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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 7,452 57.88% 5,423 42.12%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,706 13.25% 1,523 11.83%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,026 7.97% 563 4.37%
Management, except farm managers 606 4.71% 391 3.04%
Farmers & farm managers 81 0.63% 16 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 339 2.63% 156 1.21%
Business operations specialists 206 1.60% 98 0.76%
Financial specialists 133 1.03% 58 0.45%
Professional & related occupations: 680 5.28% 960 7.46%
Computer & mathematical 54 0.42% 17 0.13%
Architecture & engineering: 130 1.01% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 126 0.98% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 4 0.03% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 37 0.29% 5 0.04%
Community & social services 90 0.70% 107 0.83%
Legal 44 0.34% 29 0.23%
Education, training, & library 192 1.49% 503 3.91%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 60 0.47% 101 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 73 0.57% 198 1.54%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 51 0.40% 114 0.89%
Health technologists & technicians 22 0.17% 84 0.65%
Service occupations: 1,037 8.05% 1,072 8.33%
Healthcare support 15 0.12% 140 1.09%
Protective services: 357 2.77% 54 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 326 2.53% 38 0.30%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 31 0.24% 16 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 228 1.77% 392 3.04%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 362 2.81% 212 1.65%
Personal care & service 75 0.58% 274 2.13%
Sales & office occupations: 1,904 14.79% 2,298 17.85%
Sales & related occupations 1,164 9.04% 939 7.29%
Office & administrative support 740 5.75% 1,359 10.56%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 106 0.82% 65 0.50%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,240 9.63% 24 0.19%
Construction & extraction: 775 6.02% 13 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 153 1.19% 2 0.02%
Construction trades 608 4.72% 11 0.09%
Extraction 14 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 465 3.61% 11 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,459 11.33% 441 3.43%
Production 640 4.97% 284 2.21%
Transportation & material moving: 819 6.36% 157 1.22%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 32 0.25% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 16 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 443 3.44% 74 0.57%
Rail, water & other transportation 61 0.47% 2 0.02%
Material moving 267 2.07% 81 0.63%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,452 57.88% 5,423 42.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 259 2.01% 104 0.81%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 213 1.65% 87 0.68%
Mining 46 0.36% 17 0.13%
Construction 902 7.01% 70 0.54%
Manufacturing 659 5.12% 307 2.38%
Wholesale trade 753 5.85% 377 2.93%
Retail trade 1,227 9.53% 1,030 8.00%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 645 5.01% 170 1.32%
Transportation & warehousing 557 4.33% 117 0.91%
Utilities 88 0.68% 53 0.41%
Information 55 0.43% 55 0.43%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 408 3.17% 344 2.67%
Finance & insurance 296 2.30% 215 1.67%
Real estate & rental & leasing 112 0.87% 129 1.00%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 561 4.36% 276 2.14%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 371 2.88% 138 1.07%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 190 1.48% 138 1.07%
Educational, health & social services: 409 3.18% 1,435 11.15%
Educational services 300 2.33% 704 5.47%
Health care & social assistance 109 0.85% 731 5.68%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 557 4.33% 667 5.18%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 131 1.02% 90 0.70%
Accommodation & food services 426 3.31% 577 4.48%
Other services (except public administration) 351 2.73% 195 1.51%
Public administration 666 5.17% 393 3.05%

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

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