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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 8,640 55.99% 6,790 44.01%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,763 11.43% 1,916 12.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,042 6.75% 478 3.10%
Management, except farm managers 589 3.82% 279 1.81%
Farmers & farm managers 348 2.26% 38 0.25%
Business & financial operations: 105 0.68% 161 1.04%
Business operations specialists 46 0.30% 73 0.47%
Financial specialists 59 0.38% 88 0.57%
Professional & related occupations: 721 4.67% 1,438 9.32%
Computer & mathematical 41 0.27% 55 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 153 0.99% 9 0.06%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 62 0.40% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 91 0.59% 9 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 39 0.25% 12 0.08%
Community & social services 45 0.29% 90 0.58%
Legal 4 0.03% 27 0.17%
Education, training, & library 226 1.46% 843 5.46%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 39 0.25% 52 0.34%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 174 1.13% 350 2.27%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 67 0.43% 193 1.25%
Health technologists & technicians 107 0.69% 157 1.02%
Service occupations: 831 5.39% 1,761 11.41%
Healthcare support 36 0.23% 478 3.10%
Protective services: 287 1.86% 34 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 205 1.33% 31 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 82 0.53% 3 0.02%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 127 0.82% 536 3.47%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 320 2.07% 257 1.67%
Personal care & service 61 0.40% 456 2.96%
Sales & office occupations: 1,194 7.74% 2,438 15.80%
Sales & related occupations 703 4.56% 881 5.71%
Office & administrative support 491 3.18% 1,557 10.09%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 190 1.23% 4 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,736 17.73% 78 0.51%
Construction & extraction: 1,791 11.61% 48 0.31%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 219 1.42% 14 0.09%
Construction trades 1,441 9.34% 34 0.22%
Extraction 131 0.85% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 945 6.12% 30 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,926 12.48% 593 3.84%
Production 736 4.77% 475 3.08%
Transportation & material moving: 1,190 7.71% 118 0.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 29 0.19% 2 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 714 4.63% 60 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 63 0.41% 0 0.00%
Material moving 377 2.44% 56 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,640 55.99% 6,790 44.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 887 5.75% 67 0.43%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 582 3.77% 54 0.35%
Mining 305 1.98% 13 0.08%
Construction 1,913 12.40% 198 1.28%
Manufacturing 847 5.49% 485 3.14%
Wholesale trade 417 2.70% 106 0.69%
Retail trade 971 6.29% 845 5.48%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 947 6.14% 119 0.77%
Transportation & warehousing 631 4.09% 74 0.48%
Utilities 316 2.05% 45 0.29%
Information 143 0.93% 94 0.61%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 235 1.52% 418 2.71%
Finance & insurance 120 0.78% 333 2.16%
Real estate & rental & leasing 115 0.75% 85 0.55%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 427 2.77% 363 2.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 158 1.02% 222 1.44%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 12 0.08%
Administrative & support & waste management services 269 1.74% 129 0.84%
Educational, health & social services: 667 4.32% 2,592 16.80%
Educational services 455 2.95% 1,230 7.97%
Health care & social assistance 212 1.37% 1,362 8.83%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 281 1.82% 686 4.45%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 63 0.41% 66 0.43%
Accommodation & food services 218 1.41% 620 4.02%
Other services (except public administration) 392 2.54% 428 2.77%
Public administration 513 3.32% 389 2.52%

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

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