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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 12,362 57.27% 9,223 42.73%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,198 24.08% 4,088 18.94%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,793 12.94% 1,581 7.32%
Management, except farm managers 2,218 10.28% 942 4.36%
Farmers & farm managers 25 0.12% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 550 2.55% 639 2.96%
Business operations specialists 248 1.15% 356 1.65%
Financial specialists 302 1.40% 283 1.31%
Professional & related occupations: 2,405 11.14% 2,507 11.61%
Computer & mathematical 525 2.43% 159 0.74%
Architecture & engineering: 642 2.97% 58 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 499 2.31% 40 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 143 0.66% 18 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 73 0.34% 47 0.22%
Community & social services 133 0.62% 145 0.67%
Legal 144 0.67% 145 0.67%
Education, training, & library 328 1.52% 1,045 4.84%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 175 0.81% 178 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 385 1.78% 730 3.38%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 302 1.40% 636 2.95%
Health technologists & technicians 83 0.38% 94 0.44%
Service occupations: 1,097 5.08% 1,187 5.50%
Healthcare support 33 0.15% 234 1.08%
Protective services: 457 2.12% 69 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 398 1.84% 47 0.22%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 59 0.27% 22 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 170 0.79% 378 1.75%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 362 1.68% 108 0.50%
Personal care & service 75 0.35% 398 1.84%
Sales & office occupations: 2,618 12.13% 3,370 15.61%
Sales & related occupations 1,901 8.81% 1,145 5.30%
Office & administrative support 717 3.32% 2,225 10.31%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 55 0.25% 17 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,935 8.96% 114 0.53%
Construction & extraction: 1,094 5.07% 30 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 250 1.16% 19 0.09%
Construction trades 844 3.91% 11 0.05%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 841 3.90% 84 0.39%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,459 6.76% 447 2.07%
Production 897 4.16% 378 1.75%
Transportation & material moving: 562 2.60% 69 0.32%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 54 0.25% 3 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 45 0.21% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 251 1.16% 32 0.15%
Rail, water & other transportation 25 0.12% 10 0.05%
Material moving 187 0.87% 24 0.11%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,362 57.27% 9,223 42.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 163 0.76% 28 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 75 0.35% 12 0.06%
Mining 88 0.41% 16 0.07%
Construction 1,522 7.05% 241 1.12%
Manufacturing 2,250 10.42% 750 3.47%
Wholesale trade 717 3.32% 276 1.28%
Retail trade 1,513 7.01% 1,023 4.74%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 777 3.60% 164 0.76%
Transportation & warehousing 622 2.88% 126 0.58%
Utilities 155 0.72% 38 0.18%
Information 657 3.04% 403 1.87%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 919 4.26% 1,126 5.22%
Finance & insurance 623 2.89% 814 3.77%
Real estate & rental & leasing 296 1.37% 312 1.45%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,311 6.07% 983 4.55%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 859 3.98% 715 3.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 23 0.11% 13 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 429 1.99% 255 1.18%
Educational, health & social services: 893 4.14% 2,813 13.03%
Educational services 441 2.04% 1,341 6.21%
Health care & social assistance 452 2.09% 1,472 6.82%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 480 2.22% 649 3.01%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 110 0.51% 150 0.69%
Accommodation & food services 370 1.71% 499 2.31%
Other services (except public administration) 532 2.46% 475 2.20%
Public administration 628 2.91% 292 1.35%

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

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