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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 10,933 53.19% 9,620 46.81%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,675 13.02% 2,743 13.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,422 6.92% 921 4.48%
Management, except farm managers 711 3.46% 525 2.55%
Farmers & farm managers 473 2.30% 108 0.53%
Business & financial operations: 238 1.16% 288 1.40%
Business operations specialists 126 0.61% 113 0.55%
Financial specialists 112 0.54% 175 0.85%
Professional & related occupations: 1,253 6.10% 1,822 8.86%
Computer & mathematical 125 0.61% 45 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 274 1.33% 35 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 159 0.77% 11 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 115 0.56% 24 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 61 0.30% 37 0.18%
Community & social services 158 0.77% 165 0.80%
Legal 30 0.15% 54 0.26%
Education, training, & library 244 1.19% 749 3.64%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 144 0.70% 140 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 217 1.06% 597 2.90%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 187 0.91% 384 1.87%
Health technologists & technicians 30 0.15% 213 1.04%
Service occupations: 834 4.06% 2,005 9.76%
Healthcare support 19 0.09% 468 2.28%
Protective services: 174 0.85% 76 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 131 0.64% 39 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 43 0.21% 37 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 217 1.06% 666 3.24%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 350 1.70% 262 1.27%
Personal care & service 74 0.36% 533 2.59%
Sales & office occupations: 1,415 6.88% 3,043 14.81%
Sales & related occupations 808 3.93% 889 4.33%
Office & administrative support 607 2.95% 2,154 10.48%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 251 1.22% 84 0.41%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,048 9.96% 87 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 1,164 5.66% 51 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 113 0.55% 5 0.02%
Construction trades 1,036 5.04% 46 0.22%
Extraction 15 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 884 4.30% 36 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,710 18.05% 1,658 8.07%
Production 2,493 12.13% 1,394 6.78%
Transportation & material moving: 1,217 5.92% 264 1.28%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 32 0.16% 14 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 26 0.13% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 602 2.93% 93 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 18 0.09% 14 0.07%
Material moving 539 2.62% 143 0.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 10,933 53.19% 9,620 46.81%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 767 3.73% 224 1.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 735 3.58% 221 1.08%
Mining 32 0.16% 3 0.01%
Construction 1,393 6.78% 127 0.62%
Manufacturing 3,771 18.35% 2,009 9.77%
Wholesale trade 378 1.84% 152 0.74%
Retail trade 971 4.72% 1,103 5.37%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 707 3.44% 178 0.87%
Transportation & warehousing 561 2.73% 141 0.69%
Utilities 146 0.71% 37 0.18%
Information 139 0.68% 191 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 254 1.24% 526 2.56%
Finance & insurance 179 0.87% 398 1.94%
Real estate & rental & leasing 75 0.36% 128 0.62%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 457 2.22% 491 2.39%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 253 1.23% 339 1.65%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 6 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 204 0.99% 146 0.71%
Educational, health & social services: 881 4.29% 3,087 15.02%
Educational services 492 2.39% 1,034 5.03%
Health care & social assistance 389 1.89% 2,053 9.99%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 470 2.29% 792 3.85%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 175 0.85% 216 1.05%
Accommodation & food services 295 1.44% 576 2.80%
Other services (except public administration) 421 2.05% 432 2.10%
Public administration 324 1.58% 308 1.50%

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

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