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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 17,260 51.63% 16,171 48.37%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,338 15.97% 5,423 16.22%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,347 7.02% 1,285 3.84%
Management, except farm managers 1,436 4.30% 768 2.30%
Farmers & farm managers 370 1.11% 66 0.20%
Business & financial operations: 541 1.62% 451 1.35%
Business operations specialists 215 0.64% 175 0.52%
Financial specialists 326 0.98% 276 0.83%
Professional & related occupations: 2,991 8.95% 4,138 12.38%
Computer & mathematical 302 0.90% 167 0.50%
Architecture & engineering: 334 1.00% 46 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 219 0.66% 13 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 115 0.34% 33 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 243 0.73% 182 0.54%
Community & social services 241 0.72% 454 1.36%
Legal 132 0.39% 91 0.27%
Education, training, & library 937 2.80% 1,530 4.58%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 352 1.05% 266 0.80%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 450 1.35% 1,402 4.19%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 322 0.96% 893 2.67%
Health technologists & technicians 128 0.38% 509 1.52%
Service occupations: 2,695 8.06% 4,010 11.99%
Healthcare support 106 0.32% 683 2.04%
Protective services: 477 1.43% 91 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 283 0.85% 52 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 194 0.58% 39 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,048 3.13% 1,627 4.87%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 697 2.08% 482 1.44%
Personal care & service 367 1.10% 1,127 3.37%
Sales & office occupations: 2,641 7.90% 5,855 17.51%
Sales & related occupations 1,764 5.28% 2,111 6.31%
Office & administrative support 877 2.62% 3,744 11.20%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 201 0.60% 46 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,382 10.12% 119 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 1,840 5.50% 54 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 311 0.93% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 1,521 4.55% 52 0.16%
Extraction 8 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,542 4.61% 65 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,003 8.98% 718 2.15%
Production 1,219 3.65% 424 1.27%
Transportation & material moving: 1,784 5.34% 294 0.88%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 55 0.16% 10 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 104 0.31% 3 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 816 2.44% 116 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 193 0.58% 34 0.10%
Material moving 616 1.84% 131 0.39%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 17,260 51.63% 16,171 48.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 652 1.95% 145 0.43%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 645 1.93% 137 0.41%
Mining 7 0.02% 8 0.02%
Construction 2,287 6.84% 156 0.47%
Manufacturing 1,619 4.84% 468 1.40%
Wholesale trade 831 2.49% 176 0.53%
Retail trade 2,077 6.21% 2,466 7.38%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,357 4.06% 305 0.91%
Transportation & warehousing 1,048 3.13% 253 0.76%
Utilities 309 0.92% 52 0.16%
Information 418 1.25% 206 0.62%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 633 1.89% 900 2.69%
Finance & insurance 428 1.28% 666 1.99%
Real estate & rental & leasing 205 0.61% 234 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,071 3.20% 978 2.93%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 649 1.94% 545 1.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 422 1.26% 433 1.30%
Educational, health & social services: 2,963 8.86% 7,016 20.99%
Educational services 2,073 6.20% 2,861 8.56%
Health care & social assistance 890 2.66% 4,155 12.43%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,708 5.11% 1,921 5.75%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 298 0.89% 199 0.60%
Accommodation & food services 1,410 4.22% 1,722 5.15%
Other services (except public administration) 760 2.27% 821 2.46%
Public administration 884 2.64% 613 1.83%

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

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