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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 9,864 51.93% 9,131 48.07%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,736 9.14% 2,513 13.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 812 4.27% 576 3.03%
Management, except farm managers 593 3.12% 396 2.08%
Farmers & farm managers 88 0.46% 30 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 131 0.69% 150 0.79%
Business operations specialists 35 0.18% 38 0.20%
Financial specialists 96 0.51% 112 0.59%
Professional & related occupations: 924 4.86% 1,937 10.20%
Computer & mathematical 55 0.29% 11 0.06%
Architecture & engineering: 87 0.46% 24 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 57 0.30% 5 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 30 0.16% 19 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 64 0.34% 43 0.23%
Community & social services 200 1.05% 218 1.15%
Legal 82 0.43% 32 0.17%
Education, training, & library 248 1.31% 894 4.71%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 38 0.20% 64 0.34%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 150 0.79% 651 3.43%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 97 0.51% 408 2.15%
Health technologists & technicians 53 0.28% 243 1.28%
Service occupations: 1,089 5.73% 1,749 9.21%
Healthcare support 40 0.21% 449 2.36%
Protective services: 268 1.41% 103 0.54%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 238 1.25% 88 0.46%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 30 0.16% 15 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 197 1.04% 541 2.85%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 488 2.57% 217 1.14%
Personal care & service 96 0.51% 439 2.31%
Sales & office occupations: 1,186 6.24% 2,717 14.30%
Sales & related occupations 729 3.84% 964 5.08%
Office & administrative support 457 2.41% 1,753 9.23%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 226 1.19% 52 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,413 12.70% 95 0.50%
Construction & extraction: 1,249 6.58% 48 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 139 0.73% 11 0.06%
Construction trades 1,095 5.76% 37 0.19%
Extraction 15 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,164 6.13% 47 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,214 16.92% 2,005 10.56%
Production 1,962 10.33% 1,694 8.92%
Transportation & material moving: 1,252 6.59% 311 1.64%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 41 0.22% 4 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 536 2.82% 81 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 197 1.04% 8 0.04%
Material moving 478 2.52% 218 1.15%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,864 51.93% 9,131 48.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 451 2.37% 75 0.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 395 2.08% 75 0.39%
Mining 56 0.29% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,151 6.06% 114 0.60%
Manufacturing 3,142 16.54% 2,249 11.84%
Wholesale trade 376 1.98% 135 0.71%
Retail trade 1,114 5.86% 1,269 6.68%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 775 4.08% 136 0.72%
Transportation & warehousing 626 3.30% 119 0.63%
Utilities 149 0.78% 17 0.09%
Information 137 0.72% 92 0.48%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 183 0.96% 337 1.77%
Finance & insurance 104 0.55% 282 1.48%
Real estate & rental & leasing 79 0.42% 55 0.29%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 429 2.26% 314 1.65%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 167 0.88% 192 1.01%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 262 1.38% 122 0.64%
Educational, health & social services: 731 3.85% 2,995 15.77%
Educational services 351 1.85% 1,186 6.24%
Health care & social assistance 380 2.00% 1,809 9.52%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 425 2.24% 588 3.10%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 103 0.54% 43 0.23%
Accommodation & food services 322 1.70% 545 2.87%
Other services (except public administration) 515 2.71% 486 2.56%
Public administration 435 2.29% 341 1.80%

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

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