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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 7,106 55.59% 5,677 44.41%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,635 12.79% 1,742 13.63%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,015 7.94% 568 4.44%
Management, except farm managers 599 4.69% 366 2.86%
Farmers & farm managers 187 1.46% 19 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 229 1.79% 183 1.43%
Business operations specialists 98 0.77% 70 0.55%
Financial specialists 131 1.02% 113 0.88%
Professional & related occupations: 620 4.85% 1,174 9.18%
Computer & mathematical 70 0.55% 76 0.59%
Architecture & engineering: 164 1.28% 20 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 92 0.72% 7 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 72 0.56% 13 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 12 0.09% 28 0.22%
Community & social services 90 0.70% 63 0.49%
Legal 31 0.24% 19 0.15%
Education, training, & library 76 0.59% 413 3.23%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 64 0.50% 58 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 113 0.88% 497 3.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 57 0.45% 317 2.48%
Health technologists & technicians 56 0.44% 180 1.41%
Service occupations: 650 5.08% 1,144 8.95%
Healthcare support 41 0.32% 320 2.50%
Protective services: 204 1.60% 73 0.57%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 147 1.15% 39 0.31%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 57 0.45% 34 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 141 1.10% 264 2.07%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 199 1.56% 202 1.58%
Personal care & service 65 0.51% 285 2.23%
Sales & office occupations: 1,087 8.50% 2,089 16.34%
Sales & related occupations 645 5.05% 684 5.35%
Office & administrative support 442 3.46% 1,405 10.99%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 97 0.76% 11 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,822 14.25% 40 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 1,163 9.10% 22 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 180 1.41% 5 0.04%
Construction trades 972 7.60% 17 0.13%
Extraction 11 0.09% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 659 5.16% 18 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,815 14.20% 651 5.09%
Production 931 7.28% 422 3.30%
Transportation & material moving: 884 6.92% 229 1.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 26 0.20% 2 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 37 0.29% 34 0.27%
Motor vehicle operators 526 4.11% 97 0.76%
Rail, water & other transportation 18 0.14% 1 0.01%
Material moving 277 2.17% 95 0.74%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,106 55.59% 5,677 44.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 316 2.47% 28 0.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 311 2.43% 28 0.22%
Mining 5 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,394 10.91% 83 0.65%
Manufacturing 1,385 10.83% 699 5.47%
Wholesale trade 336 2.63% 186 1.46%
Retail trade 762 5.96% 775 6.06%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 761 5.95% 329 2.57%
Transportation & warehousing 663 5.19% 300 2.35%
Utilities 98 0.77% 29 0.23%
Information 79 0.62% 32 0.25%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 192 1.50% 438 3.43%
Finance & insurance 123 0.96% 366 2.86%
Real estate & rental & leasing 69 0.54% 72 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 419 3.28% 298 2.33%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 210 1.64% 189 1.48%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.02% 5 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 207 1.62% 104 0.81%
Educational, health & social services: 468 3.66% 1,928 15.08%
Educational services 189 1.48% 590 4.62%
Health care & social assistance 279 2.18% 1,338 10.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 297 2.32% 378 2.96%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 81 0.63% 47 0.37%
Accommodation & food services 216 1.69% 331 2.59%
Other services (except public administration) 325 2.54% 278 2.17%
Public administration 372 2.91% 225 1.76%

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

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