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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 8,947 55.39% 7,205 44.61%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,722 10.66% 2,044 12.65%
Management, business, & financial operations: 738 4.57% 517 3.20%
Management, except farm managers 545 3.37% 314 1.94%
Farmers & farm managers 15 0.09% 6 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 178 1.10% 197 1.22%
Business operations specialists 113 0.70% 68 0.42%
Financial specialists 65 0.40% 129 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 984 6.09% 1,527 9.45%
Computer & mathematical 37 0.23% 23 0.14%
Architecture & engineering: 166 1.03% 13 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 131 0.81% 4 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 35 0.22% 9 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 78 0.48% 19 0.12%
Community & social services 92 0.57% 119 0.74%
Legal 56 0.35% 36 0.22%
Education, training, & library 237 1.47% 533 3.30%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 59 0.37% 78 0.48%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 259 1.60% 706 4.37%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 134 0.83% 353 2.19%
Health technologists & technicians 125 0.77% 353 2.19%
Service occupations: 1,222 7.57% 1,889 11.70%
Healthcare support 47 0.29% 419 2.59%
Protective services: 370 2.29% 33 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 250 1.55% 17 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 120 0.74% 16 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 259 1.60% 837 5.18%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 431 2.67% 225 1.39%
Personal care & service 115 0.71% 375 2.32%
Sales & office occupations: 1,418 8.78% 2,928 18.13%
Sales & related occupations 908 5.62% 1,140 7.06%
Office & administrative support 510 3.16% 1,788 11.07%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 112 0.69% 12 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,446 15.14% 56 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 1,502 9.30% 45 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 213 1.32% 7 0.04%
Construction trades 1,040 6.44% 38 0.24%
Extraction 249 1.54% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 944 5.84% 11 0.07%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,027 12.55% 276 1.71%
Production 748 4.63% 159 0.98%
Transportation & material moving: 1,279 7.92% 117 0.72%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 40 0.25% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 761 4.71% 51 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 57 0.35% 29 0.18%
Material moving 421 2.61% 37 0.23%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,947 55.39% 7,205 44.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 869 5.38% 54 0.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 163 1.01% 8 0.05%
Mining 706 4.37% 46 0.28%
Construction 1,185 7.34% 85 0.53%
Manufacturing 935 5.79% 176 1.09%
Wholesale trade 336 2.08% 55 0.34%
Retail trade 1,333 8.25% 1,231 7.62%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 768 4.75% 268 1.66%
Transportation & warehousing 575 3.56% 206 1.28%
Utilities 193 1.19% 62 0.38%
Information 188 1.16% 128 0.79%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 244 1.51% 432 2.67%
Finance & insurance 160 0.99% 373 2.31%
Real estate & rental & leasing 84 0.52% 59 0.37%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 565 3.50% 398 2.46%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 189 1.17% 192 1.19%
Management of companies & enterprises 22 0.14% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 354 2.19% 206 1.28%
Educational, health & social services: 949 5.88% 2,682 16.60%
Educational services 511 3.16% 867 5.37%
Health care & social assistance 438 2.71% 1,815 11.24%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 516 3.19% 952 5.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 148 0.92% 91 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 368 2.28% 861 5.33%
Other services (except public administration) 457 2.83% 327 2.02%
Public administration 602 3.73% 417 2.58%

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

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