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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 9,465 53.80% 8,128 46.20%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,897 10.78% 2,581 14.67%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,028 5.84% 649 3.69%
Management, except farm managers 683 3.88% 359 2.04%
Farmers & farm managers 120 0.68% 13 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 225 1.28% 277 1.57%
Business operations specialists 134 0.76% 105 0.60%
Financial specialists 91 0.52% 172 0.98%
Professional & related occupations: 869 4.94% 1,932 10.98%
Computer & mathematical 54 0.31% 23 0.13%
Architecture & engineering: 141 0.80% 11 0.06%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 73 0.41% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 68 0.39% 11 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 50 0.28% 22 0.13%
Community & social services 83 0.47% 111 0.63%
Legal 34 0.19% 66 0.38%
Education, training, & library 183 1.04% 742 4.22%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 80 0.45% 79 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 244 1.39% 878 4.99%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 178 1.01% 515 2.93%
Health technologists & technicians 66 0.38% 363 2.06%
Service occupations: 984 5.59% 1,669 9.49%
Healthcare support 65 0.37% 490 2.79%
Protective services: 354 2.01% 44 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 270 1.53% 23 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 84 0.48% 21 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 269 1.53% 559 3.18%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 279 1.59% 303 1.72%
Personal care & service 17 0.10% 273 1.55%
Sales & office occupations: 1,385 7.87% 3,121 17.74%
Sales & related occupations 948 5.39% 1,224 6.96%
Office & administrative support 437 2.48% 1,897 10.78%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 127 0.72% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,680 15.23% 42 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 1,706 9.70% 20 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 207 1.18% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,068 6.07% 15 0.09%
Extraction 431 2.45% 5 0.03%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 974 5.54% 22 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,392 13.60% 715 4.06%
Production 1,032 5.87% 502 2.85%
Transportation & material moving: 1,360 7.73% 213 1.21%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 16 0.09% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 853 4.85% 110 0.63%
Rail, water & other transportation 74 0.42% 11 0.06%
Material moving 413 2.35% 92 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,465 53.80% 8,128 46.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,167 6.63% 24 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 241 1.37% 0 0.00%
Mining 926 5.26% 24 0.14%
Construction 1,176 6.68% 98 0.56%
Manufacturing 1,443 8.20% 594 3.38%
Wholesale trade 375 2.13% 118 0.67%
Retail trade 1,360 7.73% 1,571 8.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 955 5.43% 225 1.28%
Transportation & warehousing 754 4.29% 176 1.00%
Utilities 201 1.14% 49 0.28%
Information 198 1.13% 176 1.00%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 254 1.44% 403 2.29%
Finance & insurance 206 1.17% 334 1.90%
Real estate & rental & leasing 48 0.27% 69 0.39%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 351 2.00% 431 2.45%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 188 1.07% 277 1.57%
Management of companies & enterprises 5 0.03% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 158 0.90% 154 0.88%
Educational, health & social services: 729 4.14% 3,103 17.64%
Educational services 395 2.25% 1,187 6.75%
Health care & social assistance 334 1.90% 1,916 10.89%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 403 2.29% 581 3.30%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4 0.02% 50 0.28%
Accommodation & food services 399 2.27% 531 3.02%
Other services (except public administration) 569 3.23% 450 2.56%
Public administration 485 2.76% 354 2.01%

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

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