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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 6,177 46.90% 6,993 53.10%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,119 8.50% 2,158 16.39%
Management, business, & financial operations: 419 3.18% 572 4.34%
Management, except farm managers 250 1.90% 314 2.38%
Farmers & farm managers 7 0.05% 7 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 162 1.23% 251 1.91%
Business operations specialists 88 0.67% 118 0.90%
Financial specialists 74 0.56% 133 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 700 5.32% 1,586 12.04%
Computer & mathematical 164 1.25% 80 0.61%
Architecture & engineering: 46 0.35% 5 0.04%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 24 0.18% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 22 0.17% 5 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 58 0.44% 31 0.24%
Community & social services 23 0.17% 325 2.47%
Legal 35 0.27% 50 0.38%
Education, training, & library 232 1.76% 537 4.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 28 0.21% 26 0.20%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 114 0.87% 532 4.04%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 64 0.49% 257 1.95%
Health technologists & technicians 50 0.38% 275 2.09%
Service occupations: 1,260 9.57% 1,640 12.45%
Healthcare support 26 0.20% 373 2.83%
Protective services: 307 2.33% 132 1.00%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 156 1.18% 87 0.66%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 151 1.15% 45 0.34%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 314 2.38% 438 3.33%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 544 4.13% 414 3.14%
Personal care & service 69 0.52% 283 2.15%
Sales & office occupations: 922 7.00% 1,950 14.81%
Sales & related occupations 363 2.76% 648 4.92%
Office & administrative support 559 4.24% 1,302 9.89%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 18 0.14% 4 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 851 6.46% 38 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 498 3.78% 5 0.04%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 63 0.48% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 431 3.27% 5 0.04%
Extraction 4 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 353 2.68% 33 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,007 15.24% 1,203 9.13%
Production 963 7.31% 959 7.28%
Transportation & material moving: 1,044 7.93% 244 1.85%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 42 0.32% 15 0.11%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 377 2.86% 63 0.48%
Rail, water & other transportation 64 0.49% 6 0.05%
Material moving 561 4.26% 160 1.21%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 6,177 46.90% 6,993 53.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 57 0.43% 17 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 38 0.29% 17 0.13%
Mining 19 0.14% 0 0.00%
Construction 497 3.77% 59 0.45%
Manufacturing 1,356 10.30% 937 7.11%
Wholesale trade 275 2.09% 148 1.12%
Retail trade 670 5.09% 741 5.63%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 490 3.72% 202 1.53%
Transportation & warehousing 440 3.34% 154 1.17%
Utilities 50 0.38% 48 0.36%
Information 69 0.52% 122 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 294 2.23% 278 2.11%
Finance & insurance 163 1.24% 200 1.52%
Real estate & rental & leasing 131 0.99% 78 0.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 436 3.31% 427 3.24%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 140 1.06% 125 0.95%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 8 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 296 2.25% 294 2.23%
Educational, health & social services: 796 6.04% 2,548 19.35%
Educational services 434 3.30% 781 5.93%
Health care & social assistance 362 2.75% 1,767 13.42%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 479 3.64% 615 4.67%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 94 0.71% 29 0.22%
Accommodation & food services 385 2.92% 586 4.45%
Other services (except public administration) 193 1.47% 326 2.48%
Public administration 565 4.29% 573 4.35%

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

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