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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 11,947 55.36% 9,634 44.64%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,720 17.24% 3,495 16.19%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,619 7.50% 1,082 5.01%
Management, except farm managers 1,043 4.83% 549 2.54%
Farmers & farm managers 178 0.82% 32 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 398 1.84% 501 2.32%
Business operations specialists 243 1.13% 307 1.42%
Financial specialists 155 0.72% 194 0.90%
Professional & related occupations: 2,101 9.74% 2,413 11.18%
Computer & mathematical 476 2.21% 256 1.19%
Architecture & engineering: 296 1.37% 79 0.37%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 208 0.96% 3 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 88 0.41% 76 0.35%
Life, physical, & social science 188 0.87% 135 0.63%
Community & social services 85 0.39% 167 0.77%
Legal 79 0.37% 112 0.52%
Education, training, & library 456 2.11% 785 3.64%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 266 1.23% 230 1.07%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 255 1.18% 649 3.01%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 196 0.91% 456 2.11%
Health technologists & technicians 59 0.27% 193 0.89%
Service occupations: 1,637 7.59% 2,059 9.54%
Healthcare support 23 0.11% 242 1.12%
Protective services: 351 1.63% 87 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 142 0.66% 19 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 209 0.97% 68 0.32%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 435 2.02% 761 3.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 530 2.46% 409 1.90%
Personal care & service 298 1.38% 560 2.59%
Sales & office occupations: 1,591 7.37% 3,218 14.91%
Sales & related occupations 876 4.06% 1,099 5.09%
Office & administrative support 715 3.31% 2,119 9.82%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 155 0.72% 21 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,705 12.53% 84 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 1,910 8.85% 54 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 274 1.27% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 1,615 7.48% 52 0.24%
Extraction 21 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 795 3.68% 30 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,139 9.91% 757 3.51%
Production 1,005 4.66% 491 2.28%
Transportation & material moving: 1,134 5.25% 266 1.23%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 48 0.22% 8 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 76 0.35% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 494 2.29% 99 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 72 0.33% 9 0.04%
Material moving 444 2.06% 150 0.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 11,947 55.36% 9,634 44.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 452 2.09% 105 0.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 354 1.64% 105 0.49%
Mining 98 0.45% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,227 10.32% 140 0.65%
Manufacturing 1,593 7.38% 735 3.41%
Wholesale trade 217 1.01% 146 0.68%
Retail trade 1,252 5.80% 1,407 6.52%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 572 2.65% 241 1.12%
Transportation & warehousing 493 2.28% 230 1.07%
Utilities 79 0.37% 11 0.05%
Information 393 1.82% 231 1.07%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 367 1.70% 680 3.15%
Finance & insurance 225 1.04% 577 2.67%
Real estate & rental & leasing 142 0.66% 103 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,174 5.44% 857 3.97%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 701 3.25% 615 2.85%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 7 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 473 2.19% 235 1.09%
Educational, health & social services: 1,120 5.19% 2,612 12.10%
Educational services 750 3.48% 1,242 5.76%
Health care & social assistance 370 1.71% 1,370 6.35%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,054 4.88% 1,178 5.46%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 550 2.55% 389 1.80%
Accommodation & food services 504 2.34% 789 3.66%
Other services (except public administration) 423 1.96% 573 2.66%
Public administration 1,103 5.11% 729 3.38%

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

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