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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 8,675 53.60% 7,509 46.40%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,640 10.13% 2,404 14.85%
Management, business, & financial operations: 684 4.23% 615 3.80%
Management, except farm managers 516 3.19% 378 2.34%
Farmers & farm managers 35 0.22% 8 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 133 0.82% 229 1.41%
Business operations specialists 25 0.15% 111 0.69%
Financial specialists 108 0.67% 118 0.73%
Professional & related occupations: 956 5.91% 1,789 11.05%
Computer & mathematical 51 0.32% 28 0.17%
Architecture & engineering: 171 1.06% 22 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 103 0.64% 8 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 68 0.42% 14 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 131 0.81% 19 0.12%
Community & social services 109 0.67% 142 0.88%
Legal 35 0.22% 29 0.18%
Education, training, & library 175 1.08% 735 4.54%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 90 0.56% 51 0.32%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 194 1.20% 763 4.71%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 103 0.64% 393 2.43%
Health technologists & technicians 91 0.56% 370 2.29%
Service occupations: 812 5.02% 1,516 9.37%
Healthcare support 34 0.21% 468 2.89%
Protective services: 224 1.38% 65 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 111 0.69% 18 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 113 0.70% 47 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 194 1.20% 488 3.02%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 310 1.92% 188 1.16%
Personal care & service 50 0.31% 307 1.90%
Sales & office occupations: 1,563 9.66% 3,054 18.87%
Sales & related occupations 876 5.41% 1,225 7.57%
Office & administrative support 687 4.24% 1,829 11.30%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 43 0.27% 18 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,930 11.93% 32 0.20%
Construction & extraction: 1,052 6.50% 19 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 151 0.93% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 800 4.94% 19 0.12%
Extraction 101 0.62% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 878 5.43% 13 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,687 16.60% 485 3.00%
Production 1,146 7.08% 364 2.25%
Transportation & material moving: 1,541 9.52% 121 0.75%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 36 0.22% 10 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 33 0.20% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 852 5.26% 54 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 137 0.85% 18 0.11%
Material moving 483 2.98% 39 0.24%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,675 53.60% 7,509 46.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 388 2.40% 55 0.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 127 0.78% 26 0.16%
Mining 261 1.61% 29 0.18%
Construction 960 5.93% 62 0.38%
Manufacturing 1,712 10.58% 462 2.85%
Wholesale trade 415 2.56% 131 0.81%
Retail trade 1,061 6.56% 1,232 7.61%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,288 7.96% 253 1.56%
Transportation & warehousing 1,071 6.62% 211 1.30%
Utilities 217 1.34% 42 0.26%
Information 211 1.30% 153 0.95%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 272 1.68% 385 2.38%
Finance & insurance 208 1.29% 357 2.21%
Real estate & rental & leasing 64 0.40% 28 0.17%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 483 2.98% 520 3.21%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 214 1.32% 237 1.46%
Management of companies & enterprises 4 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 265 1.64% 283 1.75%
Educational, health & social services: 794 4.91% 3,035 18.75%
Educational services 415 2.56% 1,050 6.49%
Health care & social assistance 379 2.34% 1,985 12.27%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 377 2.33% 605 3.74%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 117 0.72% 55 0.34%
Accommodation & food services 260 1.61% 550 3.40%
Other services (except public administration) 347 2.14% 300 1.85%
Public administration 367 2.27% 316 1.95%

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

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