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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 8,044 55.74% 6,387 44.26%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,819 12.60% 2,019 13.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,022 7.08% 553 3.83%
Management, except farm managers 593 4.11% 286 1.98%
Farmers & farm managers 238 1.65% 50 0.35%
Business & financial operations: 191 1.32% 217 1.50%
Business operations specialists 104 0.72% 78 0.54%
Financial specialists 87 0.60% 139 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 797 5.52% 1,466 10.16%
Computer & mathematical 52 0.36% 50 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 138 0.96% 12 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 54 0.37% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 84 0.58% 12 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 4 0.03% 3 0.02%
Community & social services 166 1.15% 92 0.64%
Legal 36 0.25% 35 0.24%
Education, training, & library 161 1.12% 647 4.48%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 104 0.72% 106 0.73%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 136 0.94% 521 3.61%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 91 0.63% 252 1.75%
Health technologists & technicians 45 0.31% 269 1.86%
Service occupations: 846 5.86% 1,397 9.68%
Healthcare support 21 0.15% 384 2.66%
Protective services: 254 1.76% 25 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 185 1.28% 24 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 69 0.48% 1 0.01%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 208 1.44% 507 3.51%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 282 1.95% 236 1.64%
Personal care & service 81 0.56% 245 1.70%
Sales & office occupations: 1,288 8.93% 2,412 16.71%
Sales & related occupations 870 6.03% 774 5.36%
Office & administrative support 418 2.90% 1,638 11.35%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 244 1.69% 112 0.78%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,803 12.49% 34 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 1,068 7.40% 8 0.06%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 135 0.94% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 898 6.22% 8 0.06%
Extraction 35 0.24% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 735 5.09% 26 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,044 14.16% 413 2.86%
Production 904 6.26% 310 2.15%
Transportation & material moving: 1,140 7.90% 103 0.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 18 0.12% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 19 0.13% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 604 4.19% 58 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 134 0.93% 21 0.15%
Material moving 365 2.53% 24 0.17%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,044 55.74% 6,387 44.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 736 5.10% 201 1.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 520 3.60% 190 1.32%
Mining 216 1.50% 11 0.08%
Construction 1,245 8.63% 126 0.87%
Manufacturing 1,110 7.69% 390 2.70%
Wholesale trade 359 2.49% 84 0.58%
Retail trade 907 6.29% 984 6.82%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 796 5.52% 219 1.52%
Transportation & warehousing 604 4.19% 148 1.03%
Utilities 192 1.33% 71 0.49%
Information 207 1.43% 146 1.01%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 346 2.40% 385 2.67%
Finance & insurance 206 1.43% 317 2.20%
Real estate & rental & leasing 140 0.97% 68 0.47%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 488 3.38% 440 3.05%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 236 1.64% 259 1.79%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.07% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 242 1.68% 181 1.25%
Educational, health & social services: 560 3.88% 2,321 16.08%
Educational services 280 1.94% 873 6.05%
Health care & social assistance 280 1.94% 1,448 10.03%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 328 2.27% 522 3.62%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 80 0.55% 57 0.39%
Accommodation & food services 248 1.72% 465 3.22%
Other services (except public administration) 613 4.25% 343 2.38%
Public administration 349 2.42% 226 1.57%

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

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