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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 24,275 55.06% 19,817 44.94%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,033 11.41% 5,874 13.32%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,538 5.76% 1,556 3.53%
Management, except farm managers 1,537 3.49% 935 2.12%
Farmers & farm managers 450 1.02% 40 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 551 1.25% 581 1.32%
Business operations specialists 351 0.80% 297 0.67%
Financial specialists 200 0.45% 284 0.64%
Professional & related occupations: 2,495 5.66% 4,318 9.79%
Computer & mathematical 155 0.35% 66 0.15%
Architecture & engineering: 266 0.60% 56 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 131 0.30% 3 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 135 0.31% 53 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 144 0.33% 74 0.17%
Community & social services 396 0.90% 344 0.78%
Legal 123 0.28% 97 0.22%
Education, training, & library 809 1.83% 2,600 5.90%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 200 0.45% 144 0.33%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 402 0.91% 937 2.13%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 272 0.62% 601 1.36%
Health technologists & technicians 130 0.29% 336 0.76%
Service occupations: 4,260 9.66% 4,416 10.02%
Healthcare support 197 0.45% 850 1.93%
Protective services: 2,201 4.99% 371 0.84%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,811 4.11% 301 0.68%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 390 0.88% 70 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 607 1.38% 1,122 2.54%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,113 2.52% 797 1.81%
Personal care & service 142 0.32% 1,276 2.89%
Sales & office occupations: 3,924 8.90% 7,378 16.73%
Sales & related occupations 2,469 5.60% 2,698 6.12%
Office & administrative support 1,455 3.30% 4,680 10.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 3,007 6.82% 1,106 2.51%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,792 8.60% 156 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 2,019 4.58% 78 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 338 0.77% 10 0.02%
Construction trades 1,631 3.70% 68 0.15%
Extraction 50 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,773 4.02% 78 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,259 9.66% 887 2.01%
Production 1,621 3.68% 475 1.08%
Transportation & material moving: 2,638 5.98% 412 0.93%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 72 0.16% 15 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 52 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,358 3.08% 79 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 69 0.16% 8 0.02%
Material moving 1,087 2.47% 310 0.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 24,275 55.06% 19,817 44.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,037 9.16% 1,120 2.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 3,859 8.75% 1,097 2.49%
Mining 178 0.40% 23 0.05%
Construction 2,102 4.77% 240 0.54%
Manufacturing 1,597 3.62% 513 1.16%
Wholesale trade 1,495 3.39% 883 2.00%
Retail trade 2,693 6.11% 2,730 6.19%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,325 5.27% 511 1.16%
Transportation & warehousing 1,296 2.94% 315 0.71%
Utilities 1,029 2.33% 196 0.44%
Information 340 0.77% 239 0.54%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 626 1.42% 1,014 2.30%
Finance & insurance 282 0.64% 716 1.62%
Real estate & rental & leasing 344 0.78% 298 0.68%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,329 3.01% 1,012 2.30%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 445 1.01% 536 1.22%
Management of companies & enterprises 11 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 873 1.98% 476 1.08%
Educational, health & social services: 2,464 5.59% 7,229 16.40%
Educational services 1,322 3.00% 3,572 8.10%
Health care & social assistance 1,142 2.59% 3,657 8.29%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,135 2.57% 1,653 3.75%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 327 0.74% 207 0.47%
Accommodation & food services 808 1.83% 1,446 3.28%
Other services (except public administration) 1,057 2.40% 893 2.03%
Public administration 3,075 6.97% 1,780 4.04%

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

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