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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 11,666 51.72% 10,888 48.28%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,054 13.54% 3,661 16.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,365 6.05% 993 4.40%
Management, except farm managers 871 3.86% 585 2.59%
Farmers & farm managers 135 0.60% 34 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 359 1.59% 374 1.66%
Business operations specialists 199 0.88% 166 0.74%
Financial specialists 160 0.71% 208 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 1,689 7.49% 2,668 11.83%
Computer & mathematical 121 0.54% 127 0.56%
Architecture & engineering: 157 0.70% 24 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 74 0.33% 6 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 83 0.37% 18 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 147 0.65% 13 0.06%
Community & social services 224 0.99% 290 1.29%
Legal 50 0.22% 71 0.31%
Education, training, & library 538 2.39% 1,371 6.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 224 0.99% 122 0.54%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 228 1.01% 650 2.88%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 173 0.77% 241 1.07%
Health technologists & technicians 55 0.24% 409 1.81%
Service occupations: 2,499 11.08% 2,702 11.98%
Healthcare support 47 0.21% 503 2.23%
Protective services: 1,302 5.77% 692 3.07%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,070 4.74% 659 2.92%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 232 1.03% 33 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 556 2.47% 729 3.23%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 482 2.14% 280 1.24%
Personal care & service 112 0.50% 498 2.21%
Sales & office occupations: 1,874 8.31% 3,954 17.53%
Sales & related occupations 956 4.24% 1,129 5.01%
Office & administrative support 918 4.07% 2,825 12.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 250 1.11% 112 0.50%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,885 8.36% 103 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 1,131 5.01% 53 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 188 0.83% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 892 3.95% 36 0.16%
Extraction 51 0.23% 17 0.08%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 754 3.34% 50 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,104 9.33% 356 1.58%
Production 1,099 4.87% 238 1.06%
Transportation & material moving: 1,005 4.46% 118 0.52%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 33 0.15% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 596 2.64% 79 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 43 0.19% 0 0.00%
Material moving 329 1.46% 39 0.17%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,666 51.72% 10,888 48.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 662 2.94% 151 0.67%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 467 2.07% 146 0.65%
Mining 195 0.86% 5 0.02%
Construction 1,288 5.71% 122 0.54%
Manufacturing 1,201 5.32% 232 1.03%
Wholesale trade 307 1.36% 120 0.53%
Retail trade 1,227 5.44% 1,336 5.92%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 549 2.43% 161 0.71%
Transportation & warehousing 460 2.04% 104 0.46%
Utilities 89 0.39% 57 0.25%
Information 145 0.64% 182 0.81%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 449 1.99% 454 2.01%
Finance & insurance 224 0.99% 241 1.07%
Real estate & rental & leasing 225 1.00% 213 0.94%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 561 2.49% 447 1.98%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 243 1.08% 316 1.40%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 318 1.41% 131 0.58%
Educational, health & social services: 1,377 6.11% 3,953 17.53%
Educational services 1,033 4.58% 2,328 10.32%
Health care & social assistance 344 1.53% 1,625 7.20%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,021 4.53% 959 4.25%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 238 1.06% 146 0.65%
Accommodation & food services 783 3.47% 813 3.60%
Other services (except public administration) 583 2.58% 507 2.25%
Public administration 2,296 10.18% 2,264 10.04%

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

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