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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 18,848 54.40% 15,802 45.60%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,601 13.28% 4,617 13.32%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,757 7.96% 1,485 4.29%
Management, except farm managers 1,425 4.11% 785 2.27%
Farmers & farm managers 974 2.81% 248 0.72%
Business & financial operations: 358 1.03% 452 1.30%
Business operations specialists 187 0.54% 173 0.50%
Financial specialists 171 0.49% 279 0.81%
Professional & related occupations: 1,844 5.32% 3,132 9.04%
Computer & mathematical 147 0.42% 113 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 395 1.14% 94 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 240 0.69% 22 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 155 0.45% 72 0.21%
Life, physical, & social science 91 0.26% 99 0.29%
Community & social services 212 0.61% 209 0.60%
Legal 40 0.12% 64 0.18%
Education, training, & library 536 1.55% 1,264 3.65%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 154 0.44% 215 0.62%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 269 0.78% 1,074 3.10%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 198 0.57% 705 2.03%
Health technologists & technicians 71 0.20% 369 1.06%
Service occupations: 1,308 3.77% 3,134 9.04%
Healthcare support 33 0.10% 577 1.67%
Protective services: 340 0.98% 95 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 230 0.66% 41 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 110 0.32% 54 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 275 0.79% 1,025 2.96%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 585 1.69% 647 1.87%
Personal care & service 75 0.22% 790 2.28%
Sales & office occupations: 2,416 6.97% 5,106 14.74%
Sales & related occupations 1,470 4.24% 1,668 4.81%
Office & administrative support 946 2.73% 3,438 9.92%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 471 1.36% 250 0.72%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,321 12.47% 133 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 2,619 7.56% 23 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 329 0.95% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,282 6.59% 23 0.07%
Extraction 8 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,702 4.91% 110 0.32%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,731 16.54% 2,562 7.39%
Production 3,156 9.11% 1,860 5.37%
Transportation & material moving: 2,575 7.43% 702 2.03%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 47 0.14% 5 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,376 3.97% 160 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 53 0.15% 5 0.01%
Material moving 1,099 3.17% 532 1.54%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 18,848 54.40% 15,802 45.60%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,655 4.78% 485 1.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,617 4.67% 479 1.38%
Mining 38 0.11% 6 0.02%
Construction 2,981 8.60% 210 0.61%
Manufacturing 5,349 15.44% 2,985 8.61%
Wholesale trade 898 2.59% 371 1.07%
Retail trade 1,883 5.43% 2,375 6.85%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,129 3.26% 272 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 983 2.84% 235 0.68%
Utilities 146 0.42% 37 0.11%
Information 262 0.76% 200 0.58%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 407 1.17% 673 1.94%
Finance & insurance 200 0.58% 517 1.49%
Real estate & rental & leasing 207 0.60% 156 0.45%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 534 1.54% 740 2.14%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 265 0.76% 460 1.33%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 262 0.76% 280 0.81%
Educational, health & social services: 1,608 4.64% 5,118 14.77%
Educational services 1,146 3.31% 2,303 6.65%
Health care & social assistance 462 1.33% 2,815 8.12%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 727 2.10% 1,186 3.42%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 198 0.57% 107 0.31%
Accommodation & food services 529 1.53% 1,079 3.11%
Other services (except public administration) 898 2.59% 799 2.31%
Public administration 517 1.49% 388 1.12%

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

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