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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 17,551 54.29% 14,780 45.71%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,158 9.77% 4,055 12.54%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,903 5.89% 1,333 4.12%
Management, except farm managers 1,287 3.98% 738 2.28%
Farmers & farm managers 140 0.43% 24 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 476 1.47% 571 1.77%
Business operations specialists 308 0.95% 268 0.83%
Financial specialists 168 0.52% 303 0.94%
Professional & related occupations: 1,255 3.88% 2,722 8.42%
Computer & mathematical 193 0.60% 112 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 389 1.20% 103 0.32%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 251 0.78% 50 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 138 0.43% 53 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 95 0.29% 66 0.20%
Community & social services 112 0.35% 224 0.69%
Legal 41 0.13% 120 0.37%
Education, training, & library 221 0.68% 1,173 3.63%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 105 0.32% 159 0.49%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 99 0.31% 765 2.37%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 91 0.28% 491 1.52%
Health technologists & technicians 8 0.02% 274 0.85%
Service occupations: 1,342 4.15% 2,141 6.62%
Healthcare support 81 0.25% 610 1.89%
Protective services: 377 1.17% 46 0.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 233 0.72% 32 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 144 0.45% 14 0.04%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 270 0.84% 650 2.01%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 531 1.64% 332 1.03%
Personal care & service 83 0.26% 503 1.56%
Sales & office occupations: 2,395 7.41% 4,823 14.92%
Sales & related occupations 1,309 4.05% 1,497 4.63%
Office & administrative support 1,086 3.36% 3,326 10.29%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 57 0.18% 36 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,292 13.28% 211 0.65%
Construction & extraction: 2,244 6.94% 53 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 287 0.89% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,944 6.01% 53 0.16%
Extraction 13 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,048 6.33% 158 0.49%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,307 19.51% 3,514 10.87%
Production 4,256 13.16% 3,038 9.40%
Transportation & material moving: 2,051 6.34% 476 1.47%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 42 0.13% 36 0.11%
Aircraft & traffic control 59 0.18% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,125 3.48% 131 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 33 0.10% 9 0.03%
Material moving 792 2.45% 300 0.93%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 17,551 54.29% 14,780 45.71%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 217 0.67% 77 0.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 182 0.56% 77 0.24%
Mining 35 0.11% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,642 8.17% 198 0.61%
Manufacturing 6,210 19.21% 4,149 12.83%
Wholesale trade 835 2.58% 257 0.79%
Retail trade 1,629 5.04% 1,676 5.18%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,033 6.29% 618 1.91%
Transportation & warehousing 1,337 4.14% 424 1.31%
Utilities 696 2.15% 194 0.60%
Information 202 0.62% 239 0.74%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 443 1.37% 894 2.77%
Finance & insurance 283 0.88% 744 2.30%
Real estate & rental & leasing 160 0.49% 150 0.46%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,032 3.19% 879 2.72%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 396 1.22% 598 1.85%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 636 1.97% 281 0.87%
Educational, health & social services: 586 1.81% 3,893 12.04%
Educational services 367 1.14% 1,572 4.86%
Health care & social assistance 219 0.68% 2,321 7.18%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 575 1.78% 930 2.88%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 178 0.55% 129 0.40%
Accommodation & food services 397 1.23% 801 2.48%
Other services (except public administration) 699 2.16% 598 1.85%
Public administration 448 1.39% 372 1.15%

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

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