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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 11,313 56.47% 8,721 43.53%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,483 12.39% 2,808 14.02%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,143 5.71% 1,035 5.17%
Management, except farm managers 796 3.97% 648 3.23%
Farmers & farm managers 109 0.54% 39 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 238 1.19% 348 1.74%
Business operations specialists 137 0.68% 191 0.95%
Financial specialists 101 0.50% 157 0.78%
Professional & related occupations: 1,340 6.69% 1,773 8.85%
Computer & mathematical 211 1.05% 117 0.58%
Architecture & engineering: 440 2.20% 32 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 316 1.58% 14 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 124 0.62% 18 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 84 0.42% 33 0.16%
Community & social services 110 0.55% 164 0.82%
Legal 50 0.25% 47 0.23%
Education, training, & library 202 1.01% 708 3.53%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 99 0.49% 152 0.76%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 144 0.72% 520 2.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 92 0.46% 314 1.57%
Health technologists & technicians 52 0.26% 206 1.03%
Service occupations: 932 4.65% 1,760 8.79%
Healthcare support 41 0.20% 319 1.59%
Protective services: 318 1.59% 106 0.53%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 212 1.06% 56 0.28%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 106 0.53% 50 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 157 0.78% 624 3.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 377 1.88% 252 1.26%
Personal care & service 39 0.19% 459 2.29%
Sales & office occupations: 1,377 6.87% 3,226 16.10%
Sales & related occupations 770 3.84% 892 4.45%
Office & administrative support 607 3.03% 2,334 11.65%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 258 1.29% 16 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,655 13.25% 112 0.56%
Construction & extraction: 1,490 7.44% 59 0.29%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 154 0.77% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,299 6.48% 59 0.29%
Extraction 37 0.18% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,165 5.82% 53 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,608 18.01% 799 3.99%
Production 1,920 9.58% 466 2.33%
Transportation & material moving: 1,688 8.43% 333 1.66%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 25 0.12% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 13 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 709 3.54% 167 0.83%
Rail, water & other transportation 161 0.80% 9 0.04%
Material moving 780 3.89% 157 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,313 56.47% 8,721 43.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 623 3.11% 99 0.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 498 2.49% 99 0.49%
Mining 125 0.62% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,508 7.53% 186 0.93%
Manufacturing 3,488 17.41% 946 4.72%
Wholesale trade 448 2.24% 194 0.97%
Retail trade 1,020 5.09% 1,130 5.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,338 6.68% 571 2.85%
Transportation & warehousing 967 4.83% 438 2.19%
Utilities 371 1.85% 133 0.66%
Information 233 1.16% 158 0.79%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 271 1.35% 672 3.35%
Finance & insurance 138 0.69% 424 2.12%
Real estate & rental & leasing 133 0.66% 248 1.24%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 628 3.13% 674 3.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 316 1.58% 445 2.22%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 312 1.56% 229 1.14%
Educational, health & social services: 589 2.94% 2,571 12.83%
Educational services 338 1.69% 941 4.70%
Health care & social assistance 251 1.25% 1,630 8.14%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 301 1.50% 764 3.81%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 84 0.42% 100 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 217 1.08% 664 3.31%
Other services (except public administration) 478 2.39% 382 1.91%
Public administration 388 1.94% 374 1.87%

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

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