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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 7,606 54.00% 6,479 46.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,332 16.56% 2,075 14.73%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,126 7.99% 625 4.44%
Management, except farm managers 789 5.60% 400 2.84%
Farmers & farm managers 192 1.36% 7 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 145 1.03% 218 1.55%
Business operations specialists 95 0.67% 174 1.24%
Financial specialists 50 0.35% 44 0.31%
Professional & related occupations: 1,206 8.56% 1,450 10.29%
Computer & mathematical 200 1.42% 54 0.38%
Architecture & engineering: 413 2.93% 48 0.34%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 302 2.14% 36 0.26%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 111 0.79% 12 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 103 0.73% 26 0.18%
Community & social services 54 0.38% 104 0.74%
Legal 31 0.22% 36 0.26%
Education, training, & library 136 0.97% 564 4.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 139 0.99% 84 0.60%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 130 0.92% 534 3.79%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 86 0.61% 316 2.24%
Health technologists & technicians 44 0.31% 218 1.55%
Service occupations: 653 4.64% 1,052 7.47%
Healthcare support 0 0.00% 173 1.23%
Protective services: 249 1.77% 54 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 196 1.39% 14 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 53 0.38% 40 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 214 1.52% 380 2.70%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 144 1.02% 117 0.83%
Personal care & service 46 0.33% 328 2.33%
Sales & office occupations: 923 6.55% 2,413 17.13%
Sales & related occupations 586 4.16% 604 4.29%
Office & administrative support 337 2.39% 1,809 12.84%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 80 0.57% 46 0.33%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,752 12.44% 90 0.64%
Construction & extraction: 954 6.77% 49 0.35%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 152 1.08% 12 0.09%
Construction trades 787 5.59% 37 0.26%
Extraction 15 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 798 5.67% 41 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,866 13.25% 803 5.70%
Production 1,179 8.37% 588 4.17%
Transportation & material moving: 687 4.88% 215 1.53%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 26 0.18% 5 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 28 0.20% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 308 2.19% 69 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 63 0.45% 0 0.00%
Material moving 262 1.86% 141 1.00%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 7,606 54.00% 6,479 46.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 309 2.19% 79 0.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 309 2.19% 79 0.56%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,020 7.24% 141 1.00%
Manufacturing 2,438 17.31% 1,135 8.06%
Wholesale trade 285 2.02% 150 1.06%
Retail trade 613 4.35% 740 5.25%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 613 4.35% 185 1.31%
Transportation & warehousing 345 2.45% 117 0.83%
Utilities 268 1.90% 68 0.48%
Information 95 0.67% 198 1.41%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 238 1.69% 399 2.83%
Finance & insurance 104 0.74% 307 2.18%
Real estate & rental & leasing 134 0.95% 92 0.65%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 468 3.32% 482 3.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 279 1.98% 281 2.00%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 15 0.11%
Administrative & support & waste management services 189 1.34% 186 1.32%
Educational, health & social services: 374 2.66% 1,920 13.63%
Educational services 213 1.51% 797 5.66%
Health care & social assistance 161 1.14% 1,123 7.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 371 2.63% 429 3.05%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 79 0.56% 85 0.60%
Accommodation & food services 292 2.07% 344 2.44%
Other services (except public administration) 319 2.26% 285 2.02%
Public administration 463 3.29% 336 2.39%

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

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