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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 9,509 50.90% 9,171 49.10%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,685 14.37% 3,371 18.05%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,246 6.67% 1,039 5.56%
Management, except farm managers 899 4.81% 692 3.70%
Farmers & farm managers 114 0.61% 11 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 233 1.25% 336 1.80%
Business operations specialists 107 0.57% 174 0.93%
Financial specialists 126 0.67% 162 0.87%
Professional & related occupations: 1,439 7.70% 2,332 12.48%
Computer & mathematical 135 0.72% 84 0.45%
Architecture & engineering: 231 1.24% 24 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 164 0.88% 1 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 67 0.36% 23 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 53 0.28% 48 0.26%
Community & social services 131 0.70% 270 1.45%
Legal 62 0.33% 65 0.35%
Education, training, & library 435 2.33% 946 5.06%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 146 0.78% 267 1.43%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 246 1.32% 628 3.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 197 1.05% 391 2.09%
Health technologists & technicians 49 0.26% 237 1.27%
Service occupations: 1,097 5.87% 1,936 10.36%
Healthcare support 72 0.39% 368 1.97%
Protective services: 104 0.56% 31 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 53 0.28% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 51 0.27% 31 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 445 2.38% 612 3.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 381 2.04% 373 2.00%
Personal care & service 95 0.51% 552 2.96%
Sales & office occupations: 1,553 8.31% 2,851 15.26%
Sales & related occupations 1,014 5.43% 1,040 5.57%
Office & administrative support 539 2.89% 1,811 9.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 98 0.52% 24 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,888 10.11% 78 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 1,176 6.30% 59 0.32%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 190 1.02% 5 0.03%
Construction trades 975 5.22% 54 0.29%
Extraction 11 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 712 3.81% 19 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,188 11.71% 911 4.88%
Production 1,435 7.68% 775 4.15%
Transportation & material moving: 753 4.03% 136 0.73%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 11 0.06% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 29 0.16% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 352 1.88% 52 0.28%
Rail, water & other transportation 63 0.34% 8 0.04%
Material moving 298 1.60% 76 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,509 50.90% 9,171 49.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 252 1.35% 43 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 243 1.30% 43 0.23%
Mining 9 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,284 6.87% 122 0.65%
Manufacturing 2,110 11.30% 1,042 5.58%
Wholesale trade 305 1.63% 112 0.60%
Retail trade 1,362 7.29% 1,356 7.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 301 1.61% 145 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 215 1.15% 125 0.67%
Utilities 86 0.46% 20 0.11%
Information 167 0.89% 329 1.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 340 1.82% 390 2.09%
Finance & insurance 203 1.09% 231 1.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 137 0.73% 159 0.85%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 589 3.15% 418 2.24%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 308 1.65% 246 1.32%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 281 1.50% 172 0.92%
Educational, health & social services: 1,225 6.56% 3,203 17.15%
Educational services 703 3.76% 1,426 7.63%
Health care & social assistance 522 2.79% 1,777 9.51%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 900 4.82% 1,074 5.75%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 132 0.71% 149 0.80%
Accommodation & food services 768 4.11% 925 4.95%
Other services (except public administration) 457 2.45% 612 3.28%
Public administration 217 1.16% 325 1.74%

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

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