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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 14,907 56.19% 11,622 43.81%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,880 14.63% 4,220 15.91%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,882 7.09% 1,461 5.51%
Management, except farm managers 1,270 4.79% 728 2.74%
Farmers & farm managers 215 0.81% 31 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 397 1.50% 702 2.65%
Business operations specialists 265 1.00% 307 1.16%
Financial specialists 132 0.50% 395 1.49%
Professional & related occupations: 1,998 7.53% 2,759 10.40%
Computer & mathematical 343 1.29% 245 0.92%
Architecture & engineering: 606 2.28% 59 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 378 1.42% 43 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 228 0.86% 16 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 70 0.26% 93 0.35%
Community & social services 200 0.75% 255 0.96%
Legal 114 0.43% 139 0.52%
Education, training, & library 408 1.54% 1,066 4.02%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 176 0.66% 150 0.57%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 81 0.31% 752 2.83%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 50 0.19% 375 1.41%
Health technologists & technicians 31 0.12% 377 1.42%
Service occupations: 1,558 5.87% 1,822 6.87%
Healthcare support 19 0.07% 404 1.52%
Protective services: 510 1.92% 113 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 367 1.38% 36 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 143 0.54% 77 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 278 1.05% 414 1.56%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 630 2.37% 383 1.44%
Personal care & service 121 0.46% 508 1.91%
Sales & office occupations: 1,935 7.29% 4,598 17.33%
Sales & related occupations 1,080 4.07% 1,228 4.63%
Office & administrative support 855 3.22% 3,370 12.70%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 164 0.62% 40 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,260 16.06% 136 0.51%
Construction & extraction: 2,909 10.97% 64 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 431 1.62% 13 0.05%
Construction trades 2,468 9.30% 51 0.19%
Extraction 10 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,351 5.09% 72 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,110 11.72% 806 3.04%
Production 1,520 5.73% 572 2.16%
Transportation & material moving: 1,590 5.99% 234 0.88%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 19 0.07% 5 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 26 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 882 3.32% 104 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 129 0.49% 10 0.04%
Material moving 534 2.01% 115 0.43%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,907 56.19% 11,622 43.81%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 577 2.17% 141 0.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 464 1.75% 101 0.38%
Mining 113 0.43% 40 0.15%
Construction 3,295 12.42% 260 0.98%
Manufacturing 2,187 8.24% 936 3.53%
Wholesale trade 479 1.81% 209 0.79%
Retail trade 1,402 5.28% 1,386 5.22%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,200 4.52% 345 1.30%
Transportation & warehousing 861 3.25% 249 0.94%
Utilities 339 1.28% 96 0.36%
Information 267 1.01% 151 0.57%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 599 2.26% 926 3.49%
Finance & insurance 295 1.11% 598 2.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 304 1.15% 328 1.24%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,127 4.25% 954 3.60%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 572 2.16% 613 2.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 555 2.09% 341 1.29%
Educational, health & social services: 1,067 4.02% 3,640 13.72%
Educational services 782 2.95% 1,688 6.36%
Health care & social assistance 285 1.07% 1,952 7.36%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 747 2.82% 632 2.38%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 281 1.06% 115 0.43%
Accommodation & food services 466 1.76% 517 1.95%
Other services (except public administration) 882 3.32% 624 2.35%
Public administration 1,078 4.06% 1,418 5.35%

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

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