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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 6,583 53.94% 5,621 46.06%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,364 11.18% 1,572 12.88%
Management, business, & financial operations: 754 6.18% 579 4.74%
Management, except farm managers 480 3.93% 295 2.42%
Farmers & farm managers 109 0.89% 31 0.25%
Business & financial operations: 165 1.35% 253 2.07%
Business operations specialists 74 0.61% 170 1.39%
Financial specialists 91 0.75% 83 0.68%
Professional & related occupations: 610 5.00% 993 8.14%
Computer & mathematical 60 0.49% 82 0.67%
Architecture & engineering: 166 1.36% 38 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 114 0.93% 27 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 52 0.43% 11 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 95 0.78% 45 0.37%
Community & social services 26 0.21% 35 0.29%
Legal 47 0.39% 34 0.28%
Education, training, & library 131 1.07% 408 3.34%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 47 0.39% 35 0.29%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 38 0.31% 316 2.59%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 16 0.13% 192 1.57%
Health technologists & technicians 22 0.18% 124 1.02%
Service occupations: 555 4.55% 1,128 9.24%
Healthcare support 14 0.11% 232 1.90%
Protective services: 150 1.23% 50 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 112 0.92% 46 0.38%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 38 0.31% 4 0.03%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 106 0.87% 285 2.34%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 240 1.97% 241 1.97%
Personal care & service 45 0.37% 320 2.62%
Sales & office occupations: 867 7.10% 2,158 17.68%
Sales & related occupations 436 3.57% 599 4.91%
Office & administrative support 431 3.53% 1,559 12.77%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 121 0.99% 21 0.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,140 17.54% 83 0.68%
Construction & extraction: 1,316 10.78% 47 0.39%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 223 1.83% 5 0.04%
Construction trades 1,089 8.92% 42 0.34%
Extraction 4 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 824 6.75% 36 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,536 12.59% 659 5.40%
Production 872 7.15% 433 3.55%
Transportation & material moving: 664 5.44% 226 1.85%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 22 0.18% 14 0.11%
Aircraft & traffic control 8 0.07% 10 0.08%
Motor vehicle operators 351 2.88% 157 1.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 24 0.20% 2 0.02%
Material moving 259 2.12% 43 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,583 53.94% 5,621 46.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 297 2.43% 57 0.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 255 2.09% 57 0.47%
Mining 42 0.34% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,497 12.27% 133 1.09%
Manufacturing 1,153 9.45% 555 4.55%
Wholesale trade 263 2.16% 182 1.49%
Retail trade 608 4.98% 801 6.56%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 649 5.32% 174 1.43%
Transportation & warehousing 250 2.05% 109 0.89%
Utilities 399 3.27% 65 0.53%
Information 132 1.08% 104 0.85%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 250 2.05% 602 4.93%
Finance & insurance 177 1.45% 513 4.20%
Real estate & rental & leasing 73 0.60% 89 0.73%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 373 3.06% 386 3.16%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 191 1.57% 254 2.08%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 182 1.49% 132 1.08%
Educational, health & social services: 352 2.88% 1,553 12.73%
Educational services 252 2.06% 633 5.19%
Health care & social assistance 100 0.82% 920 7.54%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 173 1.42% 357 2.93%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 63 0.52% 68 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 110 0.90% 289 2.37%
Other services (except public administration) 368 3.02% 350 2.87%
Public administration 468 3.83% 367 3.01%

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

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