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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 14,883 52.84% 13,284 47.16%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,737 13.27% 4,610 16.37%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,728 6.13% 1,231 4.37%
Management, except farm managers 1,187 4.21% 683 2.42%
Farmers & farm managers 35 0.12% 13 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 506 1.80% 535 1.90%
Business operations specialists 204 0.72% 248 0.88%
Financial specialists 302 1.07% 287 1.02%
Professional & related occupations: 2,009 7.13% 3,379 12.00%
Computer & mathematical 215 0.76% 197 0.70%
Architecture & engineering: 296 1.05% 15 0.05%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 165 0.59% 9 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 131 0.47% 6 0.02%
Life, physical, & social science 151 0.54% 235 0.83%
Community & social services 200 0.71% 246 0.87%
Legal 249 0.88% 154 0.55%
Education, training, & library 390 1.38% 1,191 4.23%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 129 0.46% 243 0.86%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 379 1.35% 1,098 3.90%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 314 1.11% 647 2.30%
Health technologists & technicians 65 0.23% 451 1.60%
Service occupations: 2,019 7.17% 3,015 10.70%
Healthcare support 86 0.31% 776 2.75%
Protective services: 538 1.91% 86 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 379 1.35% 31 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 159 0.56% 55 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 572 2.03% 1,104 3.92%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 738 2.62% 442 1.57%
Personal care & service 85 0.30% 607 2.16%
Sales & office occupations: 2,708 9.61% 4,967 17.63%
Sales & related occupations 1,670 5.93% 1,767 6.27%
Office & administrative support 1,038 3.69% 3,200 11.36%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 67 0.24% 42 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,120 11.08% 111 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 1,804 6.40% 60 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 277 0.98% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,342 4.76% 51 0.18%
Extraction 185 0.66% 9 0.03%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,316 4.67% 51 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,232 11.47% 539 1.91%
Production 1,399 4.97% 308 1.09%
Transportation & material moving: 1,833 6.51% 231 0.82%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 21 0.07% 34 0.12%
Aircraft & traffic control 20 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,075 3.82% 55 0.20%
Rail, water & other transportation 73 0.26% 2 0.01%
Material moving 644 2.29% 140 0.50%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 14,883 52.84% 13,284 47.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 618 2.19% 110 0.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 93 0.33% 56 0.20%
Mining 525 1.86% 54 0.19%
Construction 1,783 6.33% 161 0.57%
Manufacturing 1,940 6.89% 475 1.69%
Wholesale trade 662 2.35% 146 0.52%
Retail trade 1,826 6.48% 1,918 6.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,575 5.59% 536 1.90%
Transportation & warehousing 854 3.03% 196 0.70%
Utilities 721 2.56% 340 1.21%
Information 360 1.28% 313 1.11%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 570 2.02% 866 3.07%
Finance & insurance 398 1.41% 701 2.49%
Real estate & rental & leasing 172 0.61% 165 0.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,086 3.86% 863 3.06%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 533 1.89% 513 1.82%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.04% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 543 1.93% 350 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 1,740 6.18% 4,648 16.50%
Educational services 774 2.75% 1,535 5.45%
Health care & social assistance 966 3.43% 3,113 11.05%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 930 3.30% 1,331 4.73%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 178 0.63% 130 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 752 2.67% 1,201 4.26%
Other services (except public administration) 696 2.47% 620 2.20%
Public administration 1,097 3.89% 1,297 4.60%

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

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