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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 15,470 54.82% 12,752 45.18%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,757 9.77% 3,356 11.89%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,230 4.36% 877 3.11%
Management, except farm managers 900 3.19% 565 2.00%
Farmers & farm managers 142 0.50% 12 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 188 0.67% 300 1.06%
Business operations specialists 103 0.36% 136 0.48%
Financial specialists 85 0.30% 164 0.58%
Professional & related occupations: 1,527 5.41% 2,479 8.78%
Computer & mathematical 91 0.32% 54 0.19%
Architecture & engineering: 334 1.18% 61 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 226 0.80% 25 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 108 0.38% 36 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 123 0.44% 63 0.22%
Community & social services 294 1.04% 210 0.74%
Legal 29 0.10% 53 0.19%
Education, training, & library 330 1.17% 1,085 3.84%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 141 0.50% 99 0.35%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 185 0.66% 854 3.03%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 146 0.52% 462 1.64%
Health technologists & technicians 39 0.14% 392 1.39%
Service occupations: 1,420 5.03% 2,422 8.58%
Healthcare support 50 0.18% 515 1.82%
Protective services: 304 1.08% 83 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 204 0.72% 64 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 100 0.35% 19 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 210 0.74% 779 2.76%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 767 2.72% 362 1.28%
Personal care & service 89 0.32% 683 2.42%
Sales & office occupations: 2,117 7.50% 3,839 13.60%
Sales & related occupations 1,250 4.43% 1,369 4.85%
Office & administrative support 867 3.07% 2,470 8.75%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 205 0.73% 20 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,623 12.84% 151 0.54%
Construction & extraction: 2,081 7.37% 84 0.30%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 311 1.10% 23 0.08%
Construction trades 1,732 6.14% 61 0.22%
Extraction 38 0.13% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,542 5.46% 67 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,348 18.95% 2,964 10.50%
Production 3,591 12.72% 2,590 9.18%
Transportation & material moving: 1,757 6.23% 374 1.33%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 42 0.15% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 16 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 883 3.13% 130 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 28 0.10% 8 0.03%
Material moving 788 2.79% 236 0.84%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 15,470 54.82% 12,752 45.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 375 1.33% 46 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 354 1.25% 37 0.13%
Mining 21 0.07% 9 0.03%
Construction 2,224 7.88% 195 0.69%
Manufacturing 5,797 20.54% 3,766 13.34%
Wholesale trade 556 1.97% 150 0.53%
Retail trade 1,718 6.09% 1,676 5.94%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 933 3.31% 258 0.91%
Transportation & warehousing 643 2.28% 231 0.82%
Utilities 290 1.03% 27 0.10%
Information 131 0.46% 96 0.34%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 234 0.83% 472 1.67%
Finance & insurance 97 0.34% 324 1.15%
Real estate & rental & leasing 137 0.49% 148 0.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 682 2.42% 511 1.81%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 205 0.73% 230 0.81%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 11 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 477 1.69% 270 0.96%
Educational, health & social services: 959 3.40% 3,772 13.37%
Educational services 529 1.87% 1,364 4.83%
Health care & social assistance 430 1.52% 2,408 8.53%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 589 2.09% 859 3.04%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 192 0.68% 118 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 397 1.41% 741 2.63%
Other services (except public administration) 868 3.08% 572 2.03%
Public administration 404 1.43% 379 1.34%

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

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