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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 17,852 54.16% 15,110 45.84%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,096 12.43% 4,337 13.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,321 7.04% 1,384 4.20%
Management, except farm managers 1,384 4.20% 764 2.32%
Farmers & farm managers 564 1.71% 83 0.25%
Business & financial operations: 373 1.13% 537 1.63%
Business operations specialists 150 0.46% 232 0.70%
Financial specialists 223 0.68% 305 0.93%
Professional & related occupations: 1,775 5.38% 2,953 8.96%
Computer & mathematical 142 0.43% 118 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 425 1.29% 35 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 274 0.83% 24 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 151 0.46% 11 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 144 0.44% 63 0.19%
Community & social services 202 0.61% 302 0.92%
Legal 26 0.08% 45 0.14%
Education, training, & library 360 1.09% 972 2.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 154 0.47% 185 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 322 0.98% 1,233 3.74%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 257 0.78% 796 2.41%
Health technologists & technicians 65 0.20% 437 1.33%
Service occupations: 1,678 5.09% 2,606 7.91%
Healthcare support 65 0.20% 551 1.67%
Protective services: 505 1.53% 147 0.45%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 401 1.22% 108 0.33%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 104 0.32% 39 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 377 1.14% 811 2.46%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 613 1.86% 531 1.61%
Personal care & service 118 0.36% 566 1.72%
Sales & office occupations: 2,501 7.59% 5,663 17.18%
Sales & related occupations 1,594 4.84% 1,765 5.35%
Office & administrative support 907 2.75% 3,898 11.83%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 315 0.96% 98 0.30%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,936 11.94% 120 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 2,191 6.65% 55 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 256 0.78% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,907 5.79% 55 0.17%
Extraction 28 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,745 5.29% 65 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,326 16.16% 2,286 6.94%
Production 2,869 8.70% 1,716 5.21%
Transportation & material moving: 2,457 7.45% 570 1.73%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 77 0.23% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 9 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 1,354 4.11% 142 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 29 0.09% 0 0.00%
Material moving 997 3.02% 419 1.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 17,852 54.16% 15,110 45.84%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 945 2.87% 171 0.52%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 907 2.75% 158 0.48%
Mining 38 0.12% 13 0.04%
Construction 2,455 7.45% 334 1.01%
Manufacturing 4,949 15.01% 2,617 7.94%
Wholesale trade 817 2.48% 385 1.17%
Retail trade 1,939 5.88% 1,851 5.62%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,747 5.30% 507 1.54%
Transportation & warehousing 1,495 4.54% 475 1.44%
Utilities 252 0.76% 32 0.10%
Information 337 1.02% 452 1.37%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 438 1.33% 831 2.52%
Finance & insurance 234 0.71% 645 1.96%
Real estate & rental & leasing 204 0.62% 186 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 721 2.19% 806 2.45%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 341 1.03% 512 1.55%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 380 1.15% 294 0.89%
Educational, health & social services: 1,311 3.98% 4,525 13.73%
Educational services 659 2.00% 1,617 4.91%
Health care & social assistance 652 1.98% 2,908 8.82%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 627 1.90% 1,097 3.33%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 108 0.33% 136 0.41%
Accommodation & food services 519 1.57% 961 2.92%
Other services (except public administration) 806 2.45% 794 2.41%
Public administration 760 2.31% 740 2.25%

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

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