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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 11,520 53.60% 9,974 46.40%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,201 14.89% 3,526 16.40%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,345 6.26% 785 3.65%
Management, except farm managers 827 3.85% 549 2.55%
Farmers & farm managers 288 1.34% 31 0.14%
Business & financial operations: 230 1.07% 205 0.95%
Business operations specialists 140 0.65% 100 0.47%
Financial specialists 90 0.42% 105 0.49%
Professional & related occupations: 1,856 8.63% 2,741 12.75%
Computer & mathematical 134 0.62% 54 0.25%
Architecture & engineering: 345 1.61% 26 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 236 1.10% 14 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 109 0.51% 12 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 123 0.57% 72 0.33%
Community & social services 177 0.82% 297 1.38%
Legal 22 0.10% 50 0.23%
Education, training, & library 727 3.38% 1,325 6.16%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 123 0.57% 135 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 205 0.95% 782 3.64%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 169 0.79% 480 2.23%
Health technologists & technicians 36 0.17% 302 1.41%
Service occupations: 1,389 6.46% 2,389 11.11%
Healthcare support 73 0.34% 553 2.57%
Protective services: 232 1.08% 70 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 178 0.83% 18 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 54 0.25% 52 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 534 2.48% 894 4.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 464 2.16% 327 1.52%
Personal care & service 86 0.40% 545 2.54%
Sales & office occupations: 1,519 7.07% 3,077 14.32%
Sales & related occupations 790 3.68% 1,002 4.66%
Office & administrative support 729 3.39% 2,075 9.65%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 342 1.59% 65 0.30%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,042 9.50% 70 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 1,167 5.43% 40 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 194 0.90% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 954 4.44% 38 0.18%
Extraction 19 0.09% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 875 4.07% 30 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,027 14.08% 847 3.94%
Production 1,768 8.23% 600 2.79%
Transportation & material moving: 1,259 5.86% 247 1.15%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 24 0.11% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 3 0.01% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 677 3.15% 104 0.48%
Rail, water & other transportation 40 0.19% 23 0.11%
Material moving 515 2.40% 120 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,520 53.60% 9,974 46.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 709 3.30% 104 0.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 664 3.09% 104 0.48%
Mining 45 0.21% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,259 5.86% 97 0.45%
Manufacturing 2,690 12.52% 898 4.18%
Wholesale trade 385 1.79% 125 0.58%
Retail trade 1,081 5.03% 1,095 5.09%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 693 3.22% 173 0.80%
Transportation & warehousing 544 2.53% 128 0.60%
Utilities 149 0.69% 45 0.21%
Information 240 1.12% 221 1.03%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 182 0.85% 323 1.50%
Finance & insurance 105 0.49% 266 1.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 77 0.36% 57 0.27%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 461 2.14% 349 1.62%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 269 1.25% 241 1.12%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 190 0.88% 108 0.50%
Educational, health & social services: 2,138 9.95% 4,833 22.49%
Educational services 1,684 7.83% 2,701 12.57%
Health care & social assistance 454 2.11% 2,132 9.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 711 3.31% 886 4.12%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 102 0.47% 96 0.45%
Accommodation & food services 609 2.83% 790 3.68%
Other services (except public administration) 544 2.53% 520 2.42%
Public administration 427 1.99% 350 1.63%

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

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