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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 9,483 50.35% 9,351 49.65%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,935 15.58% 2,932 15.57%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,115 5.92% 699 3.71%
Management, except farm managers 759 4.03% 509 2.70%
Farmers & farm managers 33 0.18% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 323 1.71% 190 1.01%
Business operations specialists 117 0.62% 106 0.56%
Financial specialists 206 1.09% 84 0.45%
Professional & related occupations: 1,820 9.66% 2,233 11.86%
Computer & mathematical 236 1.25% 67 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 203 1.08% 52 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 140 0.74% 8 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 63 0.33% 44 0.23%
Life, physical, & social science 80 0.42% 79 0.42%
Community & social services 272 1.44% 270 1.43%
Legal 83 0.44% 28 0.15%
Education, training, & library 519 2.76% 1,101 5.85%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 285 1.51% 203 1.08%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 142 0.75% 433 2.30%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 95 0.50% 291 1.55%
Health technologists & technicians 47 0.25% 142 0.75%
Service occupations: 1,502 7.97% 2,240 11.89%
Healthcare support 32 0.17% 216 1.15%
Protective services: 170 0.90% 50 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 97 0.52% 14 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 73 0.39% 36 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 744 3.95% 1,136 6.03%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 322 1.71% 343 1.82%
Personal care & service 234 1.24% 495 2.63%
Sales & office occupations: 1,668 8.86% 3,265 17.34%
Sales & related occupations 1,097 5.82% 1,257 6.67%
Office & administrative support 571 3.03% 2,008 10.66%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 96 0.51% 43 0.23%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 992 5.27% 63 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 629 3.34% 63 0.33%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 59 0.31% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 549 2.91% 63 0.33%
Extraction 21 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 363 1.93% 0 0.00%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,290 12.16% 808 4.29%
Production 1,231 6.54% 559 2.97%
Transportation & material moving: 1,059 5.62% 249 1.32%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 16 0.08% 9 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 371 1.97% 80 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 10 0.05% 7 0.04%
Material moving 662 3.51% 153 0.81%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,483 50.35% 9,351 49.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 184 0.98% 65 0.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 156 0.83% 65 0.35%
Mining 28 0.15% 0 0.00%
Construction 702 3.73% 83 0.44%
Manufacturing 1,839 9.76% 728 3.87%
Wholesale trade 317 1.68% 70 0.37%
Retail trade 1,334 7.08% 1,244 6.61%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 270 1.43% 114 0.61%
Transportation & warehousing 247 1.31% 114 0.61%
Utilities 23 0.12% 0 0.00%
Information 205 1.09% 243 1.29%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 319 1.69% 412 2.19%
Finance & insurance 119 0.63% 249 1.32%
Real estate & rental & leasing 200 1.06% 163 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 727 3.86% 584 3.10%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 475 2.52% 393 2.09%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 252 1.34% 191 1.01%
Educational, health & social services: 1,615 8.57% 3,615 19.19%
Educational services 1,332 7.07% 2,278 12.10%
Health care & social assistance 283 1.50% 1,337 7.10%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,292 6.86% 1,574 8.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 257 1.36% 211 1.12%
Accommodation & food services 1,035 5.50% 1,363 7.24%
Other services (except public administration) 419 2.22% 362 1.92%
Public administration 260 1.38% 257 1.36%

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

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