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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 7,540 54.64% 6,260 45.36%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,498 10.86% 1,475 10.69%
Management, business, & financial operations: 824 5.97% 401 2.91%
Management, except farm managers 442 3.20% 215 1.56%
Farmers & farm managers 250 1.81% 24 0.17%
Business & financial operations: 132 0.96% 162 1.17%
Business operations specialists 81 0.59% 56 0.41%
Financial specialists 51 0.37% 106 0.77%
Professional & related occupations: 674 4.88% 1,074 7.78%
Computer & mathematical 96 0.70% 61 0.44%
Architecture & engineering: 217 1.57% 40 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 158 1.14% 13 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 59 0.43% 27 0.20%
Life, physical, & social science 24 0.17% 9 0.07%
Community & social services 64 0.46% 50 0.36%
Legal 22 0.16% 15 0.11%
Education, training, & library 116 0.84% 444 3.22%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 43 0.31% 57 0.41%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 92 0.67% 398 2.88%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 40 0.29% 226 1.64%
Health technologists & technicians 52 0.38% 172 1.25%
Service occupations: 539 3.91% 983 7.12%
Healthcare support 18 0.13% 176 1.28%
Protective services: 129 0.93% 31 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 60 0.43% 16 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 69 0.50% 15 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 149 1.08% 377 2.73%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 193 1.40% 148 1.07%
Personal care & service 50 0.36% 251 1.82%
Sales & office occupations: 953 6.91% 2,031 14.72%
Sales & related occupations 619 4.49% 624 4.52%
Office & administrative support 334 2.42% 1,407 10.20%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 177 1.28% 25 0.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,307 9.47% 65 0.47%
Construction & extraction: 637 4.62% 16 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 86 0.62% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 551 3.99% 16 0.12%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 670 4.86% 49 0.36%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,066 22.22% 1,681 12.18%
Production 2,101 15.22% 1,366 9.90%
Transportation & material moving: 965 6.99% 315 2.28%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 25 0.18% 23 0.17%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 385 2.79% 59 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 13 0.09% 0 0.00%
Material moving 542 3.93% 233 1.69%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,540 54.64% 6,260 45.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 471 3.41% 59 0.43%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 447 3.24% 59 0.43%
Mining 24 0.17% 0 0.00%
Construction 740 5.36% 54 0.39%
Manufacturing 3,342 24.22% 1,837 13.31%
Wholesale trade 281 2.04% 147 1.07%
Retail trade 741 5.37% 880 6.38%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 359 2.60% 114 0.83%
Transportation & warehousing 243 1.76% 90 0.65%
Utilities 116 0.84% 24 0.17%
Information 62 0.45% 117 0.85%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 154 1.12% 331 2.40%
Finance & insurance 89 0.64% 297 2.15%
Real estate & rental & leasing 65 0.47% 34 0.25%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 290 2.10% 380 2.75%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 97 0.70% 238 1.72%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 193 1.40% 142 1.03%
Educational, health & social services: 386 2.80% 1,645 11.92%
Educational services 204 1.48% 727 5.27%
Health care & social assistance 182 1.32% 918 6.65%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 249 1.80% 325 2.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 40 0.29% 15 0.11%
Accommodation & food services 209 1.51% 310 2.25%
Other services (except public administration) 264 1.91% 207 1.50%
Public administration 201 1.46% 164 1.19%

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

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