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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 6,496 50.37% 6,400 49.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 997 7.73% 1,497 11.61%
Management, business, & financial operations: 519 4.02% 363 2.81%
Management, except farm managers 431 3.34% 190 1.47%
Farmers & farm managers 14 0.11% 8 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 74 0.57% 165 1.28%
Business operations specialists 51 0.40% 93 0.72%
Financial specialists 23 0.18% 72 0.56%
Professional & related occupations: 478 3.71% 1,134 8.79%
Computer & mathematical 20 0.16% 13 0.10%
Architecture & engineering: 123 0.95% 0 0.00%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 39 0.30% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 84 0.65% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 41 0.32% 6 0.05%
Community & social services 100 0.78% 102 0.79%
Legal 3 0.02% 31 0.24%
Education, training, & library 119 0.92% 510 3.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 23 0.18% 20 0.16%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 49 0.38% 452 3.50%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 29 0.22% 236 1.83%
Health technologists & technicians 20 0.16% 216 1.67%
Service occupations: 580 4.50% 1,099 8.52%
Healthcare support 33 0.26% 303 2.35%
Protective services: 146 1.13% 96 0.74%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 109 0.85% 79 0.61%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 37 0.29% 17 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 106 0.82% 382 2.96%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 205 1.59% 169 1.31%
Personal care & service 90 0.70% 149 1.16%
Sales & office occupations: 682 5.29% 2,042 15.83%
Sales & related occupations 383 2.97% 676 5.24%
Office & administrative support 299 2.32% 1,366 10.59%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 89 0.69% 15 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,591 12.34% 67 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 809 6.27% 17 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 99 0.77% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 710 5.51% 17 0.13%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 782 6.06% 50 0.39%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,557 19.83% 1,680 13.03%
Production 1,820 14.11% 1,433 11.11%
Transportation & material moving: 737 5.71% 247 1.92%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.06% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 325 2.52% 58 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 14 0.11% 0 0.00%
Material moving 390 3.02% 189 1.47%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,496 50.37% 6,400 49.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 146 1.13% 29 0.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 128 0.99% 29 0.22%
Mining 18 0.14% 0 0.00%
Construction 803 6.23% 40 0.31%
Manufacturing 2,810 21.79% 2,070 16.05%
Wholesale trade 149 1.16% 128 0.99%
Retail trade 491 3.81% 756 5.86%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 454 3.52% 86 0.67%
Transportation & warehousing 274 2.12% 61 0.47%
Utilities 180 1.40% 25 0.19%
Information 87 0.67% 53 0.41%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 160 1.24% 306 2.37%
Finance & insurance 84 0.65% 238 1.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 76 0.59% 68 0.53%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 259 2.01% 174 1.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 85 0.66% 72 0.56%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 174 1.35% 102 0.79%
Educational, health & social services: 363 2.81% 1,926 14.93%
Educational services 145 1.12% 690 5.35%
Health care & social assistance 218 1.69% 1,236 9.58%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 197 1.53% 352 2.73%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 58 0.45% 19 0.15%
Accommodation & food services 139 1.08% 333 2.58%
Other services (except public administration) 289 2.24% 182 1.41%
Public administration 288 2.23% 298 2.31%

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

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