.17% 305 1.35%
Service occupations: 1,550 6.84% 2,439 10.76%
Healthcare support 82 0.36% 490 2.16%
Protective services: 305 1.35% 93 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 184 0.81% 29 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 121 0.53% 64 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 423 1.87% 944 4.17%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 504 2.22% 235 1.04%
Personal care & service 236 1.04% 677 2.99%
Sales & office occupations: 1,717 7.58% 3,590 15.84%
Sales & related occupations 1,036 4.57% 1,118 4.93%
Office & administrative support 681 3.00% 2,472 10.91%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 308 1.36% 59 0.26%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,936 8.54% 77 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 1,090 4.81% 32 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 155 0.68% 12 0.05%
Construction trades 922 4.07% 20 0.09%
Extraction 13 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 846 3.73% 45 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,785 12.29% 1,052 4.64%
Production 1,715 7.57% 822 3.63%
Transportation & material moving: 1,070 4.72% 230 1.01%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 23 0.10% 6 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 11 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 630 2.78% 52 0.23%
Rail, water & other transportation 27 0.12% 2 0.01%
Material moving 379 1.67% 170 0.75%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,430 50.43% 11,234 49.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 615 2.71% 171 0.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 593 2.62% 161 0.71%
Mining 22 0.10% 10 0.04%
Construction 1,317 5.81% 130 0.57%
Manufacturing 2,542 11.22% 1,206 5.32%
Wholesale trade 481 2.12% 129 0.57%
Retail trade 1,247 5.50% 1,215 5.36%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 513 2.26% 134 0.59%
Transportation & warehousing 410 1.81% 116 0.51%
Utilities 103 0.45% 18 0.08%
Information 205 0.90% 182 0.80%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 303 1.34% 480 2.12%
Finance & insurance 169 0.75% 355 1.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 134 0.59% 125 0.55%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 628 2.77% 594 2.62%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 369 1.63% 360 1.59%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 4 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 259 1.14% 230 1.01%
Educational, health & social services: 1,808 7.98% 4,805 21.20%
Educational services 1,201 5.30% 2,314 10.21%
Health care & social assistance 607 2.68% 2,491 10.99%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 684 3.02% 1,148 5.07%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 117 0.52% 65 0.29%
Accommodation & food services 567 2.50% 1,083 4.78%
Other services (except public administration) 623 2.75% 503 2.22%
Public administration 464 2.05% 537 2.37%

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

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