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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 8,528 56.65% 6,526 43.35%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,730 11.49% 2,252 14.96%
Management, business, & financial operations: 847 5.63% 624 4.15%
Management, except farm managers 477 3.17% 365 2.42%
Farmers & farm managers 253 1.68% 69 0.46%
Business & financial operations: 117 0.78% 190 1.26%
Business operations specialists 98 0.65% 97 0.64%
Financial specialists 19 0.13% 93 0.62%
Professional & related occupations: 883 5.87% 1,628 10.81%
Computer & mathematical 62 0.41% 30 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 196 1.30% 65 0.43%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 116 0.77% 47 0.31%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 80 0.53% 18 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 101 0.67% 21 0.14%
Community & social services 58 0.39% 66 0.44%
Legal 21 0.14% 34 0.23%
Education, training, & library 211 1.40% 896 5.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 75 0.50% 81 0.54%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 159 1.06% 435 2.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 119 0.79% 184 1.22%
Health technologists & technicians 40 0.27% 251 1.67%
Service occupations: 825 5.48% 1,679 11.15%
Healthcare support 18 0.12% 265 1.76%
Protective services: 218 1.45% 261 1.73%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 100 0.66% 160 1.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 118 0.78% 101 0.67%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 108 0.72% 547 3.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 450 2.99% 296 1.97%
Personal care & service 31 0.21% 310 2.06%
Sales & office occupations: 1,049 6.97% 2,133 14.17%
Sales & related occupations 626 4.16% 801 5.32%
Office & administrative support 423 2.81% 1,332 8.85%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 530 3.52% 55 0.37%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,394 15.90% 120 0.80%
Construction & extraction: 1,624 10.79% 92 0.61%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 215 1.43% 13 0.09%
Construction trades 1,364 9.06% 79 0.52%
Extraction 45 0.30% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 770 5.11% 28 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,000 13.29% 287 1.91%
Production 1,151 7.65% 157 1.04%
Transportation & material moving: 849 5.64% 130 0.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1 0.01% 13 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 3 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 313 2.08% 40 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 90 0.60% 6 0.04%
Material moving 445 2.96% 68 0.45%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,528 56.65% 6,526 43.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,053 6.99% 170 1.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 837 5.56% 138 0.92%
Mining 216 1.43% 32 0.21%
Construction 1,583 10.52% 175 1.16%
Manufacturing 1,403 9.32% 270 1.79%
Wholesale trade 314 2.09% 97 0.64%
Retail trade 831 5.52% 830 5.51%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,335 8.87% 395 2.62%
Transportation & warehousing 337 2.24% 79 0.52%
Utilities 998 6.63% 316 2.10%
Information 53 0.35% 59 0.39%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 166 1.10% 421 2.80%
Finance & insurance 65 0.43% 322 2.14%
Real estate & rental & leasing 101 0.67% 99 0.66%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 428 2.84% 399 2.65%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 117 0.78% 139 0.92%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 311 2.07% 260 1.73%
Educational, health & social services: 500 3.32% 2,407 15.99%
Educational services 368 2.44% 1,131 7.51%
Health care & social assistance 132 0.88% 1,276 8.48%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 238 1.58% 537 3.57%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 81 0.54% 51 0.34%
Accommodation & food services 157 1.04% 486 3.23%
Other services (except public administration) 333 2.21% 311 2.07%
Public administration 291 1.93% 455 3.02%

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

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