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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 20,336 50.23% 20,146 49.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,337 13.18% 6,773 16.73%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,604 6.43% 1,859 4.59%
Management, except farm managers 1,497 3.70% 1,099 2.71%
Farmers & farm managers 587 1.45% 124 0.31%
Business & financial operations: 520 1.28% 636 1.57%
Business operations specialists 313 0.77% 263 0.65%
Financial specialists 207 0.51% 373 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 2,733 6.75% 4,914 12.14%
Computer & mathematical 133 0.33% 113 0.28%
Architecture & engineering: 491 1.21% 72 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 326 0.81% 39 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 165 0.41% 33 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 112 0.28% 64 0.16%
Community & social services 274 0.68% 495 1.22%
Legal 129 0.32% 101 0.25%
Education, training, & library 866 2.14% 2,229 5.51%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 267 0.66% 207 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 461 1.14% 1,633 4.03%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 340 0.84% 1,015 2.51%
Health technologists & technicians 121 0.30% 618 1.53%
Service occupations: 3,275 8.09% 4,558 11.26%
Healthcare support 75 0.19% 877 2.17%
Protective services: 1,283 3.17% 216 0.53%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,153 2.85% 135 0.33%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 130 0.32% 81 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 900 2.22% 1,864 4.60%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 816 2.02% 502 1.24%
Personal care & service 201 0.50% 1,099 2.71%
Sales & office occupations: 3,254 8.04% 7,096 17.53%
Sales & related occupations 2,055 5.08% 2,817 6.96%
Office & administrative support 1,199 2.96% 4,279 10.57%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 404 1.00% 133 0.33%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,908 9.65% 129 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 1,829 4.52% 57 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 254 0.63% 7 0.02%
Construction trades 1,548 3.82% 50 0.12%
Extraction 27 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,079 5.14% 72 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,158 10.27% 1,457 3.60%
Production 1,932 4.77% 883 2.18%
Transportation & material moving: 2,226 5.50% 574 1.42%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 60 0.15% 40 0.10%
Aircraft & traffic control 45 0.11% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,292 3.19% 283 0.70%
Rail, water & other transportation 129 0.32% 26 0.06%
Material moving 700 1.73% 225 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 20,336 50.23% 20,146 49.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,073 2.65% 296 0.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,041 2.57% 278 0.69%
Mining 32 0.08% 18 0.04%
Construction 2,171 5.36% 192 0.47%
Manufacturing 2,632 6.50% 1,258 3.11%
Wholesale trade 835 2.06% 248 0.61%
Retail trade 2,536 6.26% 3,228 7.97%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,448 3.58% 390 0.96%
Transportation & warehousing 1,117 2.76% 324 0.80%
Utilities 331 0.82% 66 0.16%
Information 630 1.56% 448 1.11%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 574 1.42% 807 1.99%
Finance & insurance 312 0.77% 612 1.51%
Real estate & rental & leasing 262 0.65% 195 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 901 2.23% 957 2.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 478 1.18% 526 1.30%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 423 1.04% 431 1.06%
Educational, health & social services: 2,325 5.74% 7,561 18.68%
Educational services 1,346 3.32% 3,093 7.64%
Health care & social assistance 979 2.42% 4,468 11.04%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,500 3.71% 2,198 5.43%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 317 0.78% 264 0.65%
Accommodation & food services 1,183 2.92% 1,934 4.78%
Other services (except public administration) 1,095 2.70% 975 2.41%
Public administration 2,616 6.46% 1,588 3.92%

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

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