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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 15,162 53.19% 13,345 46.81%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,405 15.45% 4,279 15.01%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,294 8.05% 1,390 4.88%
Management, except farm managers 1,498 5.25% 873 3.06%
Farmers & farm managers 407 1.43% 53 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 389 1.36% 464 1.63%
Business operations specialists 103 0.36% 183 0.64%
Financial specialists 286 1.00% 281 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 2,111 7.41% 2,889 10.13%
Computer & mathematical 98 0.34% 77 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 312 1.09% 27 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 214 0.75% 11 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 98 0.34% 16 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 171 0.60% 136 0.48%
Community & social services 268 0.94% 189 0.66%
Legal 105 0.37% 54 0.19%
Education, training, & library 415 1.46% 1,136 3.98%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 241 0.85% 200 0.70%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 501 1.76% 1,070 3.75%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 457 1.60% 787 2.76%
Health technologists & technicians 44 0.15% 283 0.99%
Service occupations: 2,050 7.19% 3,054 10.71%
Healthcare support 82 0.29% 554 1.94%
Protective services: 254 0.89% 25 0.09%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 165 0.58% 10 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 89 0.31% 15 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 630 2.21% 1,039 3.64%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 878 3.08% 525 1.84%
Personal care & service 206 0.72% 911 3.20%
Sales & office occupations: 2,129 7.47% 4,516 15.84%
Sales & related occupations 1,368 4.80% 1,539 5.40%
Office & administrative support 761 2.67% 2,977 10.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,356 4.76% 748 2.62%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,559 8.98% 122 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 1,347 4.73% 91 0.32%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 202 0.71% 19 0.07%
Construction trades 1,145 4.02% 72 0.25%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,212 4.25% 31 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,663 9.34% 626 2.20%
Production 1,178 4.13% 367 1.29%
Transportation & material moving: 1,485 5.21% 259 0.91%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 18 0.06% 14 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 38 0.13% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 665 2.33% 117 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 76 0.27% 10 0.04%
Material moving 688 2.41% 118 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 15,162 53.19% 13,345 46.81%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,032 7.13% 495 1.74%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,020 7.09% 495 1.74%
Mining 12 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,734 6.08% 229 0.80%
Manufacturing 1,444 5.07% 435 1.53%
Wholesale trade 1,248 4.38% 890 3.12%
Retail trade 1,413 4.96% 1,633 5.73%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,331 4.67% 455 1.60%
Transportation & warehousing 746 2.62% 307 1.08%
Utilities 585 2.05% 148 0.52%
Information 284 1.00% 236 0.83%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 551 1.93% 766 2.69%
Finance & insurance 283 0.99% 460 1.61%
Real estate & rental & leasing 268 0.94% 306 1.07%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 889 3.12% 882 3.09%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 514 1.80% 592 2.08%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 375 1.32% 290 1.02%
Educational, health & social services: 1,627 5.71% 4,496 15.77%
Educational services 768 2.69% 1,608 5.64%
Health care & social assistance 859 3.01% 2,888 10.13%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,454 5.10% 1,675 5.88%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 418 1.47% 264 0.93%
Accommodation & food services 1,036 3.63% 1,411 4.95%
Other services (except public administration) 659 2.31% 654 2.29%
Public administration 496 1.74% 499 1.75%

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

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