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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 16,026 54.15% 13,567 45.85%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,466 8.33% 3,412 11.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,413 4.77% 807 2.73%
Management, except farm managers 882 2.98% 428 1.45%
Farmers & farm managers 297 1.00% 46 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 234 0.79% 333 1.13%
Business operations specialists 169 0.57% 133 0.45%
Financial specialists 65 0.22% 200 0.68%
Professional & related occupations: 1,053 3.56% 2,605 8.80%
Computer & mathematical 34 0.11% 33 0.11%
Architecture & engineering: 218 0.74% 49 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 100 0.34% 23 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 118 0.40% 26 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 78 0.26% 160 0.54%
Community & social services 231 0.78% 170 0.57%
Legal 61 0.21% 90 0.30%
Education, training, & library 218 0.74% 1,023 3.46%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 52 0.18% 146 0.49%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 161 0.54% 934 3.16%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 110 0.37% 444 1.50%
Health technologists & technicians 51 0.17% 490 1.66%
Service occupations: 1,484 5.01% 2,113 7.14%
Healthcare support 58 0.20% 398 1.34%
Protective services: 548 1.85% 87 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 431 1.46% 42 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 117 0.40% 45 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 309 1.04% 800 2.70%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 459 1.55% 288 0.97%
Personal care & service 110 0.37% 540 1.82%
Sales & office occupations: 1,947 6.58% 4,919 16.62%
Sales & related occupations 1,221 4.13% 1,668 5.64%
Office & administrative support 726 2.45% 3,251 10.99%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 276 0.93% 24 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,835 12.96% 113 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 1,985 6.71% 24 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 276 0.93% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,701 5.75% 24 0.08%
Extraction 8 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,850 6.25% 89 0.30%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,018 20.34% 2,986 10.09%
Production 3,830 12.94% 2,485 8.40%
Transportation & material moving: 2,188 7.39% 501 1.69%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 32 0.11% 11 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,056 3.57% 150 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 48 0.16% 0 0.00%
Material moving 1,046 3.53% 340 1.15%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 16,026 54.15% 13,567 45.85%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 611 2.06% 89 0.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 578 1.95% 89 0.30%
Mining 33 0.11% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,300 7.77% 223 0.75%
Manufacturing 6,113 20.66% 3,639 12.30%
Wholesale trade 629 2.13% 228 0.77%
Retail trade 1,503 5.08% 2,056 6.95%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 959 3.24% 230 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 806 2.72% 182 0.62%
Utilities 153 0.52% 48 0.16%
Information 161 0.54% 143 0.48%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 279 0.94% 774 2.62%
Finance & insurance 197 0.67% 614 2.07%
Real estate & rental & leasing 82 0.28% 160 0.54%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 630 2.13% 704 2.38%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 251 0.85% 333 1.13%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 379 1.28% 371 1.25%
Educational, health & social services: 797 2.69% 3,603 12.18%
Educational services 458 1.55% 1,460 4.93%
Health care & social assistance 339 1.15% 2,143 7.24%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 380 1.28% 794 2.68%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 78 0.26% 70 0.24%
Accommodation & food services 302 1.02% 724 2.45%
Other services (except public administration) 938 3.17% 642 2.17%
Public administration 726 2.45% 442 1.49%

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

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