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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 9,862 52.26% 9,008 47.74%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,867 25.79% 3,726 19.75%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,525 8.08% 840 4.45%
Management, except farm managers 776 4.11% 507 2.69%
Farmers & farm managers 619 3.28% 55 0.29%
Business & financial operations: 130 0.69% 278 1.47%
Business operations specialists 80 0.42% 106 0.56%
Financial specialists 50 0.26% 172 0.91%
Professional & related occupations: 3,342 17.71% 2,886 15.29%
Computer & mathematical 257 1.36% 37 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 247 1.31% 62 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 124 0.66% 17 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 123 0.65% 45 0.24%
Life, physical, & social science 593 3.14% 351 1.86%
Community & social services 105 0.56% 255 1.35%
Legal 19 0.10% 29 0.15%
Education, training, & library 1,557 8.25% 1,409 7.47%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 290 1.54% 260 1.38%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 274 1.45% 483 2.56%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 199 1.05% 331 1.75%
Health technologists & technicians 75 0.40% 152 0.81%
Service occupations: 1,477 7.83% 1,815 9.62%
Healthcare support 95 0.50% 205 1.09%
Protective services: 199 1.05% 19 0.10%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 161 0.85% 6 0.03%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 38 0.20% 13 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 571 3.03% 892 4.73%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 452 2.40% 277 1.47%
Personal care & service 160 0.85% 422 2.24%
Sales & office occupations: 1,421 7.53% 3,124 16.56%
Sales & related occupations 705 3.74% 805 4.27%
Office & administrative support 716 3.79% 2,319 12.29%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 294 1.56% 40 0.21%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 897 4.75% 22 0.12%
Construction & extraction: 391 2.07% 19 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 75 0.40% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 309 1.64% 19 0.10%
Extraction 7 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 506 2.68% 3 0.02%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 906 4.80% 281 1.49%
Production 309 1.64% 134 0.71%
Transportation & material moving: 597 3.16% 147 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 25 0.13% 4 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 9 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 325 1.72% 83 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 10 0.05% 4 0.02%
Material moving 228 1.21% 56 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,862 52.26% 9,008 47.74%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,078 5.71% 136 0.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,072 5.68% 136 0.72%
Mining 6 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 532 2.82% 68 0.36%
Manufacturing 376 1.99% 130 0.69%
Wholesale trade 294 1.56% 107 0.57%
Retail trade 721 3.82% 824 4.37%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 378 2.00% 109 0.58%
Transportation & warehousing 306 1.62% 87 0.46%
Utilities 72 0.38% 22 0.12%
Information 148 0.78% 248 1.31%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 237 1.26% 331 1.75%
Finance & insurance 107 0.57% 221 1.17%
Real estate & rental & leasing 130 0.69% 110 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 493 2.61% 540 2.86%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 289 1.53% 405 2.15%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 4 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 204 1.08% 131 0.69%
Educational, health & social services: 3,825 20.27% 4,678 24.79%
Educational services 3,495 18.52% 3,531 18.71%
Health care & social assistance 330 1.75% 1,147 6.08%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 905 4.80% 1,013 5.37%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 192 1.02% 130 0.69%
Accommodation & food services 713 3.78% 883 4.68%
Other services (except public administration) 412 2.18% 483 2.56%
Public administration 463 2.45% 341 1.81%

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

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