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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 6,488 54.41% 5,436 45.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,308 27.74% 2,655 22.27%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,435 12.03% 1,069 8.97%
Management, except farm managers 931 7.81% 695 5.83%
Farmers & farm managers 0 0.00% 8 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 504 4.23% 366 3.07%
Business operations specialists 264 2.21% 216 1.81%
Financial specialists 240 2.01% 150 1.26%
Professional & related occupations: 1,873 15.71% 1,586 13.30%
Computer & mathematical 809 6.78% 285 2.39%
Architecture & engineering: 252 2.11% 51 0.43%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 213 1.79% 51 0.43%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 39 0.33% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 119 1.00% 54 0.45%
Community & social services 71 0.60% 115 0.96%
Legal 170 1.43% 114 0.96%
Education, training, & library 226 1.90% 431 3.61%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 141 1.18% 159 1.33%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 85 0.71% 377 3.16%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 53 0.44% 304 2.55%
Health technologists & technicians 32 0.27% 73 0.61%
Service occupations: 809 6.78% 934 7.83%
Healthcare support 4 0.03% 86 0.72%
Protective services: 171 1.43% 67 0.56%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 69 0.58% 21 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 102 0.86% 46 0.39%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 372 3.12% 295 2.47%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 174 1.46% 175 1.47%
Personal care & service 88 0.74% 311 2.61%
Sales & office occupations: 1,052 8.82% 1,674 14.04%
Sales & related occupations 586 4.91% 464 3.89%
Office & administrative support 466 3.91% 1,210 10.15%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 5 0.04% 6 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 808 6.78% 16 0.13%
Construction & extraction: 522 4.38% 6 0.05%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 58 0.49% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 464 3.89% 6 0.05%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 286 2.40% 10 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 506 4.24% 151 1.27%
Production 214 1.79% 74 0.62%
Transportation & material moving: 292 2.45% 77 0.65%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5 0.04% 5 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 6 0.05%
Motor vehicle operators 154 1.29% 47 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 52 0.44% 0 0.00%
Material moving 81 0.68% 19 0.16%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,488 54.41% 5,436 45.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 31 0.26% 18 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 12 0.10% 5 0.04%
Mining 19 0.16% 13 0.11%
Construction 822 6.89% 86 0.72%
Manufacturing 276 2.31% 115 0.96%
Wholesale trade 127 1.07% 75 0.63%
Retail trade 554 4.65% 444 3.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 290 2.43% 121 1.01%
Transportation & warehousing 266 2.23% 115 0.96%
Utilities 24 0.20% 6 0.05%
Information 412 3.46% 306 2.57%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 434 3.64% 493 4.13%
Finance & insurance 281 2.36% 317 2.66%
Real estate & rental & leasing 153 1.28% 176 1.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,435 12.03% 908 7.61%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,117 9.37% 708 5.94%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 3 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 318 2.67% 197 1.65%
Educational, health & social services: 489 4.10% 1,509 12.66%
Educational services 342 2.87% 700 5.87%
Health care & social assistance 147 1.23% 809 6.78%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 635 5.33% 452 3.79%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 150 1.26% 86 0.72%
Accommodation & food services 485 4.07% 366 3.07%
Other services (except public administration) 300 2.52% 368 3.09%
Public administration 683 5.73% 541 4.54%

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

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