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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 8,402 56.34% 6,510 43.66%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,718 11.52% 2,283 15.31%
Management, business, & financial operations: 749 5.02% 487 3.27%
Management, except farm managers 573 3.84% 304 2.04%
Farmers & farm managers 8 0.05% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 168 1.13% 183 1.23%
Business operations specialists 79 0.53% 45 0.30%
Financial specialists 89 0.60% 138 0.93%
Professional & related occupations: 969 6.50% 1,796 12.04%
Computer & mathematical 24 0.16% 41 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 184 1.23% 27 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 91 0.61% 14 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 93 0.62% 13 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 37 0.25% 35 0.23%
Community & social services 121 0.81% 110 0.74%
Legal 78 0.52% 66 0.44%
Education, training, & library 280 1.88% 763 5.12%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 110 0.74% 64 0.43%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 135 0.91% 690 4.63%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 105 0.70% 405 2.72%
Health technologists & technicians 30 0.20% 285 1.91%
Service occupations: 965 6.47% 1,342 9.00%
Healthcare support 18 0.12% 276 1.85%
Protective services: 421 2.82% 61 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 352 2.36% 37 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 69 0.46% 24 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 213 1.43% 552 3.70%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 282 1.89% 219 1.47%
Personal care & service 31 0.21% 234 1.57%
Sales & office occupations: 1,082 7.26% 2,538 17.02%
Sales & related occupations 697 4.67% 1,095 7.34%
Office & administrative support 385 2.58% 1,443 9.68%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 119 0.80% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,547 17.08% 28 0.19%
Construction & extraction: 1,619 10.86% 7 0.05%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 229 1.54% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 913 6.12% 7 0.05%
Extraction 477 3.20% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 928 6.22% 21 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,971 13.22% 319 2.14%
Production 665 4.46% 205 1.37%
Transportation & material moving: 1,306 8.76% 114 0.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 38 0.25% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 755 5.06% 62 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 80 0.54% 3 0.02%
Material moving 433 2.90% 49 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,402 56.34% 6,510 43.66%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,529 10.25% 74 0.50%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 180 1.21% 6 0.04%
Mining 1,349 9.05% 68 0.46%
Construction 1,019 6.83% 67 0.45%
Manufacturing 722 4.84% 193 1.29%
Wholesale trade 309 2.07% 65 0.44%
Retail trade 1,000 6.71% 1,153 7.73%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 753 5.05% 98 0.66%
Transportation & warehousing 637 4.27% 94 0.63%
Utilities 116 0.78% 4 0.03%
Information 160 1.07% 286 1.92%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 169 1.13% 264 1.77%
Finance & insurance 74 0.50% 236 1.58%
Real estate & rental & leasing 95 0.64% 28 0.19%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 450 3.02% 301 2.02%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 252 1.69% 200 1.34%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 198 1.33% 101 0.68%
Educational, health & social services: 823 5.52% 2,696 18.08%
Educational services 554 3.72% 1,195 8.01%
Health care & social assistance 269 1.80% 1,501 10.07%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 387 2.60% 638 4.28%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 44 0.30% 33 0.22%
Accommodation & food services 343 2.30% 605 4.06%
Other services (except public administration) 479 3.21% 295 1.98%
Public administration 602 4.04% 380 2.55%

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

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