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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 9,921 53.18% 8,734 46.82%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,180 11.69% 2,600 13.94%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,141 6.12% 717 3.84%
Management, except farm managers 740 3.97% 360 1.93%
Farmers & farm managers 123 0.66% 23 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 278 1.49% 334 1.79%
Business operations specialists 118 0.63% 82 0.44%
Financial specialists 160 0.86% 252 1.35%
Professional & related occupations: 1,039 5.57% 1,883 10.09%
Computer & mathematical 69 0.37% 3 0.02%
Architecture & engineering: 168 0.90% 45 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 111 0.60% 12 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 57 0.31% 33 0.18%
Life, physical, & social science 139 0.75% 22 0.12%
Community & social services 101 0.54% 171 0.92%
Legal 44 0.24% 22 0.12%
Education, training, & library 193 1.03% 885 4.74%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 79 0.42% 47 0.25%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 246 1.32% 688 3.69%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 212 1.14% 349 1.87%
Health technologists & technicians 34 0.18% 339 1.82%
Service occupations: 795 4.26% 1,696 9.09%
Healthcare support 36 0.19% 354 1.90%
Protective services: 171 0.92% 96 0.51%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 96 0.51% 30 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 75 0.40% 66 0.35%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 174 0.93% 483 2.59%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 366 1.96% 357 1.91%
Personal care & service 48 0.26% 406 2.18%
Sales & office occupations: 1,280 6.86% 3,168 16.98%
Sales & related occupations 828 4.44% 941 5.04%
Office & administrative support 452 2.42% 2,227 11.94%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 214 1.15% 53 0.28%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,030 10.88% 72 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 1,114 5.97% 46 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 126 0.68% 3 0.02%
Construction trades 974 5.22% 43 0.23%
Extraction 14 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 916 4.91% 26 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,422 18.34% 1,145 6.14%
Production 1,933 10.36% 912 4.89%
Transportation & material moving: 1,489 7.98% 233 1.25%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 43 0.23% 5 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 21 0.11% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 798 4.28% 60 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 18 0.10% 5 0.03%
Material moving 609 3.26% 163 0.87%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,921 53.18% 8,734 46.82%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 647 3.47% 198 1.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 411 2.20% 88 0.47%
Mining 236 1.27% 110 0.59%
Construction 1,217 6.52% 174 0.93%
Manufacturing 3,230 17.31% 1,377 7.38%
Wholesale trade 392 2.10% 130 0.70%
Retail trade 937 5.02% 1,156 6.20%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 714 3.83% 140 0.75%
Transportation & warehousing 572 3.07% 134 0.72%
Utilities 142 0.76% 6 0.03%
Information 113 0.61% 97 0.52%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 315 1.69% 510 2.73%
Finance & insurance 253 1.36% 427 2.29%
Real estate & rental & leasing 62 0.33% 83 0.44%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 607 3.25% 456 2.44%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 143 0.77% 247 1.32%
Management of companies & enterprises 15 0.08% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 449 2.41% 209 1.12%
Educational, health & social services: 720 3.86% 3,107 16.66%
Educational services 360 1.93% 1,261 6.76%
Health care & social assistance 360 1.93% 1,846 9.90%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 258 1.38% 476 2.55%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 42 0.23% 36 0.19%
Accommodation & food services 216 1.16% 440 2.36%
Other services (except public administration) 509 2.73% 534 2.86%
Public administration 262 1.40% 379 2.03%

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

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