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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 16,792 57.19% 12,572 42.81%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,979 13.55% 3,673 12.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,309 7.86% 1,084 3.69%
Management, except farm managers 1,022 3.48% 612 2.08%
Farmers & farm managers 1,022 3.48% 84 0.29%
Business & financial operations: 265 0.90% 388 1.32%
Business operations specialists 146 0.50% 170 0.58%
Financial specialists 119 0.41% 218 0.74%
Professional & related occupations: 1,670 5.69% 2,589 8.82%
Computer & mathematical 54 0.18% 26 0.09%
Architecture & engineering: 293 1.00% 30 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 173 0.59% 14 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 120 0.41% 16 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 180 0.61% 91 0.31%
Community & social services 179 0.61% 167 0.57%
Legal 86 0.29% 72 0.25%
Education, training, & library 516 1.76% 1,384 4.71%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 102 0.35% 125 0.43%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 260 0.89% 694 2.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 213 0.73% 410 1.40%
Health technologists & technicians 47 0.16% 284 0.97%
Service occupations: 1,766 6.01% 2,560 8.72%
Healthcare support 53 0.18% 394 1.34%
Protective services: 354 1.21% 16 0.05%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 255 0.87% 10 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 99 0.34% 6 0.02%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 471 1.60% 979 3.33%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 746 2.54% 416 1.42%
Personal care & service 142 0.48% 755 2.57%
Sales & office occupations: 2,014 6.86% 4,105 13.98%
Sales & related occupations 1,331 4.53% 1,381 4.70%
Office & administrative support 683 2.33% 2,724 9.28%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,630 8.96% 1,026 3.49%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,761 9.40% 91 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 1,354 4.61% 47 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 163 0.56% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 1,179 4.02% 45 0.15%
Extraction 12 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,407 4.79% 44 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,642 12.40% 1,117 3.80%
Production 1,570 5.35% 625 2.13%
Transportation & material moving: 2,072 7.06% 492 1.68%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2 0.01% 9 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 59 0.20% 14 0.05%
Motor vehicle operators 891 3.03% 142 0.48%
Rail, water & other transportation 75 0.26% 21 0.07%
Material moving 1,045 3.56% 306 1.04%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 16,792 57.19% 12,572 42.81%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,316 14.70% 1,212 4.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 4,316 14.70% 1,204 4.10%
Mining 0 0.00% 8 0.03%
Construction 1,333 4.54% 157 0.53%
Manufacturing 2,616 8.91% 1,105 3.76%
Wholesale trade 991 3.37% 385 1.31%
Retail trade 1,419 4.83% 1,690 5.76%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,396 4.75% 352 1.20%
Transportation & warehousing 780 2.66% 221 0.75%
Utilities 616 2.10% 131 0.45%
Information 112 0.38% 164 0.56%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 387 1.32% 450 1.53%
Finance & insurance 168 0.57% 287 0.98%
Real estate & rental & leasing 219 0.75% 163 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 755 2.57% 750 2.55%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 282 0.96% 433 1.47%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 473 1.61% 317 1.08%
Educational, health & social services: 1,246 4.24% 4,107 13.99%
Educational services 777 2.65% 1,892 6.44%
Health care & social assistance 469 1.60% 2,215 7.54%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 801 2.73% 1,211 4.12%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 134 0.46% 99 0.34%
Accommodation & food services 667 2.27% 1,112 3.79%
Other services (except public administration) 643 2.19% 502 1.71%
Public administration 777 2.65% 487 1.66%

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

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