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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 21,622 54.70% 17,909 45.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,454 13.80% 5,840 14.77%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,742 6.94% 1,599 4.04%
Management, except farm managers 1,937 4.90% 992 2.51%
Farmers & farm managers 209 0.53% 36 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 596 1.51% 571 1.44%
Business operations specialists 359 0.91% 241 0.61%
Financial specialists 237 0.60% 330 0.83%
Professional & related occupations: 2,712 6.86% 4,241 10.73%
Computer & mathematical 179 0.45% 185 0.47%
Architecture & engineering: 738 1.87% 60 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 429 1.09% 22 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 309 0.78% 38 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 81 0.20% 49 0.12%
Community & social services 349 0.88% 372 0.94%
Legal 96 0.24% 134 0.34%
Education, training, & library 352 0.89% 1,558 3.94%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 280 0.71% 317 0.80%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 637 1.61% 1,566 3.96%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 505 1.28% 1,095 2.77%
Health technologists & technicians 132 0.33% 471 1.19%
Service occupations: 2,614 6.61% 3,301 8.35%
Healthcare support 91 0.23% 868 2.20%
Protective services: 472 1.19% 55 0.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 294 0.74% 27 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 178 0.45% 28 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 755 1.91% 1,140 2.88%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,156 2.92% 521 1.32%
Personal care & service 140 0.35% 717 1.81%
Sales & office occupations: 3,394 8.59% 6,345 16.05%
Sales & related occupations 2,265 5.73% 2,309 5.84%
Office & administrative support 1,129 2.86% 4,036 10.21%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 366 0.93% 111 0.28%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,606 11.65% 131 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 2,905 7.35% 45 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 376 0.95% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,529 6.40% 45 0.11%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,701 4.30% 86 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,188 13.12% 2,181 5.52%
Production 3,468 8.77% 1,829 4.63%
Transportation & material moving: 1,720 4.35% 352 0.89%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 22 0.06% 30 0.08%
Aircraft & traffic control 37 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 901 2.28% 89 0.23%
Rail, water & other transportation 51 0.13% 3 0.01%
Material moving 709 1.79% 230 0.58%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,622 54.70% 17,909 45.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 637 1.61% 174 0.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 631 1.60% 174 0.44%
Mining 6 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 3,655 9.25% 328 0.83%
Manufacturing 5,712 14.45% 2,569 6.50%
Wholesale trade 849 2.15% 408 1.03%
Retail trade 2,412 6.10% 2,439 6.17%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,039 2.63% 467 1.18%
Transportation & warehousing 834 2.11% 407 1.03%
Utilities 205 0.52% 60 0.15%
Information 255 0.65% 321 0.81%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 758 1.92% 1,019 2.58%
Finance & insurance 406 1.03% 634 1.60%
Real estate & rental & leasing 352 0.89% 385 0.97%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,587 4.01% 1,116 2.82%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 601 1.52% 637 1.61%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 6 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 986 2.49% 473 1.20%
Educational, health & social services: 1,561 3.95% 6,033 15.26%
Educational services 565 1.43% 1,896 4.80%
Health care & social assistance 996 2.52% 4,137 10.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,356 3.43% 1,493 3.78%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 432 1.09% 274 0.69%
Accommodation & food services 924 2.34% 1,219 3.08%
Other services (except public administration) 1,123 2.84% 1,045 2.64%
Public administration 678 1.72% 497 1.26%

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

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